U.

S ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS
MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT

LEGEND
RCC RETAINING WALL
150MM THICK LEVELING COARSE
FINAL GRADE LINE AFTER BACKFILL
TOP OF SUBGRADE LINE
APPROXIMATE EXISTING GRADE
CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION
JOINT

CONSTRUCTION
JOINT

TOP OF

CONSTRUCTION
JOINT
RETAINING WALL
FINAL GRADE LINE

JOINT
AFTER BACKFILLING

NOTE:
1. ALL DIMENSION ARE IN MILLIMETER UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
2. BACKFILLING AGAINST STONE MASONRY CONCRETE RETAINING
WALLS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED UNTIL THE STONE WALL MORTAR
HAS REACHED ITS 14 DAY STRENGTH .
3. HEAVY EQUIPMENTS SHALL MAINTAIN A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
WALL EQUAL TO THE WALL HEIGHT.
AS PER SITE 4. 50MM THICK CONTROL JOINT SHALL NOT BE PLACED MORE THAN
6000MM O.C.
STEP 3
5. REGULARLY CURING UP TO 14 DAYS SHALL BE DONE FOR RETAINING
RETAINING WALL
WALLS.
AS PER SITE 6. CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP SAFETY ISSUE DURING
STEP 2 CONSTRUCTION PHASE ON SITE.
RETAINING WALL 7. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO ADJUST UNBALANCE FILLING AGAINST
THE WALL HEIGHT, SLOPE AND SITE CONDITIONS.
WEEP HOLES SHOULD BE 8. THE WEEP HOLES ARE COMMONLY SPACED NOT MORE THAN 3 METER
SPACED 3000MM MAX APART VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY.
VERTICALLY AND 9. THE BASE OF RETAINING WALL FOOTING SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN
HORIZONTALLY THE SCOUR DEPTH BELOW THE NATURAL GRADE.
AS PER SITE
10. MORTAR SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS OF 28
APPROXIMATE
MPa (f'c = 3000 psi) MINIMUM SPECIFIED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AT
EXISTING GRADE
28 DAYS, AND MAXIMUM WATER-CEMENT RATIO OF 0.45. (ASTM C39
AND ACI 318)
150MM THICK 11. FILTER MATERIAL BEHIND THE WEEP PIPES NEED TO BE CLEAN (#200 < 5%)
STEP 1 12. PER GEOTECHNICAL REPORT, SELECT MATERIAL SHALL BE WELL GRADED
PCC LAYER
RETAINING WALL SOIL SUCH AS GW OR SW, FREE OF ORGANIC MATTER, WITH 75MM MAX.
PARTICLE SIZE & AT LEAST 80% OF MATERIAL SMALLER THAN 19MM IN SIZE
& MATERIAL PASSING NO.200 SIEVE SHALL BE LESS THAN 12%.
13. BACKFILL MATERIAL SHALL BE (ASTM D-2487 AS GW, GW-GM, GW-GC, SW,
SW-SM OR SW-SC AND FREE OF DEBRIS, ROOTS, WOOD, SCRAP MATERIAL,
VEGETATION, REFUSE, SOFT UNSOUND PARTICLES OR OBJECTIONABLE
MATERIALS), COMPACTED TO 95% OF MODIFIED PROCTOR VALUE PER
ASTM D-1557.
14. WEEP HOLE FILTER MATERIAL GRADING SHALL BE:
SIEVE SIZE %FINER
25.4MM 100%
19MM 70-100%
9.51MM 20-70%
4.76MM 0-50%
2.38MM 0%
15. WHERE THE RETAINING WALL CONSTRUCTING FOR STORM WATER
PROTECTION PURPOSE, THE WALL HEIGHT SHALL BE KEPT EQUAL ALONG THE
STREAM AND SHALL NOT BE STEPPED. THE WALL FOOTING SHALL BE PUT
WITHIN THE SCOURING DEPTH.

SHEET
REFERENCE
NUMBER:

SD-03