Gravity Retaining Wall Consultants for NYC, Manhattan, The Boroughs, Nassau County, Suffolk County, Long Island, and New Jersey - Kagaoan Engineering

Our team of specialists and engineers at Kagaoan Engineering have experience in numerous geotechnical and building fields. We provide comprehensive services for civil and private builds whether the company needs a retaining wall, foundation fixes, or soil testing. We have years of experience working in and around the Bellmore, NY area. We also have clients in the New Jersey and Connecticut areas that count on our professional expertise to help them find solutions to stabilization and repair foundations and oversee projects.

This structure is often a wedge form made from concrete. The base is thicker than the top and serves as the foundation for the wall. The weight of the structure is how the wall holds back lateral soil loads. These structures often use bricks to form a dense wall that links itself together protecting building foundations and preventing dirt slides. Concrete and stone are other materials that gravity and cantilever retaining wall consultants use to make gravity walls. These structures work best for elevation changes of three feet or less.

A cantilever retaining wall falls under the category of gravity wall, but there is one significant characteristic of the cantilever design that makes it unique. This wall type has a leg that sticks backward from the wall extending under the foundation. The extension attaches to the slab stabilizing the wall and giving it the necessary strength to hold back large soil loads. Cantilever designs and masonry gravity walls sit on a foundation where gravity walls are solid or semi-solid forms with a geometric base.

The exact design of each wall is something the property owner and the gravity and cantilever retaining wall consulting team will have to design. Our engineering team can help investigate affordable options and provide cost comparisons between the various wall types. Besides cantilever walls, there are hybrid systems, sheet walls, cantilevers with buttresses, and gabions that our engineers can use to build the retaining structure as well.

Unless your wall is something you need to hold back water, the primary concern for retaining walls is to eliminate groundwater from sitting in the soil adjacent to the structure. Often, our experts can design a drainage system that removes excess water, allowing the soil to dry out quickly following storms or heavy rain events. For this part of the design, soil sampling using boreholes or test sites can provide the exact ground composition.

Our experts have the technical expertise that your team needs to build soil retaining structures. Whether you need a retaining wall for a bridge, business, residential architecture, excavation, or foundation repair, Kagaoan Engineering can design a temporary or permanent wall that keeps you in regulation and fulfills the job requirements. We use highly specific equipment to determine the scope and depth of the job giving you a variety of options for your site.

Kagaoan Engineering uses exceptionally qualified individuals in various engineering, design, and technical fields to form teams that customize solutions for our clients. We help your business fulfill soil sample and building code requirements per state and federal laws. Our range of services allows us to present you with several methods of repair or design to help you select an affordable solution that works for your specific needs. To find out more or to schedule a consultation, please contact us today.