Gabion Retaining Wall Detail. Crib walls are a variation of the gabion method whereby mostly steel bins are filled with stone or rubble. Gabion1 has 100s of sizes allowing stepped foundations.
Gabion wall is designed in the same way as gravity retaining wall. In constructing walls individual gabions are used as construction blocks. Gabion retaining walls are wire structures similar in fashion to large baskets.
They are rectangular baskets of metallic lattice filled with stones and their origin dates back to war times when they were erected to protect against artillery fire.
Terra Aqua gabion gravity retaining walls can be designed and constructed up to approximately 30 however due to the configuration of gabion gravity retaining walls their best suited for wall heights of 18 or less. The details provided are guidelines only. Used to construct walls and other earth retaining or erosion control structures. It is used to form low-height retaining structures or revetment protection works and has the final appearance of a vegetated natural slope.
