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    Diaphragm walls are a type of retaining wall that is stiff, watertight, and expensive but saves time and space, making them useful for urban construction projects. Sheet pile walls are made of materials like steel, vinyl, aluminum or wood that are driven into the ground, with one third above ground and two thirds below usually, though this can vary by environment. Taller sheet pile walls may require tie-back anchors placed behind the wall. Bored pile walls are constructed by assembling bored piles and then excavating away excess soil, and may include anchors, beams, soil improvement, or shotcrete reinforcement.

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    Diaphragm walls are a type of retaining wall that is stiff, watertight, and expensive but saves time and space, making them useful for urban construction projects. Sheet pile walls are made of materials like steel, vinyl, aluminum or wood that are driven into the ground, with one third above ground and two thirds below usually, though this can vary by environment. Taller sheet pile walls may require tie-back anchors placed behind the wall. Bored pile walls are constructed by assembling bored piles and then excavating away excess soil, and may include anchors, beams, soil improvement, or shotcrete reinforcement.

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    Diaphragm walls are a type of retaining wall that is stiff, watertight, and expensive but saves time and space, making them useful for urban construction projects. Sheet pile walls are made of materials like steel, vinyl, aluminum or wood that are driven into the ground, with one third above ground and two thirds below usually, though this can vary by environment. Taller sheet pile walls may require tie-back anchors placed behind the wall. Bored pile walls are constructed by assembling bored piles and then excavating away excess soil, and may include anchors, beams, soil improvement, or shotcrete reinforcement.

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    Diaphragm walls are a type of retaining wall that is stiff, watertight, and expensive but saves time and space, making them useful for urban construction projects. Sheet pile walls are made of materials like steel, vinyl, aluminum or wood that are driven into the ground, with one third above ground and two thirds below usually, though this can vary by environment. Taller sheet pile walls may require tie-back anchors placed behind the wall. Bored pile walls are constructed by assembling bored piles and then excavating away excess soil, and may include anchors, beams, soil improvement, or shotcrete reinforcement.

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    Diaphragm walls are a type of retaining walls that are very stiff and generally watertight.

    Diaphragm walls are


    expensive walls, but they save time and space, and hence are used in urban constructions.[10]

    Sheet piling

    Sheet pile retaining walls are usually used in soft soil and tight spaces. Sheet pile
    walls are driven into the ground and are composed of a variety of material
    including steel, vinyl, aluminum, fiberglass or wood planks. For a quick estimate
    the material is usually driven 1/3 above ground, 2/3 below ground, but this may be
    altered depending on the environment. Taller sheet pile walls will need a tie-back
    anchor, or "dead-man" placed in the soil a distance behind the face of the wall, that
    is tied to the wall, usually by a cable or a rod. Anchors are then placed behind the
    potential failure plane in the soil.
    Sheet pile wall

    Bored pile

    Bored pile retaining walls are built by assembling a sequence of bored piles,
    followed by excavating away the excess soil. Depending on the project, the bored
    pile retaining wall may include a series of earth anchors, reinforcing beams, soil
    improvement operations and shotcrete reinforcement layer. This construction
    technique tends to be employed in scenarios where sheet piling is a valid
    construction solution, but where the vibration or noise levels generated by a pile
    driver are not acceptable.

    Anchored Bored pile retaining wall in Lisbon,


    Portugal
    An anchored retaining wall can be constructed in any of the aforementioned styles
    but also includes additional strength using cables or other stays anchored in the
    rock or soil behind it. Usually driven into the material with boring, anchors are
    then expanded at the end of the cable, either by mechanical means or often by
    injecting pressurized concrete, which expands to form a bulb in the soil.
    Technically complex, this method is very useful where high loads are expected, or
    where the wall itself has to be slender and would otherwise be too weak.

    Alternative retaining techniques


    Anchored wall in the mountainous
    Soil nailing region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

    Soil nailing is a technique in which soil slopes, excavations or retaining walls are
    reinforced by the insertion of relatively slender elements – normally steel reinforcing bars. The bars are usually
    installed into a pre-drilled hole and then grouted into place or drilled and grouted simultaneously. They are usually
    installed untensioned at a slight downward inclination. A rigid or flexible facing (often sprayed concrete) or isolated
    soil nail heads may be used at the surface.

    Soil-strengthened

    A number of systems exist that do not consist of just the wall, but reduce the earth pressure acting directly on the wall.
    These are usually used in combination with one of the other wall types, though some may only use it as facing, i.e., for
    visual purposes.

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