The best remedy for failure avoidance is to correctly engineer and design the retaining wall; however, this does not always occur. Foundation failures, whether structures or retaining walls, can result in cracks, settlement, or catastrophic failure. Shield’s engineers can locate the distress, investigate the failure, and recommend an appropriate corrective action.
Shield's design services includes reviewing available project information, performing a field investigation to verify the subsurface will support the structure, laboratory analysis of the soil and engineering design. In the event of an existing structure failure, corrective action options are provided based on historic and current information, our engineering evaluation and experience with similar issues. If failures resulted from improper engineering, placement or construction techniques, Shield can provide an alternative approach. A correctly engineered project from the start is always the most cost effective.
