Masonry Design Guide - Boral

Contents
BOOK
4 A2
south australia Book 4 a south australia Book 4 a
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A Introduction
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2
Fast Find Product and Application Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
B Planning and Design
An Introduction to
Segmental Block Retaining Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B2
C Gardenwall ®
Gardenwall Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C2
Selection and Construction Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C3
D Heathstone ®
Heathstone Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D2
Gravel Fill Construction Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D3
Curved Wall Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D4
Step Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D4
E Keystone ® and Pyrmont ®
Keystone Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E4
Pyrmont Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E5
Gravity Wall Selection and Construction Guidelines . . . . . . . E6
Typical Installation Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E8
F Custom Engineered Wall Systems
Engineered Retaining Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
Keysteel Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Typical Soil-Anchor Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
Typical Rock-Anchor Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
Typical Seawall Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
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Products @ a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6
Site Investigation — Preliminary Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B6
Curved Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C4
Step Tread and Cap Unit Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D5
Corner Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D6
No-Fines Concrete Wall Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D7
No-Fines Concrete Wall Selection
Construction Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E11
Geogrid Soil-Reinforced
Wall Selection Construction Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E13
Typical Specification for
Keystone/Pyrmont Block Retaining Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E15
Typical Terraced Wall Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
Typical Fencing Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
Typical Railing and Barrier Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
The information presented herein is supplied in good faith and to the best of our knowledge was accurate at the time of preparation. No responsibility can be accepted by
Boral or its staff for any errors or omissions. Users are advised to make their own determination as to the suitability of this information in relation to their particular purpose
and specific circumstances. Since the information contained in this document may be applied under conditions beyond our control, no responsibility can be accepted by us
for any loss or damage caused by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of this information.
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BORAL
MASONRY
SEGMENTAL
BLOCK
RETAINING
WALLS PRODUCT
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Surcharge
Loading
Nil
≤ 5kPa
≤ 5kPa
or
≤ 1:4
Sloped
Backfill
≤ 25kPa
> 25kPa
Wall Height
(mm)
≤ 1125
≤ 1600
≤ 3000
> 3000
> 6000
Wall
Type
Vertical
Set Back
Vertical
Set Back
Property
Boundary
Not
Boundary
Vertical
Set Back
Vertical
Set Back
Gardenwall
For technical support and sales office details please refer to the outside back cover
Heathstone
Pyrmont
Keystone
Keysteel
D E E ✱
C E ✱
D ✤ E ✤ E ✤ ✱
E ✤ ✱
✱
E ★ E ★ ✱
E ★
E★ E★ F
F
Fast Find Guide
The quickest way to find a Boral Masonry Segmental Block Retaining Wall Solution.
Simply follow the FAST FIND guide on the right hand side of the table.
BOOK
4 A3
Core Filled Block
1
2
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Fast Find
a Boral
Solution
Select your application
criteria from the left
hand columns
Go straight to the book
section indicated by the
letter at the intersection of
application rows and
product columns (e.g.
Section E in this example)
Requires ‘No-fines Concrete
Backfill ’ or ‘Geogrid’ systems
Requiring ‘Geogrid’ systems
Please refer to Book 1, Boral
Masonry Design Guide and Book 2,
Boral Masonry Blocks & Bricks Guide
Max. wall heights disclaimer:
The gravity wall heights are maximum heights calculated in accordance with CMAA MA-53 Appendix D guidelines and a qualified engineer should confirm the suitability of the product
for each intended application. As such, due consideration must be given to but not limited to:
• Cohesion,
• Dry backfill: no ingress of any water into the soil behind the retaining wall,
• All retaining walls are designed for zero surcharge.
These walls are intended for structure Classification A walls only as defined in AS4678 Earth Retaining Structures as being where failure would result in minimal damage and loss of access.