Strength & beauty through retaining walls

Retaining walls are a construction technique used to give stability to various buildings without decreasing the aesthetic value of the buildings. They are used to hold back soil and other materials in order to prevent the land or land-fill from eroding. These are also used to strengthen foundations of buildings that are built on slopes or have many different layers. A wide variety of materials are commonly used to build retaining walls including sandstone, timber, concrete, granite, and bush rock. Using attractive materials to construct retention walls can increase the aesthetic aspects of a building. They are known to create larger lawns and flat areas. By building retaining walls one is able fill up slopes with land fill and creates larger flat areas. The retaining wall will keep the land fill from getting washed away. As a result one can have either a beautifully landscaped garden or build more rooms which would have been impossible if the slope was not filled up. Retaining walls are commonly seen in the Gold coast. This is a city just 80km south of Brisbane which spans an area of roughly 400km2. Located in the state of Queensland the city is placed cosily in a location which is away from the chaos of the city, while at the same time is close enough to the city for quick travelling to and from it for business and other matters. This city is famous for its sunny, tropical climate; surfing beaches; theme parks; nightlife; high-rise sky line and is a well known tourist destination. The western border of the city is flanked by the Great Dividing Range and the city sits at its foot while most of the city also used to be a wetland. The swamps which were a common sight in this region have now been converted in to man-made islands and water ways. A large number of up market settlements have been developed in this city and the soil conditions and topography of the region have resulted in retention wall Rock Gold Coast. Being a common sight. They are an almost unavoidable feature and as a result it is wise to use attractive materials and make the best of this construction feature.

Author: Todd Johnson
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