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USE WITH 2006 STANDARDS.

INDEX to Earth Retaining System Specifications:

SSP 19-600, Earth Retaining Structures.

SSP 55-010, Steel Crib Walls, for State designs.

1. Listed below are the earth retaining systems, with name, address, and phone number of the companies for which standard plans have been pre-approved. Design to specify which system is applicable for each job based on criteria below and differential settlement requirements for each wall location in the project. Design service life is 50 years.

Reinforced Earth (5 ft cruciform concrete face panel) is permitted as an alternative to an MSE wall when there is no architectural treatment or the architectural treatment is a texture.

Reinforced Earth (5 ft square concrete face panel) is permitted as an alternative to an MSE wall regardless of architectural treatment.

Retained Earth (5 ft square concrete face panel) is permitted as an alternative to an MSE wall regardless of architectural treatment.

Welded Wire Wall is permitted as an alternative to a wire faced MSE wall.

MSE Plus (5 ft square concrete face panel) is permitted as an alternative to an MSE wall regardless of architectural treatment.

MSE Plus (5 ft high by 6 ft wide concrete face panel) is permitted as an alternative to an MSE wall when there is no architectural treatment or the architectural treatment is a texture.

Criblock is permitted as an alternative to a Standard Plan Crib Retaining Wall.

Port-O-Wall is permitted as an alternative to a Standard Plan Type 1 Retaining Wall when there is no architectural treatment or the architectural treatment is a texture.

Tensar ARES system is permitted when there is no architectural treatment or the architectural treatment is a texture, the anticipated total settlement is less than 8 inches, and the anticipated differential settlement at any location along the wall length is less than 0.5 percent.

Insert into 19-600.

Proprietary Earth Retaining System / Address and Phone Number
Reinforced Earth (5 ft cruciform concrete face panels;
5 ft square concrete face panels) / The Reinforced Earth Company
1 Orchard Road, Suite 220
Lake Forest, CA 92630
(949) 587-3060
www.reinforcedearth.com
Retained Earth (5 ft square concrete face panels) / Foster Geotechnical
1660 Hotel Circle North, Suite 304
San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 688-2400
www.lbfoster.com
Welded Wire Wall / Hilfiker Retaining Walls
P.O. Box 2012
Eureka, CA 95502-2012
(707) 443-5093
www.hilfiker.com
MSE Plus (5 ft square concrete face panels;
5 ft high by 6 ft wide concrete face panels) / SSL
4740 Scotts Valley Drive, Suite ‘E’
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
(831) 430-9300
Criblock / Retaining Walls Company
1800 Thibodo Road, #110
Vista, CA 92083
(760) 599-9595
www.rwcn.net
Port-O-Wall Precast Concrete Retaining Wall System / Port-O-Wall Systems, LLC
585 Fifth Street West, #182
Sonoma, CA 95476
(707) 938-4516
www.port-o-wall.com
ARES
(9 ft wide by 5 ft high concrete face panels) / Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc.
34892 Calle Fortuna
Capistrano Beach, CA 92624
(949) 488-7054
www.tensarcorp.com