Retaining Wall.

For the past 2 weeks we have been working on our year 12 project outside the hall to create and build a retaining wall. We built this retaining wall for the school so they have a place to sit down and lunchtime underneath the shelters of the trees inside the wall. What I liked about working on this project was that it was relatively easy but there were hard moments during the process of our project. For example while digging our holes for the post we came across an old concrete spill underneath the dirt, it was very hard to get rid of so we had to come up with a few ideas. Some of us that it was best to just smash through it were sledge hammers but I thought it was better to see if we had a jack hammer in class and we did. The jack hammer really helped us during that moment. 

I am really happy of our project came along at the end and hope that everyone uses it with respect. 

Heres some photos of our retaining wall from start to end. 

Heres the list of our cutting list: 

H5 posts

H4 rails

Concrete

Nails – 100/125mm and 150mm galvanised or, if close to the ocean, stainless steel

Drainage gravel

Bracing timber, pegs, and nails.