Download or read book Building Brickwork Or Blockwork Retaining Walls written by Construction Research Communications Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is for builders, designers and planners. It provides rule of thumb guidance for the stable construction of a range of common types of bonded brickwork and blockwork earth retaining walls to a maximum retaine dheight of 1.725 m. Walls of greater height should be designed by an appropriately qualified person. For practical purposes, this guide provides a simplified classification of soils which are suitable to found on, and gives foundation and wall dimensions for several wall heights.