Retaining Walls in the Finger Lakes: Why Drainage Behind the Wall Matters More

Retaining Walls in the Finger Lakes: Why Drainage Behind the Wall Matters

Retaining walls look like structural features. In practice, they behave like drainage systems with a structural face. Most failures in retaining walls don’t come from weak materials or poor stacking. They come from unmanaged water pressure building up behind the wall. In the Finger Lakes region, this becomes more pronounced. The combination of clay-heavy soils, […]