Case Study
O Street Retaining Wall
' Owner: District of Columbia Department of Public Works, Washington, DC ' Technique(s) Utilized: Anchors, Post- Tensioned Anchor Walls PROJECT CASE STUDY ovements were noted along a 130-foot section of an anchored retaining wall on O Street in Washington, D.C. A geotechnical assessment of the wall concluded that the wall failure was due to improper drainage behind the wall, the presence of zones of highly plastic slickensided clay,