retaining walls: some improved techniques..

New technics are being developed. We can adopt reinforced earth (also called Mechanically Stabilised Earth), which is economical, space saving and well suited for restricted areas.

The Newer techniques will be adaptable for the changijng environment and other external forces ,

new techniques will also have unbelievable strengths.

I believe construction processes using newer techniques is better because it takes lesser space and is less time consuming. Also it is less economical and more trendy. The traditional way to construction using mass not only is more time and space consuming, it take a lot of care for finishing and many a times doesn't look so attractive. So, I'd prefer the newer techniques of construction.

The conventional concrete retaining walls which are based on the gravity principles, are quite expensive to build and need long construction time.careful design is required when the subgrade is weak and they can’t withstand differential settlement induced by the variation in subgrades.Hence new methods and technologies of retention and steepened-slope construction continue to be developed which can be built rapidly and economically. Flexible faced retaining walls made of precast segmental blocks reinforced with geosynthesis or metallic tendon anchors within the retained backfill soil provide an alternative to gravity type retaining walls. These walls can be built with locally available soil, with less site preparation, with less experienced craftsmen and use simple and rapid construction procedures, more over the of construction cost can be reduced by 50 percentage.