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Anchored Retaining Wall Quantity Calculator

Anchored retaining wall in three structural forms: in-situ RC, king-post, or sheet-piled. Computes wall body, waling beam, ground anchors (Nr and m), anchor stressing, steel or sheet piling, excavation, backfill, and drainage per CESMM4 Class F/G/T, NRM2 Group 11/36, MMHW Series 1400, and SMM7 E/D.

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Anchored Retaining Wall — a worked example, measured four ways

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CESMM4 · 15 items · units m³, t, m², m, nr

CodeDescriptionUnitQuantity
E.4.2.6General excavation, maximum depth 5-10m, commencing from existing ground level240
E.5.3Disposal of excavated material off-site228
E.6.2.1Filling, excavated material12
F.6.4In-situ reinforced concrete C40/50, waling beam (1 row(s)) for anchored retaining wall, for anchored retaining wall (insitu_rc), thickness not exceeding 500mm5
F.6.4In-situ reinforced concrete C32/40, in-situ RC stem (anchored retaining wall body), anchored retaining wall, stem height 6.00m, retained height 5.50m, 1 row(s) of ground anchors, thickness exceeding 500mm75
G.5.2.4Reinforcement, high-yield steel bars to BS 4449 grade B500B, 12mm diameter, bent bars (BS 8666 shape 41; bar marks W02) — preliminary schedule, confirm with detailed designt0.26
G.5.1.7Reinforcement, high-yield steel bars to BS 4449 grade B500B, 25mm diameter, straight bars (BS 8666 shape 00; bar marks W01) — preliminary schedule, confirm with detailed designt0.64
G.5.1.4Reinforcement, high-yield steel bars to BS 4449 grade B500B, 12mm diameter, straight bars (BS 8666 shape 00; bar marks B03) — preliminary schedule, confirm with detailed designt3.34
G.5.1.5Reinforcement, high-yield steel bars to BS 4449 grade B500B, 16mm diameter, straight bars (BS 8666 shape 00; bar marks B01, B02) — preliminary schedule, confirm with detailed designt7.17
G.5.1.6Reinforcement, high-yield steel bars to BS 4449 grade B500B, 20mm diameter, straight bars (BS 8666 shape 00; bar marks B04) — preliminary schedule, confirm with detailed designt0.74
G.1.4Formwork to vertical and battered faces325.4
I.4.4.2Perforated land drain, HDPE, nominal bore 150mmm25
E.7.2Geotextile separator, 200 g/m², including laps165
C.4.5Ground anchor per BS EN 1537, permanent, strand tendon, working load 300.0kN, free length 6.00m, fixed length 4.00m (total 10.00m), drilled diameter 150mm, inclination 20.0°, single corrosion protection, ground anchor for insitu_rc anchored retaining wallnr11
C.4.6Stressing and proof testing of ground anchor per BS EN ISO 22477-5, working load 300.0kN, test load = 1.25 × working load, stressing of ground anchor for insitu_rc anchored retaining wallnr11
● MATERIAL SCHEDULE

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  • Anchor Stressing11 nr
  • Concrete Reinforced80
  • Disposal228
  • Excavation General240
  • Fill General12
  • Formwork325.4
  • Geotextile Separator165
  • Ground Anchor11 nr
  • Pipe Land Drain25 m
  • Reinforcement12.15 t

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