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Below is a step by step Geogrid Retaining Wall installation process. These instructions are to be used as a guide and instruction manual of the proper procedures needed to install a MaxumStone project correctly and efficiently. All information provided is to be used at the discretion of the user. MaxumStone is available in 0 / […]

Gravity Retaining Wall Installation Below is a step by step Gravity Retaining Wall Installation process. This is to be used as a guide and instruction manual of the proper procedures needed to install a MaxumStone project correctly and efficiently. All information provided is to be used at the discretion of the user. MaxumStone is available […]

VANCOUVER, B.C. – CornerStone Wall Solutions inc, the leading inventors of retaining wall block and hardscape products for residential and commercial use, proudly announce a manufacturing partnership with Lee Building Products, formerly know as Lee Brick and Block of Kentucky and Tennessee. Lee Building Products will begin producing MaxumStone, Cornerstone’s big block solution for small […]

The Kentucky Large Block Retaining Wall by Lee Brick and block is MaxumStone.  The MaxumStone advantages are tremendous. Using 1 large 8 sq ft block system to be able to offer any solution was the key to the system. The product is perhaps the most design friendly solution available on the market today. The Ledge […]

MaxumStone Retaining Wall Units are large wet-cast concrete units with a horizontal and vertical hollow core. The open core make the units easier to ship and handle in the field and allows for vertical internal drainage, minimizing the effects of hydrostatic pressures behind the walls and facilitates design options for ‘rapid draw-down’ in the case […]

Working with the Midwest Block & Brick Group in the Midwest United States. CornerStone Wall Solutions has helped to create a face that is both aesthetically pleasing and timeless. The Texas Boulder face is being used in a variety of projects and developments throughout the Midwest States. View More Photos of the MaxumStone Texas Boulder […]

MangumStone™ is a large wet-cast retaining wall system, cleverly engineered with a hollow core. Its hollow design uses nearly half the concrete of a solid system while maintaining all of its strength and durability. The environmental and economical advantages of the MaxumStone™ system are unprecedented in our industry. Raw materials use energy which can cause […]

The 2010 Olympics were built on some very extreme conditions. Whistler villageis surrounded by the Northwest rain forest and some of the most beautiful mountainous landscapes in the world. Emil Anderson Construction was challenged and awarded the contracts for building the sites sliding center and ski jump areas. The sliding center included bobsleigh, luge and […]

The History Large precast retaining wall blocks have had great success in the construction industry based initially on their sheer weight and durability in freeze/thaw conditions. However, contractors—striving to be in step with green building trends—are building structures with both lower environmental impact and greater design flexibility in mind. Segmental retaining walls (SRWs) are segmental […]