{"id":392,"date":"2016-02-01T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T20:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxumstone.co.uk\/?post_type=case_studies&p=392"},"modified":"2019-12-09T16:08:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T00:08:23","slug":"cresaptown-maryland-retaining-walls-magnumstone","status":"publish","type":"case_studies","link":"https:\/\/maxumstone.co.uk\/case_studies\/cresaptown-maryland-retaining-walls-magnumstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheetz Convenience Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Cresaptown Maryland Retaining Walls<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The MaxumStone retaining wall gravity system was effectively used \r\nat the renovation of the Sheetz convenience store in Cresaptown, \r\nMaryland. The site retaining wall was originally specified as cast in \r\nplace concrete, but the owner was looking for alternatives. A \r\nconventional segmental wall would have been less expensive, but \r\nexcavation for the geogrid reinforcing would have been \r\nextensive. MaxumStone provided three benefits: cost savings, reduced \r\nexcavation, and no limitations for winter time construction. The wall \r\nwas built as a gravity system utilizing both 2\u2019 and 4\u2019 concrete \r\nextensions. The maximum exposed wall height is 12\u2019 (13\u2019 \r\nincluding embedment), and the wall depth at the bottom is only 6\u2019 (2\u2019 \r\nblock + 4\u2019 extension) minimizing excavation of the shale retained soils.\r\n The wall was built in the dead of winter and the material deliveries \r\nhad to be scheduled around snow events. It was extremely cold \r\nduring construction, but because only #57 stone backfill was used there \r\nwere no delays due to frozen soils or compaction concerns. It was the \r\nwall installer\u2019s first MaxumStone gravity retaining wall<\/a>\r\n and he loves how the product goes together. The owner was very pleased \r\nand has since used MaxumStone on two other Sheetz store projects in PA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n