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    In 2005 the Nottinghamshire School Organisation Committee approved the amalgamation of Hucknall Spring Street and Whyburn Primary Schools to form a new community school. Combining the two schools required the construction of a large extension and remodelling of the existing Whyburn School building and grounds. The site topography required the construction of a 1.7m high retaining wall adjacent to the new extension building.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    A brick-faced cast in-situ reinforced concrete retaining wall was originally considered by Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC). NCC was keen to consider innovative modern methods of retaining wall construction to save time on a tight construction programme and reduce the overall budget costs whilst ensuring that a highly aesthetically pleasing appearance was maintained.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    The MacWall Diamond system was specified by NCC after a preliminary costing exercise identified significant savings to programme and budget costs. Anchor Diamond is a dry-built mortarless segmental retaining wall system that combines a highly aesthetically pleasing face with cost-efficient geogrid reinforced soil. MacWall Diamond blocks are durable concrete products that connect using a rear lip locator on the back of each block. The reinforced soil consists of horizontal layers of BBA-certified geogrid (Paragrid 80\/15s) placed within compacted granular material. The geogrids are frictionally connected to the Anchor diamond-facing blocks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    Unlike traditionally built reinforced concrete or masonry, a MacWall Diamond Retaining wall does not require a concrete foundation but a layer of compacted granular material as a levelling pad. The dry joints of the blocks allow for some differential movement to occur without cracks appearing. The off-site manufacturing of the materials ensures careful quality control and the dry build \u201cmortarless\u201d construction does not require highly skilled labour such as bricklayers. C&BR Construction Ltd installed the wall under sub-contact to the main contractor, Bodill Construction of Nottingham.<\/p><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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