Comments on: Fixing a failing retaining wall in St Albans https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 01:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924918 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 01:03:00 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924918 In reply to Andrew P.

To be honest I’m surprised that brick wall at Camberwell lasted that long given how tall it is.

Cutting at Camberwell looking up the line

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924917 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 01:01:13 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924917 In reply to Dane.

According to Google Street View is was okay back in 2021.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.8869122,145.2945609,3a,75y,65.47h,96.61t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFCzM3mR1RyhReU_YuoKe2Q!2e0!5s20230801T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924915 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:59:44 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924915 In reply to Graeme Hammond.

I’ve noticed them around a lot recently – here is an example I found back in 2019.

Damaged steel post reinforced with a concrete block at the base outside Kew Depot

]]> By: Graeme Hammond https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924902 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:30:08 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924902 I am noticing increasing use of so-called Powerblocks — massive 1m-wide concrete cubes chained to — and propping up — leaning power poles to stop them leaning even further. I see them everywhere now! Have the power companies done an audit to show how hazardous those leaning poles are and suddenly realised how many there are? Keep a lookout for them!

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924464 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:40:24 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924464 In reply to Ross.

Since 2017 at least.

https://railgallery.wongm.com/crumbling-armadale/

At least they repaired the brick retaining wall that had a blowout right onto the tracks.

Shotcrete covers a failed section of brick retaining wall at Armadale

]]> By: Ross https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924417 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:44:45 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924417 In reply to Andrew P.

I wonder when Metro Trains will get around to fixing that retaining wall at Armadale station. It’s had the temporary supports in for years…

]]> By: Dane https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924408 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 22:12:08 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924408 Hey Marcus,

Speaking of propped up, the Telstra Exchange building in Ferntree Gully is currently propped up with jacks…..has been for about 3-4 years.

Its located here:

37°53’12.8″S 145°17’40.5″E

The southern corner is slowly falling away and has been held by prop jacks for years now.

Quality infrastructure.

]]> By: Andrew P https://wongm.com/2024/04/fixing-retaining-wall-taylors-road-st-albans/#comment-924404 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:47:21 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=20922#comment-924404 The railway cutting west of Camberwell Station had many rock bolts added to the northern side a couple of decades ago. Whilst it’s not failing per se, some level of degradation necessitated the fairly drastic action that was taken.

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