Morris Shaffer Engineering provides consultation and design for dozens of earth retaining walls and temporary shoring each year. Whether it is a failing retaining wall, a new retaining wall, or to provide temporary support to an earth mass, we have a wide variety of capabilities and expertise that can provide safe and cost-effective solution. We have experience in the following types of retaining walls:

• Soil-nailed retaining wall

  • With shotcrete facing, temporary or permanent 

  • With chainlink facing

• Hand-dug piers

• Cantilevered concrete retaining wall with shallow footing

• A variety of unique alternative steel plate or braced wall options

• Cantilevered drilled "stitch" piers

  • Temporary or permanent installation

  • With or without tiebacks

  • With embedded steel I-beams or rebar reinforcing

  • Lean concrete or pea gravel options for embedded I-beam

  • With or without wood lagging bracing, depending on "soil arching" capability