Retaining Walls and Lateral Earth Pressure

Start Date

10/08/2025

End Date

10/08/2027

Description

This two-hour course examines the forces that act on retaining walls and instructs how to account for and resist them. The course will explore the effects and solutions to soil pressure, explain how water pressure impacts a wall, identify properties of soil that contribute to wall design, and the equations and examples of successful designs.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Site Planning

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

2.0

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcome 1:
Learners will be able to identify and describe various types of retaining walls, their functions, purposes and the various forces that act on them.

Learning Outcome 2:
Learners will be able to identify the properties of soils that contribute to the retaining wall design.

Learning Outcome 3:
Learners will be able to explain how to account for and resist soil pressure on walls.

Learning Outcome 4:
Learners will be able to discuss how water pressure impacts a retaining wall and how to account for it.

Instructors

Samuel William “Bill” Simpson

Course Codes

P100825RTWLEP

Provider

HalfMoon Education Inc.

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