Measurement for Civil

Engineering works
-Retaining Wall-
 Overview
 A retaining wall is generally defined as a vertical wall
that holds back earth. However a retaining wall has
many uses such as:

 A retaining wall for roadside embankments

 A retaining wall can separate older roads from
highways
 A house retaining wall for the garage
 A retaining wall helps keep river banks from
eroding
 A retaining wall to keep earth from stairwells and
driveways
 Common materials used for
retaining walls
 Wood sheets;
 Steel and plastic interlocking sheets;
 Reinforced concrete sheets;
 Pre cast concrete elements (crib walls and
block walls);
 Closely spaced in-situ soil-cement piles;
 Wire-mesh boxes (gabions);
 Anchors into the soil or rock mass (soil
nailing).
Earth-retaining structures
Gravity wall
Crib wall
Gabion wall
Cantilever wall
Common types of retaining wall
(sides of highway / expressway)

block retaining
wall

Vegetative
retaining wall
Common types of retaining wall
(hill side building development)

Segmental block
retaining wall
system

Concrete retaining
wall
Drainage system in retaining walls
Section view- concrete retaining wall

Temporary formwork is a MUST to concreting works and concrete

form the shape of retaining wall hardening to form the final product
before in-situ concreting works of retaining wall structure
coming in
Section view- Segmental blocks
retaining wall
Section view- Vegetative retaining wall
Section view- concrete retaining wall

Retaining wall

Ground level

Depth of excavation

Concrete base footing

perspective view- concrete retaining
wall

length

Buttress /
piers

height

width
 Measurement Principles
Element: mass concrete retaining wall
***Refer to drawing given;
Main components:
1. Concrete foundation / bases for retaining wall
2. Concrete retaining wall
3. Concrete piers
4. Weep holes (drainage )
5. Pocket of granular fill

Total measured length for retaining wall = 30.00 m

 Taking-off lists
(lists of items to be measured)
 Excavation works
 E.1.5.1 – excavation, foundation, earth -starting
from commencing level – m3

 Concreting works
 F.1.3.2 – In situ concrete designed mix, Grade
25, in bases – m3
 F.1.4.4 – In situ concrete designed mixed, Grade
30, in retaining wall – m3
 F.1.4.5 – In situ concrete designed mixed , Grade
30, in piers – m3
 Taking-off lists
(lists of items to be measured)
 Formwork
 F.4.1.1 – Formwork, to sides, of bases – m2
 F.4.1.3 – formwork, to back sides. of
retaining wall – m2
 F.4.1.3 – Formwork, to end sides / faces, of
retaining wall – m2
 F.4.4.3 – Formwork, to sloping faces of
retaining wall – m2
 F.4.1.4 – Formwork, to sides, of piers. – m2
 Taking-off lists
(lists of items to be measured)
 Drainage
 H.5.1.1 – outlet structures, 100mm diameter
weep holes @ 1.8m centre, inside the
retaining wall – nos.

 Filling
 E.3.4.3 – Filling, to structures -between
piers, pocket of granular material,
continuously. – m3
Techniques to take-off into
dimension paper
Billing paper