ENGINEERED 
RETAINING
WALLS®

​Retaining walls that support pools, driveways, parking pads, or any structure carrying live load require full engineered design under the IRC and most local codes — regardless of wall height. The added vertical and lateral surcharge from a vehicle, a pool deck, or pool water dramatically changes the forces on the wall, and walls built without engineered reinforcement (geogrid layers, deeper footings, drainage, and proper compaction) routinely fail within a few years. Engineered Retaining Walls® designs and builds pool surround walls, driveway support walls, and parking-pad retaining walls across Western North Carolina, North Georgia, and East Tennessee, with stamped engineering when required. Below are the questions we hear most often from pool builders, custom-home builders, and homeowners.