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It added that bridges, roads and retaining walls supporting some roads would all have to be assessed to see whether they could handle the heavy loads.
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Sited precariously on the edge of a 650-foot vertical drop, some of the property's retaining walls, which were installed when Cox bought the house nine years ago, are crumbling.
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In the Himalayas alone, some 44 glacier lakes are filling so rapidly that they could burst their debris retaining walls in the next four or five years, in what are known as 'glacial lake outburst floods' (GLOFs).
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The University of Washington's Richard Morrill notes that the WPA bequeathed "an enduring legacy" around Seattle: bridges and retaining walls and drainage systems, parks and playgrounds, roads and trails, sewers, recreational facilities, airports, streetcars, low-income housing, as well as programs for musicians, artists and writers.
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Works will consist of fully rebuilding the collapsed bridge's retaining wing wall, as well as taking down and rebuilding two other retaining wing walls which are showing significant signs of structural distress.
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On Tuesday , the Commons meets at 11.30am for justice questions and then there's a ten minute rule bill from the Conservative Stephen Mosley on Building Regulations (External Retaining and Load-bearing Walls).
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The new Olympic Studios still has a charming vintage feel, retaining many of the original ceiling beams, wooden floors and exposed brick walls.
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