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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1992
J Thomas Elmore, Washington, DC (US);
Alan Veatch, Washington, DC (US);
William C Clements, Reston, VA (US);
Victor Elias, Bethesda, MD (US);
Longine J Wojciechowski, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
JTE, Inc., Lorton, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for adjustably connecting pre-cast wall facing panels to the soldier beams of a tie-back or anchor wall is provided, wherein the system comprises an array of panels stacked in rows having mutually adjacent side edge portions which are spaced apart from one of the soldier beams, a connecting column cast-in-place between the beam and the adjacent side edge portions of the panels for structurally interconnecting both of the panels to the beam, and an adjustable array of reinforcing members within the column for interconnecting the adjacent side edge portions of each of the panels with the beam and for reinforcing the resulting column. The depth of the cast-in-place connecting column advantageously accommodates variations in the distances between the beams and panels. In the method of the invention, a first row of wall facing panels is stacked in front of the soldier beams, and a first section of the connecting column is cast therebetween. Thereafter, a second row of panels is stacked on top of the first, and the process repeated until the wall achieves its desired height. Both the system and the method are particularly applicable to tie-back walls employing piles since the cast-in-place connecting column automatically adjusts for misalignments between the piles and the wall facing panels.