AB Retaining Walls Design & Estimating App
Design and estimate retaining walls up to 6 ft with full project portfolios
What Does it Do?
Design and estimate retaining walls up to 6 ft. (1.8 m) and receive a full project portfolio with design plans, elevation drawings, wall section details, and material quantity estimates.
Available in English and Metric units.
How It Works
Home Screen
Use the simple screens to enter information about your project for height, length, soil type and then choose a condition that represents your yard. As an option you can enter in exact X, Y and Z coordinates of your wall to adjust the projects location and height information for more exact estimates.
Bird's Eye View
Entering in this basic information will give you a rough estimate of the blocks you will need in an easy to read format.
Elevation View
Want a More In-Depth Estimate?
Submit your project to the Allan Block Design Center and receive a Free estimate that includes cross sections, block and material estimates quantities.
Sample Design PortfolioThis retaining wall design, estimator and project portfolio includes:
Mac Installation Note
**NOTE: When installing on a Mac computer, you will need to adjust your security settings to allow you to download from the internet. To do this:
- 1Go to System Preferences
- 2Go to Security & Privacy
- 3Click the lock at the bottom right of the screen to unlock it so you can make changes
- 4Change "Allow apps downloaded from:" to Anywhere
- 5Click the lock again to lock