Retaining Wall Designer – Free Online Tool

Our Retaining Wall Designer is an online tool for creating engineering designs for retaining walls using our Tasman® and Norfolk® blocks. The tool is not suitable for use with other masonry products.

Cowra Concrete Products recommends seeking advice from a structural or geotechnical engineer regarding the site specific design suitability, before using the retaining wall designer tool.

The tool has two operating modes Basic and Pro.

Use the tool to design the following wall types:

  • Reinforced Cantilever Retaining Wall
  • Segmental Gravity Retaining Wall
  • Segmental Reinforced Soils Retaining Wall

Benefits of the Retaining Wall Designer:

  • Save time – produce a retaining wall design and spec in minutes
  • Suitable for Tasman® and Norfolk® blocks
  • Australian Standards compliant
  • One-click quote request
  • Free and easy to use

Tasman® and Norfolk® are registered trademarks of Baines Masonry Blocks Pty Ltd. Cowra Concrete Products manufactures and distributes Baines Masonry retaining wall products, under licence, west of the Blue Mountains to Lightning Ridge, and to Albury and parts of the ACT.  Note: There is some Baines Masonry branding in the Retaining Wall Designer online tool.

 

Basic Operation: Builders and Residential Users

The Basic operation is intended for low height/low risk design solutions with a maximum height of 1.6m.

The Retaining Wall Designer enables you to create a PDF with:

  • Design and Specification Report
  • 2D Detail
  • 3D Model
  • Material Takeoff (MTO)

 

retaining wall designer specification report

Retaining Wall Designer Design and Specification Report

With the right information at the ready, you can design a wall in minutes instead of hours.

 

This tool is only suitable for use with Tasman® and Norfolk® blocks. Tasman® and Norfolk® are registered trademarks of Baines Masonry Blocks Pty Ltd.  Cowra Concrete Products manufactures and distributes Baines Masonry retaining wall products, under licence, west of the Blue Mountains to Lightning Ridge, and to Albury and parts of the ACT.  Note: There is some Baines Masonry branding in the Retaining Wall Designer online tool.

Pro Operation: Professionals

The Pro operation is aimed at suitably qualified and experienced engineers (structural, civil, geotechnical), architects and certifiers, and is suitable for walls up to 3.4m high.

With the right information at the ready, you can design a retaining wall that is compliant with Australian Standards in minutes instead of hours. The tool creates a full engineering report with 2D detail, 3D model and MTO that is downloadable as a PDF. With a simple click you can request a quote with the PDF attached.

 

2D section retaining wall design

2D Section

3d model retaining wall design

3D Model