Category: Retaining Walls

  2021 is the midway point of the second cycle of New York City’s mandated retaining wall inspections, Local Law 37 of 2008. This year, owners and managers of properties in Staten Island must have their retaining walls inspected and...

If your property has a retaining wall that's 10 feet or taller and faces a public right-of-way, the New York City Department of Buildings requires that it be inspected by a qualified engineer. According to Rule 103-09, which went into...

Building owners who have retaining walls on their property typically don’t give them much thought. Unlike the facades of their building, retaining walls are often out of sight, out of mind. But if not regularly inspected and maintained, these walls...