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Retaining Wall near
BART Entrance
by
Pranav Kumar
Troop
125, Fremont
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For
my Eagle Project, I had to organize the building of a retaining wall,
split into two workdays. On day one, the main objective was to fix the
retaining wall into the ground. The first steps were to get the
materials and supplies in one place, clear the workspace and start
digging holes. After this, the scouts assembled the retaining wall
(attached the posts to the planks), measured where the holes were to be
dug, and finally, two adults dug the holes. Once the holes were dug, the
scouts leveled the retaining wall, adjusting the amount of gravel,
Quickrete, etc. to be put and finally fixed the retaining wall into the
ground with the help of Quickrete. Due to the unevenness of the ground,
we ran into an issue where one of the measurements was 4 inches off. We
resolved this issue by cutting four inches off one of the planks. On the
second workday, the main objective was to completely level the trail
off. The scouts started off by getting the materials and supplies and
filling in the gaps between the wall and the ground with small twigs and
gravel. Afterward, they layered the trail with two layers of mulch until
the trail was leveled.
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| area before starting |
making holes for retaining wall |
We had an excellent turnout and great support from many adults
and scouts. We had a total of 13 adults helping, including
adults from Troop 125, Troop 111, neighbors/family friends and
21 youth, including scouts from Troop 125, Troop 111, Troop 169
and neighbors/family friends. The adults helped a lot with the
digging of holes using the two-man auger. I got great guidance
in selecting the materials and supplies from an employee at
Golden State Lumber and Cresco Equipment Rentals kindly let us
rent all their equipment for free.
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spreading wood chips |
finished retainer with view of Tyson Lagoon |
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