Retained side pillars

[OldieNewbie]

What is meant when an engineers specifications state that all pillars must be fully located on retained side. 
 

what is a retained side? 

[Russell griffiths]

The side your not knocking down ???

[OldieNewbie]

sorry I should have added that this relates to a boundary retaining wall

[Redbeard]

Ah, so I read it as: The 'retained side' means the buried bit. So if you are looking at the finished retaining wall from the lower side you will see no strengthening pillars. Any vertical reinforcement required (rather than strengthening via  - possibly stepped - thickness alone) will be buried behind the soil retained. That's how I'd understand that, but IANASE!

[Temp]

The retained side is the higher side.