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Precast Panel Walls

AIL Vist-A-Walls (Precast Panel Walls) close-up view of panels.
AIL Vist-A-Walls (Precast Panel Walls) in acute-angled bridge abutment

Cost-effective Precast Panel Walls are fast and easy to install with favourable equipment and labour requirements. 

This system uses precast panels with galvanized steel wire mats to reinforce a retained soil mass. This technically-sound and well-proven system is composed of alternating layers of soil reinforcement and select backfill to create an extremely stable reinforced structure that is easily adaptable to meet the structural and aesthetic demands of today’s infrastructure projects.

Benefits

  • Economical system for retaining walls, steepened slopes and erosion control
  • Heavy-duty, galvanized, steel wire interlocking wall and mat construction
  • Can handle extreme surcharge loads
  • Panels available in a variety of sizes, colours, textures and custom designs
  • Wall heights can exceed 30 m (100')
  • Height increments are 762 mm (30")
  • Adapts to curves, angles and steps
  • Effective system for a wide variety of architectural treatments

Applications

  • Retaining Walls
  • Headwalls and Wingwalls
  • Bridge Abutments
  • Grade Separations

Panel Options

Today’s precast concrete panels are pushing the boundaries in design and performance. Although many panel types are available, your AIL Technical Sales Representative can help your project team specify custom colours, textures, shapes, sizes and performance options for many types of applications.

AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel option, smooth.
AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel texture, fractured fin.
AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel texture, vertical grave stake.

Smooth

Fractured Fin

Vertical Grave Stake

AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel texture, ashlar stone.
AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel option, custom colour.
AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel option, custom logo.

Ashlar Stone

Custom Colour

Custom Logo

AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel option, custom motif.
AIL Vist-A-Wall precast panel option, custom mural.

Custom Motif

Custom Mural



Installation

Precast Panel Walls use precast panels with galvanized steel wire mats to reinforce a retained soil mass. Mats connect to the panels quickly with a single connecting pin.

Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 1: Levelling pad poured in below-grade base.
Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 2: Precast panels, braces and alignment pins.

Levelling pad poured in below-grade base.

Precast panels, braces and alignment pins.

Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 3: Loop hooks on back tie into wire mats.
Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 4: Mats secured to imbeds with connection pins.

Loop hooks on back tie into wire mats.

Mats secured to imbeds with connection pins.

Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 5: Fabric added, ready for the next lift.
Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 6: Next lift and bearing pads added.

Fabric added, ready for the next lift.

Next lift and bearing pads added.

Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 7: Panels, fill lifts and mats continue.
Precast Panel Wall Installation: Step 8: Coping, rail system and road surface added.

Panels, fill lifts and mats continue.

Coping, rail system and road surface added.

This technically-sound and well-proven is easily adaptable to meet the structural and aesthetic demands of today’s infrastructure projects.

AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) in grade separation.
AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) in overpass abutment.
AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) under construction.
AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) in railway overpass headwall.
AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) in overpass abutment.
AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) construction detail, wire mats.

AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) in railway overpass headwall.
AIL Vist-A-Wall (Precast Panel Wall) in grade separation, custom colour.
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Vist-A-Walls MSE Structural Wall Systems brochure cover.

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