Sunday Randomness #239: A New Sidewalk in part acts Part 4

Part 4: New sidewalk with retaining walls

Some areas needed more prep work than others and needed additional reinforcement in the way of retaining walls next to the new sidewalk.

Below is the before picture with a block retaining wall to the right protecting the neighbor's driveway from run-off.  I assume that they were addressing drainage concerns to back dig into this yard and bring in so much fill material. 

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 Here's after pictures showing the block retaining wall and the new cement retaining wall along with the new sidewalk

Below are some examples of placing the forms to make the gutter portion of the sidewalk.

 Next, they added additional rebar for support and strength.

 Finally, in this third shot, you can see the before and after of the grid rebar support on the left and without it on the right (they did add the rebar to the right side before pouring cement).

They also did additional work for some properties such as pouring steps to make the home still accessible.

The final two pictures show the finished edges of the sidewalk sloping into the gutter and then into the street.