Basics of Retaining Wall Design for the Practicing : evolution of retaining structures, design procedure overview, soil mechanics simplified, building codes and retaining walls, forces and loads, on retaining walls, earthquake (seismic) design, designing the cantilever wall stem, soil bearing and stability, footing design, pier and pile foundations, counterfort retaining walls, cantilevered tilt-up walls, gravity walls, gabion and multi-wythe large walls, segmental retaining walls, swimming pool wall design, pilaster masonry walls, restrained (non-ylielding) walls, sheet pile walls, soldier beam walls, why retaining walls fail & cost effective fixes, construction topics and caveats, retaining wall design examples.