In the summer of 2016, the Grayson County Public Library had finally settled on a new location in Leitchfield, KY. After moving several times since opening in 1980, the new building on Carroll Gibson Boulevard would become the library’s new home. Site plans were drawn and the building design was completed, but the site plan required a retaining wall to tame the hillside adjacent to the new building foundation. The excavation necessary for a conventional segmental retaining wall with geogrid reinforcement would demand the removal of most of the hillside at substantial cost. So, the general contractor for the building construction reached out to Redi-Rock K.I.T. for possible solutions.
With the proposed height of the retaining wall within typical limits of a gravity solution, Redi-Rock K.I.T. partnered with JC Hines & Associates to prepare a preliminary design and material quantities summary for budgeting. Once the cost of the retaining wall was established, JC Hines & Associates prepared the final drawings for construction.

The final design called for a Redi-Rock gravity wall at just over 970 square feet with a maximum design height of 8 feet. The natural look of the limestone texture with its multiple gray tone custom color was very complimentary to the traditional red brick exterior of the new library building.