In the summer of 2016, the Wyndham Hotel Group broke ground on a hotel development near Nashville International Airport. The development partners at Corinthian Development Co. out of Morgan Hill, CA selected general contractor R.G. Anderson Co. to construct the $11 million hotel project.

Shortly after initial plans for the sitework had been drawn, R.G. Anderson contacted Redi-Rock K.I.T. to run a feasibility test with their Redi-Rock retaining wall system for a site-wall proposed behind the hotel.  One wall would support a cut along the rear access to the building that would reach a maximum height of 12.5 feet.

Redi-Rock K.I.T. called on design partner, JC Hines & Associates, to prepare the necessary construction drawings and material quantities summary for construction budgeting. Situated in limestone bedrock for most of the wall’s height, this 17-foot-tall Redi-Rock gravity structure was an effective substitution for the more costly cast-in-place wall specified in the original site design.

The wall was constructed and completed alongside the hotel in 2018. The final length of the completed retaining wall was 223 linear feet with a total constructed face area of 2,044 square-feet.