Apparatus for maintaining a seawall disposed between a body of water and
retained earth includes at least two anchoring devices installed on the seawall
at spaced locations and a connecting member for rigidly interconnecting the anchoring
devices to maintain the separation distance therebetween. The connecting member
may have a fixed length or may be adjustable in length to adjust the separation
distance between the anchoring devices. A method of maintaining a seawall involves
forming a passage through the seawall from a water facing side to an earth facing
side of the seawall, inserting an anchoring member in the passage, advancing the
anchoring member into the retained earth to anchor an anchor of the anchoring member
in the retained earth, and securing a retaining member on the anchoring member
along the water facing side of the seawall to apply compressive force against the seawall.
