Abstract: A retaining wall for reinforced infill material of the type comprising superimposed courses of modular blocks, each block having a front face, a rear face, parallel upper and lower faces, and opposed sidewalls which extend between the upper and lower faces. Reinforcement material extends back from the wall into the infill material with an end portion of the reinforcement material interposed between two superimposed coursed of the wall and anchored to the wall by an anchor element which is retained in a retaining cavity between contiguous upper and lower faces of blocks in the superimposed courses. The anchor element has a spine which is of wedge-shaped cross-section for at least part of its length and has a plurality of spaced-apart projections extending from one side there of and engaging through apertures in the reinforcement material.

Abstract: In order to provide a suitable packaging system, mesh pieces are deposited across the width of a moving run of flexible wrapping material and are deposited in longitudinally overlapping relationship along the length of the wrapping material, by feeding the mesh pieces on a belt which moves more quickly than the wrapping material; the mesh pieces are ejected from the end of the belt onto the wrapping material. The direction of movement of the wrapping material is inclined downwards so that the trailing ends of the mesh pieces contact the wrapping material before the leading ends contact the preceding mesh piece. The wrapping material, with the mesh pieces on it, is then rolled up under tension into a spiral bale so that the overlapping edges curl down and prevent the mesh pieces slipping out.