to extend over the anchor plate 6 so as to capture the anchor plate 6 between the segments 17 and 18 and the foundation 2 referring again to fig2 and 3 after the cable assemblies 3 are anchored to the top and bottom of the wall 1 wire mesh 21 is placed across the face of the wall 1 and attached thereto as by a plurality of dowels 22 which are rigidly attached as by epoxy or the like in holes provided therefor in the wall 1 after the cable assemblies 3 and wire mesh 21 are mounted to the wall 1 and foundation 2 the adjacent surface of the wall 1 is sandblasted and coated with an adhesive such as an epoxy thereafter a concrete like material typically known under the trade name gunnite or shotcrete is applied over the wall between the lower surface of the concrete block 15 and the upper surface of the foundation 2 for embedding the exposed portion of the cable assemblies 3 and the wire mesh 21 as is well known gunnite or the like has substantially the same or greater compressive strength as does the brick typically used in the wall 1 after the gunnite is cured a jack 25 is coupled to the upper end of the tendon 11 for applying tensile force to the tendon 11 after a desired amount of tensile force is applied to the tendon 11 e g 6 000 pounds a relaxation of the tensile force will.