Richmond Care Village

The Challenge

To install an attractive retaining wall solution that complements the beautiful landscaping.

This luxury retirement village needed a retaining wall with considerable aesthetic appeal.   The landscape design was carefully formulated to make a major commitment to the restoration and conservation of the landscape on the original Wood Norton estate. Groundworker R O’Donaghey was tasked with proposing a retention solution that could facilitate curves, corners, stepping down and railings.  The project team had considered Gabion Baskets but decided that they would detract from the beautiful surrounding landscaping.

The Solution

Tobermore’s Secura Grand Retaining Wall with its attractive stone finish.

Groundworker R O’Donaghey proposed Secura Grand as an attractive retention solution which could facilitate curves, corners, stepping down and railings.

The Secura corner blocks provided an attractive decorative finish when stepping down and used in conjunction with the Secura coping.

Tobermore enlisted their Civil Engineering Consultants to provide expert technical design services free of charge to the Groundworker.

Secura walls were constructed on a concrete footing rather than a stone base that was fully detailed for on-site installation. Bespoke retaining wall designs were provided for the Richmond Care Village project which accommodated built-in lighting features on the wall itself.   Tobermore’s Civil Engineering Consultants were able to approve a unique request for Secura blocks to be routed out and external lights embedded in the block.