Novel Solution to Wall in Hastings
When the Principal Contractor on site called in Geoforte to provide proposals to replace a cracked and deteriorated 1930’s built masonry retaining wall at a social housing site in Hastings, we said no.
Instead, we offered to keep the existing wall in place and strengthen the ground behind using pre-coring and soil nailing with structural mesh and shotcreting to the face. The result - a considerable cost saving on excavation and removal from site of the old wall and erection of new with no imported granular backfill together with reduced build time. Environmental benefits were also realised with the reduction of construction traffic, noise and disruption on the busy steep hillside site with severely restricted access in the sensitive residential area. Needless to say the contractor and client were won over and we completed all works simply and expediently.