Grass Concrete offer retaining walls for road highways or the simplest garden or boundary walls. The Betoconcept range brings different shapes and styles to accommodate planting on high or low walls.

With any housing development to a sloping site the introduction of retaining walls can be challenging enough but when access is needed between levels the challenge becomes even more onerous.

Taking on the brief, the proposals for this project saw step flights constructed with vertical Leromur wing walls. The right-hand wing constructed with a vertical edge to meet the party wall fencing. The left-hand wing wall was raked back to the angle of the Betoatlas earth retaining wall to which it was joined. The Betoconcept portfolio was completed by utilising Betoflor units with the connecting lugs removed to form the step risers.

Completion has seen the residents quickly taking the opportunity to add a vertical dimension to their gardens with the faces being landscaped with a range of plants.

The structural design for the wall was provided by the Betocalcul analysis software, complete with a 10-year insured warranty.

With individual interlocking blocks and dry-build interconnectivity the range offers the ability to free-form wall layouts in single or terraced wall format. These interlocking units enable a quick and easy construction process even with complex curves, ground embankments and weight surcharges with various wall heights.

Dry built blocks interlock to form the required face angle and provide adequate soil pockets for all types of plants, shrubs and climbers. Good drainage and water capture with the stepped bank helps keep landscape maintenance to a minimum.

For the architect and landscaper Betoatlas retaining walls can be transformed into planting opportunities offering alternatives for the garden design.

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