Context

Gabion retaining walls along with free-standing gabion walls for visual barriers and gabion cladding, were specified for a new retail park in Rugby. Phi Group provided the full design, supply and installation package.

Project details

Gabion baskets were specified to form free standing acoustic/visual barriers to service yard areas, and gabion cladding for the buildings was proposed.

The challenges

The main challenge with free standing gabion walls is to keep the structure depth as thin as possible, whilst making sure the structure can stand at the required height safely. To achieve this, support columns are often incorporated within the structure to give it the required strength.

The challenge with gabion cladding on buildings is how to attach it to the building and also, for cladding that is full building height, how to hand lace the stone within the cladding cages.

The solution

Phi Group provide the full design, supply and installation service for this project.
A welded mesh gabion basket was used that was typically 250mm thick for the cladding, whilst the free standing gabion walls were 1.0m wide. A high quality architectural finish was achieved for all structures.