Tobermore supplies Secura Grand mortar-free retaining wall system to Bloor Homes' Bushby Fields development in Leicestershire.
Bloor Homes has deployed Tobermore's Secura Grand retaining wall system at its Bushby Fields residential development in Leicestershire. The dry-built, engineered walling solution was selected to manage site topography changes across the housing scheme while speeding up civil engineering schedules.
The Secura Grand product offers a engineered solution that eliminates the need for traditional wet mortar, allowing installation teams to build structural retaining elements in varied weather conditions without delaying site progress. Tobermore provided dedicated technical design support alongside the physical block supply to meet structural requirements across the development.
Sloped residential sites require robust ground retention to create level plots, roadways, and garden boundaries. Traditional concrete blockwork or poured concrete structures require cured mortar and favorable weather, which can stall earthworks programs during winter months. Engineered segmental retaining walls utilize dry-stacked, interlocking blocks combined with geogrid soil reinforcement to achieve structural stability rapidly.
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While this specific specification was delivered at commercial scale for a national housebuilder, dry-build segmental retaining systems like Secura Grand are increasingly available through regional builders' merchants and specialist landscape suppliers for smaller trade and self-build applications. Groundworkers and land installers should consider dry-stacked systems over traditional wet-mortar brickwork to avoid weather delays and reduce labor hours on site. However, buyers must ensure that any engineered block system includes full structural calculations and geogrid specifications when retaining heights exceed standard gravity-wall thresholds.
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