Category: Retaining Walls
March 20th 2026 • Posted in: Alfabloc, L-bloc, Retaining Walls, Shuttabloc, Waste & Recycling
Why ground fixing retaining walls is best practice in waste and recycling
In waste and recycling facilities, retaining walls are not passive structures. They are working assets that form bays, push walls, fire breaks and material separators in environments defined by heavy plant, repeated impact and constantly changing loads. For these reasons, how retaining walls are installed and restrained is just as important as the wall system itself.
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July 10th 2025 • Posted in: Beam and block, Bespoke concrete, Retaining Walls
The craft behind the cage: Why skilled rebar fabrication is essential in precast concrete
When people think of precast concrete, they often picture robust retaining walls, slabs, or culverts being lifted into place with impressive efficiency. What’s less visible, but absolutely essential, is the reinforcement hidden inside. More specifically, the precision-crafted rebar cages that make these elements strong, stable, and long-lasting.
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June 16th 2025 • Posted in: Bespoke concrete, Civils & Infrastructure, Culverts, Flood defence, Retaining Walls
Precast concrete solutions for Civils and Infrastructure projects
Precast concrete products play a vital role in civil and infrastructure projects across the UK. Designed with strength, durability, and ease of installation in mind, we offer a range of solutions designed to help keep essential developments running on time and within budget, while ensuring long-term structural performance.
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March 6th 2024 • Posted in: Alfabloc, Poundfield Precast news
Celebrating 25 years of Alfabloc
This year Alfabloc celebrates 25 years of providing versatile retaining wall solutions to the aggregate, waste and recycling, agriculture and ports & shipping market sectors.
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October 19th 2023 • Posted in: Bespoke concrete, Betaloc, Retaining Walls, Ultra-low carbon concrete
How we helped build a new low carbon home for a polar bear at Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park
It’s not everyday we play a part in providing a new home for a polar bear, but this is exactly what happened when Jimmy’s Farm and Wildlife Park got in touch.
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May 22nd 2023 • Posted in: L-bloc, Retaining Walls
Poundfield supplies 78 L-shaped retaining walls for the Silvertown Tunnel Project
Heralded for using the UK’s largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at a diameter of 11.91 metres, a new tunnel is being built by Riverlinx Ltd, to connect the Greenwich peninsula and the Silvertown district in London. The project is worth more than £1 billion and includes the construction of a twin-bore road tunnel under the River Thames and will provide a much needed alternative to using the Blackwall tunnel.
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November 16th 2022 • Posted in: Aquacast, Case studies, Retaining Walls
Aquacast blocks for intertidal estuary defences at Aldeburgh Golf Club
Aquacast blocks were chosen as the preferred solution to reduce the risk of further settlement which would eventually lead to the sinking of the defence walls.
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November 14th 2022 • Posted in: Alfabloc, Case studies, Retaining Walls
Alfablocs strong enough to withstand space rocket engine testing
We often get excited when we see how our retaining walls are being used by our customers, but we have to be honest and say that the excitement reached new levels recently when we saw this amazing video from Orbex.
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