We supplied the first gabions and mattresses to a site near Delmas in Mpumalanga recently for a series of gabion weirs to be built along a river diversion channel. The average width was 5-10m and height to top of the berm was 4.8m.
The weirs controlled the flow of water in the channel to reduced water velocities.
Gabion Baskets assisted the design engineer with a detail for the gabion weirs and mattresses to be installed during late 2007.
The contractor AWA Shabugwane Construction is almost complete with the works now, the channel was a length of 11km and was to control the water flow, as a new mine technique had been adopted to mine the coal underground and once complete to implode the tunnels and have the roof fall in to close the mine.
This could have caused water flow problems in the valley, thus the reason that the water diversion channel was constructed.
Many gabion weirs have been installed and many more are still to be completed, the works are to be completed by the end of June.
All rock and labour was sourced locally and great gabion structures became a reality.
Manufactured in South Africa, offering Class-A Galvanised or with Grey PVC coating Hexagonal woven mesh baskets and mattresses, Square Weldmesh baskets are also available.
Protect the integrity of your gabion basket installation with high-quality geotextiles between your gabion structures and the soil.
Sandbags are an ideal solution when it comes to soil erosion protection, and diverting floodwaters away from sensitive installations or homes.
These blankets promote vegetation growth when combined with your gabion structure, and help retain the important topsoil for vegetation growth.
Heavy rocks need heavy transport. Our Barrows were specially designed to transport our quality products.
Hexagonal woven mesh is the perfect product for rockfall mesh netting and to cover large areas of river mattresses quickly.
Fully made up Gabion baskets or mesh rolls/panels are offered for more flexible use on building or civil engineering construction sites.
Also referred to as a sack gabion, cylindrical shaped, filled to 75% capacity with rock, used in restricted areas or to act as foundation for gabion river structures.
Only need a small retaining wall up to 1.5m height? Why not use local rock with our small 300 x 300mm cross-section Gab-Bloc Gabion?
The smaller Garden Gabion can be used at home for terracing and smaller Gabion retaining walls, or even internal feature/ decorative walls, or raised garden beds as illustrated below.
We offer a custom designed, suited to feature aesthetically pleasing Gabion Planter feature which is sure to turn heads and get lots of interest.
These units are suitable for filling with earth, sand, gravel, crushed rock and other granular materials.
The smaller Garden Gabion can be used at home for terracing and smaller Gabion retaining walls, or even internal feature/ decorative walls, or raised garden beds as illustrated below.
We supply non weathered rock for gabion and rip rap protection and feature structures, many colors are available, size 100-250mm.
We supply a tool kit that makes the installation process much easier and neater.