Workers in safety gear tending a stabilised slope above a winding mountain road

Commercial

Slip repairs for roading and commercial properties.

A leading specialist in slip repair works, with a reputation for delivering cost-effective, practical and value driven solutions to exacting client specifications in the most challenging environments.

We offer complete design and build solutions from initial consultation services through to design, costing, consents, construction and landscaping. Our innovative construction methods, techniques, management and design routinely provide advantages such as the minimisation of costs and practical solutions for restricted access and environmentally and geologically significant sites.

  • Slope reinforcement / slope and rock face stabilisation
  • Ground anchoring
  • Retaining walls
  • Drilled horizontal drainage
  • Grouting
  • Piling, micropiling and drilling
  • Shotcrete (sprayed concrete)
  • Gabion retaining structures
  • Temporary works
  • Landscaping
  • Anchor testing
  • Rock fall barriers and catch fences
  • Confined space and rope access works
  • Sediment and erosion control
  • Underpinning
Rope access technician operating a drill rig on a cliff above the coast
Rope access technician clearing loose material from a slip face above a coastal road

Slip clearing

Clearing the slip safely, before the repair begins.

Failed material has to come off before any structure can go in. Our crews clear slips by rope access and machine — descaling loose rock, soil and vegetation and carting spoil away, including on live roading corridors and tight coastal margins.

  • Rope access descaling and clearing
  • Machine excavation and cartage
  • Roading corridor traffic management
  • Emergency response during heavy rain events
Excavator clearing slip material on a coastal margin while a crew member looks on
Slip clearing · Parnell

Rope access

The whole toolkit, delivered on ropes.

On cliffs, bluffs and steep coastal margins there is often no bench for a machine at all. Our rope access crews drill, scale, anchor and install mesh and barriers while suspended on the face — bringing the full stabilisation toolkit to sites that would otherwise be unreachable.

  • Rope access drilling and anchoring
  • Rock scaling and descaling
  • Mesh and barrier installation
  • Site investigation and inspection
Two rope access technicians drilling on a cliff above turquoise water
Earth Stability vehicle below a bush-clad slip face with rope access crew on the slope
Site investigation · Piha
Aerial view of anchored mesh being installed on a bluff above lakeside houses
Anchored mesh installation · Tarawera
Rope access crew scaling loose rock from a roadside cut above traffic cones
Rock scaling above the road
Branded excavator and Earth Stability signage on a secured residential site

Site safety & environmental controls

Safe sites, protected ground, tidy frontages.

Every site is set up to keep the public, the crew and the environment safe — secured fencing, clear signage and screening on residential streets and public walkways, and sediment and erosion controls that hold the ground and protect coastal and waterway margins for the life of the works.

  • Site security, signage and screening
  • Silt fences and sediment control
  • Erosion matting and ground protection
  • Public walkway and corridor management
Silt fence and warning signage on a coastal rock platform below erosion matting
Silt fence and signage on the coast
Slip repair warning signage on a coastal walkway above the water
Public walkway signage
Branded screening barriers and company vehicle at a private home driveway
Site screening at a private home · Burwood
Long run of branded safety scrim along a main road below a vegetated slope
Branded safety scrim · Tamaki Drive

Rock fall protection

Catch fences and barriers, engineered for the slope above.

Rock fall barriers and catch fences protect roads, homes and public spaces below unstable slopes and rock faces. Our crews install posts, mesh and anchoring systems on steep and restricted-access ground — including rope access sites — across Auckland and beyond.

  • Rock fall barriers and catch fences
  • Post, mesh and rope systems
  • Ground anchoring and anchor testing
  • Rope access installation
Rock fall catch fence on a steep slope above a coastal suburb
Anchored cable and mesh detail on a catch fence installation
Anchor and mesh detail · Kohimarama
Draped mesh catch fence following the contour of a bush-clad slope
Draped mesh on a bush slope · Kohimarama

Before & after

From exposed slope to finished structure.

Slope during works, with erosion matting and catch fence posts installed
During works — matting, anchoring and fence line
Completed stone-faced retaining structure with planting established above
Completed — stone-faced structure with planting above
Stabilised rock face above a sports field
Rock face stabilisation · Auckland Grammar
Catch fence traversing a pastoral hillside
Hillside catch fence · Bream Tail
Mesh catch fence protecting a coastal road beneath a cliff
Coastal road protection · Kauri Point
Failed gabion retaining wall being repaired with drilled ground anchors

Gabion retaining structures

New gabion walls — and rescue of failed ones.

Gabion baskets are a practical, free-draining retaining solution for roadsides, slopes and boundaries. Where existing gabion walls have failed, we stabilise and re-anchor them in place — drilling through the structure with temporary casing to install ground anchors into competent ground behind.

  • New gabion retaining walls
  • Anchoring of failed gabions
  • Drilling with temporary casing
  • Slope mesh and drainage behind
Drilling through failed gabions with temporary casing on a coastal cliff site
Drilling through failed gabions with temporary casing
Tiered gabion retaining wall alongside a sports field
Tiered gabion wall · Auckland Grammar

Shotcrete & sprayed concrete

Structural facings, sprayed where the slope demands it.

Shotcrete provides a durable structural facing over anchored slopes, rock faces and retaining repairs — applied by specialist crews on roading corridors, coastal cliffs and restricted-access sites.

  • Anchored shotcrete facings
  • Rock face stabilisation
  • Roading slip repairs
  • Rope access application
Shotcrete slope stabilisation works on a coastal roading corridor
Completed stabilised coastal cliff with vegetation established
Completed stabilisation · Vauxhall
Crew applying sprayed concrete to a coastal rock face
Sprayed concrete works · Vauxhall
Completed anchored shotcrete retaining wall alongside a roadway
Anchored shotcrete wall · Kerwyn Ave

Commercial projects

  • Parnell Baths Rockfall Protection

    Stage-one rockfall protection beside Parnell Baths, comprising four debris catch fences and anchored protection along the public reserve below private homes.

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  • Sunkist Bay Slip Stabilisation Works

    Slip stabilisation in a public coastal reserve, including a tied-back timber pile wall, reinforced slopes, drainage, recontouring and native planting.

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  • East Coast Road slips

    Roading slip repairs.

  • Hillcrest Creek widening

    Downstream bank protection on a live watercourse, working from within more than 20 private residences through the peak of winter.

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  • Pinesong Retirement Village

    Stabilisation of a 30-metre cliff beneath a five-storey apartment complex, with extremely restricted access and residents in occupation throughout.

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  • South Yard cliff line works

    Stabilisation of the Devonport Naval Base cliff line above sensitive refuelling equipment and services, with no disruption to base operations.

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  • Norwood Road, Bayswater

    Slip repair works.

  • Huia Aqueduct

    Ground reinforcement works to infrastructure assets.

  • Pohutukawa Road

    Slope stabilisation works.

Talk to us about a commercial programme

Tell us about the site, the access constraints and the timeframe. We will set out a method, a cost and a construction sequence.