Western Cape Archives – The Construction Co.

This was an intriguing project where a heritage retaining rock wall was collapsing and had to be removed and reinstated in an exact position under careful scrutiny. All rocks had to be meticulously marked and replaced in its original position as per heritage protocols.

There was excavation and demolition of a concrete retaining wall together with the removal of the heritage rock wall. The rock wall was reinstated on a reinforced concrete wall to create a “new” rock wall identical to the old wall.

A large amount of photographs were taken and later enlarged to create a design matrix for the reinstatement of each and every rock in its original position in the wall.

We worked closely with specialist heritage architects and engineers. We complied with all heritage protocols while improving the structure and aesthetics of the wall.