Highlight: Tobermore’s Secura Portal is changing how groundworkers approach the tender process for retaining wall projects. This innovative software simplifies planning, pricing and proposals, helping groundworkers maximise margins, win tenders and deliver high-quality retaining walls. Download Guide for Groundworkers – Improve your tender success rates and profitability for residential retaining wall projects here.
For groundworkers, winning tenders and improving profitability can be a balancing act. One way to achieve both goals is to use Tobermore’s Secura Grand modular concrete block retaining wall blocks, combined with our innovative Secura Portal.
An ideal alternative to conventional masonry retaining walls for residential applications, Tobermore’s Secura Grand segmental retaining wall system is quick to install, without the need for wet trades, and available in a wide range of colours and textures, ensuring there’s an option to suit any design brief.
Tobermore’s Secura Portal was set up to streamline and enhance the retaining wall specification process for groundworkers and help them create winning tenders. Once the project details are entered, this advanced online tool produces a comprehensive and competitive tender document with detailed pricing (that includes other materials such as aggregates) that stands out against the competition. Our team can help further to maximise profit margins through backfill value engineering.
The benefits of the Secura Portal were recently demonstrated by O’Halloran and O’Brien, a family-owned groundworks and civil engineering company. The company used the Secura Portal to successfully tender for the retaining walls on a new residential development for Barratt David Wilson Homes. The Secura Portal enabled O’Halloran and O’Brien to upgrade the original masonry specification to a Secura Grand modular retaining wall, resulting in a more visually appealing design, faster project delivery and a considerable cost reduction.
John Wilcox, senior surveyor at O’Halloran and O’Brien, said:
“Using the Secura Portal gave us all the information we needed to put together a successful quote that represented a significant cost reduction over the original masonry retaining wall specification.”
Alex Walther, Head of Retaining Walls Category Manager at Tobermore, added:
“Using the Secura Portal enables groundworkers tendering on traditional specified projects to offer their clients a modern retaining wall solution with multiple upsides. Tobermore solutions are fast to construct, aesthetically pleasing and offer financial value both for groundworkers and their clients.”
Download our Guide for Groundworkers – Improving your tender success rates and Profitability for residential retaining wall projects or visit our dedicated groundworker’s page for more information.
Tobermore was founded in 1942 and is now one of the UK and Ireland’s leading manufacturers. It provides construction professionals and homeowners with high-quality landscaping and walling solutions that elevate outdoor spaces. As a result, its products are used to create the public realm in various settings, including housing developments, healthcare and education, as well as towns and city centres.
The company still promotes the family values on which it was founded. Its offices and manufacturing plant are based in Tobermore, Northern Ireland, and it employs over 400 people, mainly from the local area. Tobermore’s concrete products are made in the UK using aggregates from its own quarry, and it imports the best materials so customers can be satisfied with the quality and traceability of its products.
Its vision is to transform places and people through great products and great experiences. With a focus on customer satisfaction and simplicity, Tobermore makes hard landscaping easy through its reliable, innovative, and customer-centric approach.