Retaining The Future

We are one of New Zealand's foremost Retaining Wall Construction companies. It all began in Wellington in the mid 1980's, with a small company constructing Crib Wall retaining units.

Builder Chris Burke saw the potential and bought the company. Within a few years the company expanded to meet growing local demand, and began both making, and installing the retaining wall units. Seeing the increasing opportunities in other parts of the country, Chris made the move to Auckland, and in 1994 ICB Retaining Walls Limited began offering the full range of retaining wall construction options.

Since then the company has carried out numerous projects for Construction companies, City Councils, Railways, NZTA, Mining and Harbour Companies.

The company is a trusted designer and builder of a large range of retaining wall solutions and its success is reflected in its continuing growth by offering a proven record of experience, innovation and reliability. We are just as confident about the future.

Image: Pinehill Stormwater Retention Ponds 1 & 2

The fundamentals

Health and Safety

We are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace to ensure the wellbeing of our employees, our clients, and members of the public.

Our goal is to eliminate all injuries, accidents, and incidents.

To achieve this goal we:

Make safety a priority on all of our sites
Require active participation by everyone in the business to adequately plan the work we are always carrying out and to act safely
Require the Site Safe and/or Constructsafe Passports as a minimum training standard for all our employees and subcontractors and we encourage all staff to undergo further safety training
Ensure that our regular planned inspections include monitoring of current Passports in workplaces we control.

People

We believe it’s our responsibility to work in a manner that meets the needs of today, without compromising the needs of future generations.

So that means making a commitment to our clients and our communities:

Endeavouring to exceed industry environmental best practice
Doing what’s best for the communities in which we live and work.
Leaving a legacy of craftsmanship and permanence, that enhances our local communities and provides clients with long-term quality assets.

Sustainability

Investing in our People is essential characteristic of our business. We continually work on people development to progress their career aspirations as well as negotiating effective ways to develop their capabilities so their process is meaningful and worthwhile.

We believe that we achieve a competitive advantage by developing a thriving and capable workforce.

We will achieve this by:

Developing a culture of Zero Harm to ensure that all our people return home safely to their families at the end of their working day
Leading by example and living our values:
Planning for Safety
Planning for Quality
Being Reliable
Being a Positive Team Player
Being Firm and Fair

Retaining walls built on Albany Highway - 2024

Meet the team

We have a key group of expert staff and a number of experienced contractors, who work together to complete projects in a timely, innovative and professional manner.