We design, engineer, and construct gabion retaining walls for residential, commercial, and civil projects across Sydney. Wire cages, quality rock fill, engineered foundations. Walls that retain, drain, and endure.
Gabion walls combine three things most retaining systems struggle to deliver together: significant mass for gravity retention, excellent free-draining properties, and the ability to flex with ground movement without cracking. That makes them uniquely suited to demanding sites.
METCON constructs gabion retaining walls using Galfan-coated wire mesh baskets filled with quality rock, built on engineered footings with proper base preparation. Every wall is designed by a structural engineer with cage sizes, rock specification, and batter angles matched to the site.
Whether it's a residential landscape feature, a civil drainage channel, or a major earth-retaining structure on a development site, gabion walls offer a practical, durable, and visually distinctive solution.
If any of these sound familiar, it is worth a free site visit. We will tell you straight what your site needs.
Gabion walls are naturally free-draining, water passes through the rock fill without building hydrostatic pressure.
Stacked gabion cages can achieve significant retaining heights cost-effectively for civil and commercial applications.
Gabion walls blend with natural environments and can support vegetation growth through the rock face over time.
The flexible wire mesh accommodates minor settlement and movement without structural cracking.
The raw stone-and-wire look suits contemporary architecture, industrial landscapes, and modern residential design.
Gabion walls are widely used for watercourse stabilisation, scour protection, and erosion control on civil projects.
Considering gabion walls for your project? Send us the site details and we'll advise whether they're the right solution.
From residential landscape walls to major civil earth-retaining structures, we handle the full range of gabion construction.
Galfan-coated wire baskets filled with quality rock aggregate. Stacked on engineered footings with proper base preparation and tie connections between cages.
Multi-tier gabion walls for significant retaining heights. Stepped or battered profiles designed to engineering specifications with calculated stability factors.
Shallow, wide gabion mattresses for erosion protection, creek lining, and scour prevention. Rock-filled wire mattresses that conform to the ground contour.
Gabion walls lining drainage channels, stormwater paths, and waterway banks. Natural filtration and flow management combined with bank stabilisation.
Gabion walls as landscape features, garden edges, seating walls, and planter boxes. Selected rock for visual consistency and architectural intent.
Gabion walls combined with other retaining methods, concrete footings, geogrid reinforcement, or topped with fencing for complete site solutions.
A selection of recent gabion walls across Sydney.
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Every gabion wall follows our structured five-step process. Designed by engineers, constructed with quality materials, documented throughout.
We assess the site, measure retaining requirements, evaluate soil and drainage conditions, and determine the best gabion configuration for the application.
A structural engineer designs the gabion system, cage dimensions, batter angle, footing requirements, and rock specification matched to the retaining height and loads.
The foundation is excavated and prepared to specification. Geotextile is laid, base cages are positioned, and levelling is verified before rock filling begins.
Wire cages are assembled, braced, and filled with selected rock in controlled layers. Internal tie wires maintain cage shape. Each tier is completed before the next.
Engineer inspects the completed wall. You receive design drawings, construction photos, and certification for council, strata, or project records.
Structural design, quality materials, documented construction, and engineer certification. A gabion wall that performs for decades.
Gabion walls look simple but they need engineering to work properly. We design and build them right. Correct cage specification, quality rock, proper foundations, documented and certified.
Every gabion wall is structurally designed for the specific retaining height, soil, and loading conditions.
Galfan-coated wire cages with specified rock fill, not random rubble in cheap mesh.
Meteora Constructions Pty Ltd, fully licensed in NSW with all required insurances.
We build gabion walls for civil contractors, councils, and developers, not just residential landscaping.
Understanding water management is critical for gabion walls, it's what makes the system work.
Hands-on Sydney building experience going back to the 1970s.
Real reviews from homeowners, strata and builders.
We needed a large gabion wall for a steep commercial block. Engineered, certified, and done on time. Professional from start to finish.
They handled the DA, the engineer, and the build. We didn't have to chase council once. Massive wall, done in under two weeks.
Council approval sorted, engineering sorted, wall done in a week. Could not fault the process.
Straight answers from the builder. Anything else, just ask.
Gabion costs depend heavily on height, the type of rock fill and site access. As a guide they usually sit between concrete sleeper and sandstone walls per square metre. We give you a free, itemised quote after a site visit.
It depends on the height and location. As a general guide in NSW:
We check your council's rules and handle the application for you.
Gabions are naturally free-draining because water passes straight through the rock fill. We still install geofabric and a drainage layer behind the wall to stop soil washing through and to protect the footing.
A standard residential wall typically takes 3 to 10 working days, depending on length, height, access and whether excavation or engineering is involved. Walls that need council approval can add 4 to 8 weeks for the approval process.
Not sure this is the right wall for your site? Compare the other systems we build, or ask the builder.
Back to Retaining WallsPlain-language guides from our team on the questions we are asked most.
We build gabion retaining walls across Sydney and greater NSW, residential, commercial, and civil applications.
Whether it's a residential landscape wall or a civil retaining structure, send us the site details and we'll design and price a gabion solution. Clear quoting from experienced builders.
