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PROJECT

ATLANTIC BEACH ESTATE

In August 2023, Cape Town based company Padeltop
recommended Decorton Retaining Walls for the construction
of terraced and undulating retaining walls and staircases
surrounding the new padel courts at Atlantic Beach Estate &

Links Club, Melkbosstrand, Cape Town. This article looks at the
wall installation, its planting and the padel courts.

n addition to the retaining walls, step block access stairs and wide
Project Team staircases wrapping parts of the padel courts were also installed.
Client: Atlantic Beach Estate & Links Club, Cape Town IThe walls were required to lower the courts to the same level as
Retaining Walls: Terraforce the Atlantic Beach Sports & Fitness Centre in order to help reduce
Retaining Wall Design and Installation: Decorton Retaining wind damage and beautify the entire area. Atlantic Beach wanted a
Systems rustic appearance for the walls and chose the Terraforce L12 rock face
Landscaping: Atlantic Beach Estate & Links Club (Landscaping finish. The Terraforce 4 x 4 step block was chosen to complement and
Team); Karien Naude (Atlantic Beach Landscape Manager) blend in with the rock face finish of the retaining blocks.
Wall Block Supply: Cape Retaining Systems/Klapmuts Concrete SP van Blerk of Decorton Retaining Systems explains that because
Padel Court Design, Construction, Supply and Installation: Atlantic Beach is situated along the West Coast with Strandveld
Padeltop vegetation and coastal dunes, special care needed to be taken with
the excavations in order to build the walls, taking the slope into
consideration.

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