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UK-made products that solve real groundworks problems. SMC helps contractors, housebuilders and merchants get them specified, priced and delivered.

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SMC works with UK manufacturers whose products solve real groundworks problems. We help contractors and housebuilders get them specified, priced and delivered.

Retaining walls & slopes

Green Gravity Walls

Doncaster-based maker of the ECO-MSE bag system · Made in Britain member

ECO-MSE bags build mechanically stabilised earth (MSE) walls. They give you a concrete-free way to retain ground, stabilise slopes, control erosion and build flood defences. Once planted, the wall greens over and supports Biodiversity Net Gain.

ECO-MSE bags being laid along a stream bank, with an excavator and dumper on site
1 · Laid
A new ECO-MSE wall beside a stream, freshly hydroseeded
2 · Seeded
The finished ECO-MSE riverbank wall, fully greened over
3 · Greened over

One job, start to finish: an ECO-MSE riverbank wall at Bouldon, Shropshire. Photos: Green Gravity Walls.

  • 140 g/m²non-woven polypropylene geotextile
  • 35kgfilled bag, 340 × 780mm
  • 45–85°wall face angle, set by design
  • 100+ yrsdesign life
  • Built to lastResists UV, chemical and biological attack. Independently tested to ASTM and EN ISO standards for strength, puncture, tear and water flow.
  • Filled for the jobGranular-filled bags (clean 20mm gravel) up to high water level, and a soil and compost blend above for planting. Empty bags and retaining plates also available.
  • Higher wallsAdd geogrid layers to reinforce taller walls, with design support from GGW's engineers.
  • Proven on railDesigned, made and installed at Normanton station for Northern Trains and Network Rail.

How SMC helps: we bring ECO-MSE to contractors and merchants, and get you a price for your job. Try the online ECO-MSE wall builder to size your wall, or read the ECO-MSE design guide for bag sizes, typical wall sections and test data.

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07432 216981 · shane@smcconsultancy.uk · LinkedInShane Milford, trading as SMC Consultancy · 17 Oxbow Drive, Doncaster, DN2 4EFPrivacy · © 2026 SMC ConsultancyPhotos: Unsplash; tipper, quarry and aggregate photos by Anthony O'Neil, Bill Nicholls, Peter McDermott and Christine Johnstone via geograph.org.uk, cropped and tinted (CC BY-SA 2.0); forecourt photo by KyleHarris1 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); JCB excavator photo via Pexels