The design flexibility of precast concrete enables the manufacture of special and/or unique elements… pieces of art, statues, fountains and monuments which are frequently used in public spaces. There can be almost limitless shapes, forms, sizes, textures and colours. Precast concrete provides the inherent strength and durability which is needed for use in public environments and to provide for resistance to vandalising and from fire. The only limit on design is the imagination.
Advantages
- Smoother design process
- Can be loadbearing or non-loadbearing
- Many surface finishes, shapes and patterns available
- Fire advantages
- Quality product
- Off-site manufacture means high quality
- Durable
- High strength, factory produced, long life precast concrete offers the ultiamte outcome with minimal maintenance
- Faster construction time
- – Less weather dependent
- Simplified and safer construction process
- Less trades on site
- Less exposure to WHS and industrial relations risks
- Less waste
- Less materials handling
- Services (for power, water, etc.) can be cast in
- Can be loadbearing or non-loadbearing
- Many surface finishes, shapes and patterns available
- Fire advantages
- Quality product
- Off-site manufacture means high quality
- Durable
- High strength, factory produced, long life precast offers the ultimate outcome with minimal maintenance.
Alternatavly, precast monuments and signs can be made using Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) – find out more about GRC here.
Applications
- Artworks
- Sculptures
- Monuments
- Columns
- Fountains
- Plinth
- Memorials
- Signs
- Plaques