With products to suit most hard surface applications – from heavy duty commercial to public realm and domestic precast concrete paving offers unique characteristics and a wide range of benefits including:
• Modular – concrete block paving (both permeable and impermeable), flags, kerbs and related products provide a richness and texture for the urban environment not available with formless surfaces
• Design freedom – a growing diversity of sizes, shapes, styles, finishes and colours for contemporary design enable attractive and distinctive local character with differentiation between areas
• Durability - Proven performance across all areas over a long product lifespan
• Predictability – manufactured under controlled conditions for consistent sizes, colours, textures, slip/skid resistance and other performance characteristics
• Low-impact - fast installation or reinstatement with limited intervention techniques using modest, low energy heat-free equipment
• Re-usability – products and their embodied carbon can be redeployed, whether for reinstatement without evidence following below-ground work or installation elsewhere
• SuDS-compliant – concrete block permeable paving is at the heart of sustainable drainage (SuDS), meeting the ‘sponge city’ paradigm for flood and pollution resilience, while eliminating standing water and potholes
• Tree-friendly – concrete block permeable paving provides straightforward irrigation and essential oxygen/CO2 exchange for street trees without root disruption to surfaces, ensuring long-term sustenance and shading
• Accessible & comfortable – safe access for all with consistent slip/skid resistance and accurate sizing to ensure an even surface, while improved solar reflectance helps reduce urban heat island effect
• Sustainability – local sourcing Long-life and re-usable, precast concrete paving is demonstrably sustainable – in every sense.