Protection

Aesthetics

Budgets

Passive

Active

Speed Ctrl

Benches

Trash n Ash

Planter Security Barrier System

Magnum FP

MilSpec Planters

Impaler Barrier System

Dirt Cheap Barrier

Bollard Cover

Conventional Planters

Active Barrier Sources

Since 1976 we have been applying advanced cement composite technologies to the fabrication of watertight architectural shapes (fountains, planters, etc.) where the cost / benefit exceeds that of conventional materials. We pioneered the use of GFRC cast stone for site amenities.

Our other website at www.Stonewear.com illustrates many other products we manufacture that help to give the "look and feel" to all types of buildings and site improvements. This orientation carries through when we apply our Stonewear GFRC technology to the applications for increased perimeter security where the appearance of these barriers is a prominent issue in the decision process.

Our mission statement; "Produce a quality product and ship it on time", has been unchanged for the last 25 years. Stonewear’s ability to consistently achieve this goal is based on the twin foundations of our niche material technology and our brand of customer service, which is decidedly interactive and proactive.

As we become expert in a new product area we attempt to assist our potential client in an honest evaluation process. Fundamentally, it is an educational process; the client explains their needs and we describe the options available as we know them. The draft of the Decision Process is an effort to document this process for the barrier application.

Since we are a vertically integrated custom contract supplier, we have no business bias other than to utilize all known information about the specific project and to give the prospective client our best estimate of exactly what is required with options for the unresolved "gray" areas.

Relating this to the barrier application market we can make the following statements:

1. Our primary contribution is always going to be "making things look good".

2. The strength issues are "just engineering" from our point of view and since we are in a "shape and finish" business we can execute on any type of design.

3. We have a nationwide network of local contractors with which we engage in ongoing business so we can offer a "Single Source Solution" all the way from concept, design, and fabrication to installation, planting, and maintenance.

4. Our GFRC material technology has the desirable trait of "ductile failure mode" which minimizes the "ballistic debris" produced by an "impact event" (contrary to the brittle failure mode of conventional concrete).

5. Our GFRC material technology is the material of choice for Pre-Finished Permanent Form Work which dramatically minimizes the time a site is "under construction" — it also costs less and looks better than site built structures.