Michael VaughnMichael Vaughn is Masonry Commercial Brand Manager at Oldcastle APG.From the AuthorConcrete TechnologyMasonry Design & Detailing: Addressing Masonry's Issues with Modeling PlatformsBelgard, part of Oldcastle, APGMasonry can be challenging to model in existing software. One North Carolina mason found time savings and the benefits of being able to focus on creative design, not the challenge and tedium of modeling.Concrete Slipform PaversCase Study: Creating a Safe Sense of Place in Palm Beach Gardens With Concrete PaversBelgard, part of Oldcastle, APGDesigners needed to create a 350,000 pedestrian-friendly plaza with traffic calming roads and safe walkways, they turned to Belgard's Holland and Moduline Series pavers to make a visually unifying theme.Decorative ConcreteCase Study: 931 Homes Rely on Retaining Wall Construction in Southern Calif.Belgard, part of Oldcastle, APGDeveloping Portola Hills required converting the site from its natural state of valleys and steep hillsides into acres of construction-ready flat pads. A large retaining wall was constructed to create more property square footage.Concrete Slipform PaversCase Study: N.C. Medical Office Parking Lot Finds Savings & Ease of Installation with Permeable Interlocking Concrete PaversBelgard, part of Oldcastle, APGWithout the space needed for a typical underground detention system, one N.C. contractor still needed a solution for stormwater runoff in a parking lot and found a solution with permeable interlocking concrete pavers (PICPs).Page 1 of 1
