Design Freedom

The Heights Residence Halls at Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, feature carbon fiber-reinforced horizontal insulated load-bearing cladding.

When it’s first mixed, concrete is a liquid, so it can take the shape of the form it’s poured into, the mold that’s designed to your specifications. Curves, dentil details, colonnades, cornices, projections, colors, forms, finishes … all are possible and defined by your design, as well as:

• Virtually unlimited colors and textures can be achieved through the use of various aggregates, cements, pigments, and finishing techniques.
• Textures including formliner shapes, artwork, and lettering provide distinctive accent treatments.
• Finishes ranging from light sandblast and acid etch to heavy retarded exposures allow surfaces to be differentiated and deepened to meet design requirements.
• Almost any veneer, including brick, stone, and tile, can be incorporated into a precast facade.
• Brighter, more open and flexible interiors because longer spans and more open plans are made possible by precast deck systems.