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Why Resin Light Pole Bases are Revolutionizing Urban Design

December 4, 2024

Why Resin Light Pole Bases are Revolutionizing Urban Design

Discover why resin light pole bases are transforming urban spaces. Offering unmatched durability, lightweight efficiency, aesthetic versatility, and eco-friendly benefits, resin outperforms traditional materials like steel and concrete. Learn how this innovative solution is reshaping cityscapes with style and sustainability. Read more on TerraCast®’s insights.

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Two new Draper TecVision viewing surfaces achieve ISF certification for color accuracy

November 21, 2024

Two new Draper TecVision viewing surfaces achieve ISF certification for color accuracy

Draper has introduced two new ISF-certified TecVision viewing surfaces, XH1200X Grey and CS1100X ALR, designed for superior color accuracy and performance in various lighting conditions. These additions, showcased at InfoComm 2024, enhance the TecVision lineup with advanced features for high contrast, precise resolution, and wide viewing angles. Discover how Draper continues to innovate in projection technology with surfaces tailored to meet diverse professional needs.

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Enhancing Safety and Style with Durable Bollards

November 14, 2024

Enhancing Safety and Style with Durable Bollards

At AECinfo.com, we’re always on the lookout for innovative solutions that combine safety, durability, and aesthetic appeal for urban, industrial, and landscape projects. That’s why Reliance Foundry’s diverse selection of bollards caught our attention. These bollards serve as both functional barriers and design elements, making them a versatile choice for many applications.

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Armstrong Line of Axiom® Indirect Field Light Coves and Indirect Light Ledges Now Includes Keyless Design Options

October 30, 2024

Armstrong Line of Axiom® Indirect Field Light Coves and Indirect Light Ledges Now Includes Keyless Design Options

Keyless options enable pre-engineered lighting solutions to be used with most LED light cove fixtures in straight and curved applications.

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Introducing the 24" Berkley Base: A Compact Marvel

April 5, 2024

Introducing the 24 Berkley Base: A Compact Marvel

Prepare to be impressed by the latest innovation from TerraCast® Products – the 24" Berkley Base. Unveiling a compact marvel in the Berkley Style Bases family, this new addition redefines elegance and functionality. Designed to accommodate poles with diameters of up to 6 inches, the Berkley Base combines modern aesthetics with superior durability. Discover more about this stylish solution and its seamless integration into various settings. Get ready to elevate your outdoor spaces with the 24" Berkley Base – where sophistication meets practicality.

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Modern Solutions for Site Challenges

January 4, 2024

Modern Solutions for Site Challenges

The demand for efficient and aesthetically pleasing infrastructure in the telecommunication industry has been steadily rising due to several factors. These factors include the need for reliable and high-speed connectivity, the rise of smart cities, the increasing deployment of IoT devices, and the growing demand for seamless communication across various devices and platforms.

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Light up your space with the R-6304 Constellation Light Bollard

October 26, 2023

Light up your space with the R-6304 Constellation Light Bollard

Made from durable 316 stainless steel, it offers corrosion protection with style. Its LED lighting enhances safety and visibility and its star-inspired design adds a unique aesthetic.

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New decorative enclosures and light pole base shrouds in the latest Custom Base Capabilities Catalog by Terracast Products

July 4, 2023

New decorative enclosures and light pole base shrouds in the latest Custom Base Capabilities Catalog by Terracast Products

Have you Downloaded the latest Custom Base Capabilities Catalog by Terracast Products? New styles and sizes are continually added to the line of decorative enclosures and light pole base shrouds. Check out the updated catalog!

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Custom manufactured light poles to meet specifications designated by you

November 7, 2022

Custom manufactured light poles to meet specifications designated by you

Niland manufactures the industry's largest and most diverse selection of custom decorative aluminum pole products. All of our antique street lamps are cast aluminum poles featuring four or five-inch fluted pole options, specifiable up to 16 feet. Choose your height with Niland and let our poles' flexibility suit individual area requirements for all of your projects. The ornate decorative cast base light poles are unitized in one piece construction and all exterior welds are finished smooth. Our in-house pattern and machine shop can duplicate any historic antique street lamp or street light post as part of our free design service. Show us an old photo of your old main street light pole and we'll handle the rest.

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Delaware Clam Shell Light Pole Base withstands years of sun and salt without the need for painting

September 14, 2022

Delaware Clam Shell Light Pole Base withstands years of sun and salt without the need for painting

Introducing the newest addition to one of the most popular styles, the Delaware Base now comes in 18" tall with a base diameter of 19", which accepts a pole with up to 6" outer diameter. The new size comes with the same clamshell construction that allows easy installation and access to the wires. The three different sizes create seamless streetscapes throughout the city or residential community for any lamp posts, signage poles, and small cell poles installed in the area.

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Product Spotlight: ViuLite® Integrated Blinds

July 6, 2022

Product Spotlight: ViuLite® Integrated Blinds

If you love the look and utility of Venetian blinds but can’t stand cleaning them or dealing with damaged slats, check out Unicel Architectural’s ViuLite® integrated blinds. ViuLite® is a system of ScreenLine® integrated blinds permanently and hermetically sealed within a double- or triple-glazed insulating glass unit. ViuLite® ensures protection against dirt, germs, weather conditions, and damage, while offering an aesthetically pleasing design element that provides enhanced solar shading and variable vision control.

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Recycled Planters, Light Poles, and Bases

November 29, 2021

Recycled Planters, Light Poles, and Bases

TerraCast® planters, PolySteel™ light poles, and light pole base covers are all manufactured using #4 linear-low density polyethylene (LLDPE) with up to 100% post-consumer recycled content. As we like to say, "our black is green," the standard black color we use contains a minimum of 90% post-consumer recycled content. In addition, the manufacturing process we use for these products, rotational molding (rotomolding), has an environmental advantage because it produces no scrap as all the materials can be 100% recycled.

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Architectural lighting bollards: a blending of form and function

October 1, 2021

Architectural lighting bollards: a blending of form and function

Architectural lighting bollards create welcoming public spaces for walkers and cyclists through low-impact, pedestrian-level, localized light, improving pedestrian comfort and safety and reducing light pollution.

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Downlighting Solutions For Specialty Metal Ceilings

August 27, 2021

Downlighting Solutions For Specialty Metal Ceilings

Perfectly centered fixtures, perfectly cut tiles - every time. What a bright idea! Explore the all-new @USAILighting downlighting integrations for select MetalWorks ceiling panels.

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Dark Sky Compliance

August 21, 2020

Protect and preserve the night time environment and minimize light pollution. To reduce the amount of light pollution, the use of dark-sky compliant lighting fixtures are strongly encouraged, or even required in some locations by municipalities and local communities. Many of TerraCast® Products' luminaries have the dark-sky compliant options!

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Emphasize Your Beautiful Property with Resin Landscape Lighting

July 22, 2020

With landscape lighting, not only can you illuminate pathways and add an element of safety and security, you can artistically call attention to things that may be over looked at night, adding a new dimension to your space. TerraCast®'s line of landscape lighting options are ideal for both commercial and residential applications because of the beauty, durability and longevity of resin.

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High Quality Light Pole Bases

May 20, 2020

If you were to scratch, cut, or scrape or dent our resin bases, you would find that the color blend permeates throughout the piece, which will not expose any secondary base color. TerraCast® has the ability to replicate many designs to match the existing bases. The flexibility of the resin material enables our bases to have a stone or metal look finish. As you can see in the before and after pictures above, you can barely tell the difference between aluminum and resin bases except for the fact that our base will never peel or corrode. The TerraCast® base will never require painting.

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Signs You May Need to Upgrade to Long Lasting Lighting Solutions

February 24, 2020

Do you have high energy bills? Are you spending way too much to maintain your light poles or landscape lighting? You may be overlooking the opportunity! Changing outdated lighting system can provide large cost savings for you. TerraCast®'s PolySteel™ posts and landscape lighting paired with our LED lighting options are the perfect long lasting solution to put an end to your costly maintenance and energy bills.

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Creative Option: Removable Skylights

January 13, 2020

Hospitals and medical centers have found a unique way to utilize removable skylights by placing them over equipment like MRI machines that are too large to move and occasionally need to be serviced. In these applications, the skylight, or a portion of it, is simply removed and workers are provided with easy access to the machinery.

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The Daylighting Difference: Biophilic Design

October 4, 2019

In an urban age when most waking hours are spent indoors, Biophilic design strives to satisfy the innate human tendency to hunt for and associate with the natural ingredients for human health and survival. People have evolved to instinctively associate with the natural features and processes that, though no longer as relevant to survival, contribute to their livelihood and well-being – and few things were and continue to be as integral to human health as the sun. The sun a source of both light and warmth, we have become biologically encoded to seek out its rays; and more than that, our body also relies on the sun to stimulate Vitamin D production and regulate the body’s daily rhythms.

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