Archetech Issue 27 2016 | Page 87

’s err Naturally the best e test rodu t in enuit A revolutionary range of premium granite flagstones, TerraPave® is the latest in product ingenuity from AG, engineered in an unrivalled range of colours, finishes and depths to allow architects’ creativity to be realised. AG, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of hard landscaping, building products and structural precast, has, for more than 50 years, led the way in providing practical yet aesthetically superior alternatives to natural stone imports. TerraPave® perfectly captures the aesthetic of natural granite, but doesn’t come with the cost and supply issues architects often come across when specifying granite in projects – namely cost, supply and poor product function such as slip resistance. The ‘must-have’ product for urban development, TerraPave® is unique in its range of colour blends. Offering more than three times that of any other supplier in the market, its ten colour blends have been carefully developed using shades from natural granite aggregates and come in two different finishes – textured and ground. The high quality of the ground finish option also makes it suitable for indoor use. AG ensures landscape designers enjoy maximum flexibility for laying patterns by making the product available in three sizes – 400x400mm, 500x500mm and 600x400mm – all of which can be specified in standard depths of 40mm, 50mm, 65mm and 80mm in all colours, finishes and formats. This gives designers a huge choice when specifying for differing mechanical requirements and trafficking applications. Unusually for granite flagstones, TerraPave® can withstand the occasional heavy-vehicle traffic – a string to its bow no other product in the market currently can offer. With TerraPave®, the negatives associated with reconstituted stone needn’t be considered. Never before has such a range of colour, depth and finish combinations been available to landscaping designers – 360 combinations in fact! AG has a history of innovation. From humble beginnings in 1960, it has evolved into a company that works in genuine partnership with architects, designers and contractors, developing and supplying products that perform better and help deliver projects on vision. For more information please go to www.ag.uk.com Page 87 - Archetech Having always invested heavily in the latest production machinery, AG combines this with a vast knowledge of geology, chemistry and process technology to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Its ongoing development of new and better ways of making hard landscaping products puts much of its range into the category of ‘often imitated but never bettered’.