Know-How

Tips, Knowledge and How-To Guides

For Contractors and Customers

Bollard Boss

Bollard Installation Cost

For Contractors

Here is a detailed breakdown of bollard installation cost. We do the numbers for:

  • 4″ Schedule 40 Bollard Installation Cost
  • 6″ Schedule 40 Bollard Installation Cost
  • 8″ Schedule 40 Bollard Installation Cost
Shoring Up Bollard Pipes

Choosing Bollards

For Owners and Site Planners

Here we layout some guidelines for choosing bollards. It can be difficult to decide what you need and why. This article will hopefully give you food for thought, and help you make some decisions on what you need and why.

3 Bollard Barrier Layout

How to Install Bollards

For Contractors

Here is an in-depth guide on How to Install Bollards, specifically In Ground Bollards. We include a materials list as well as an equipment and tools list. We then go through all the steps, from marking for the utility locate to finishing the bollards.

Bobcat with 12 inch Auger

Bollard Pipe and Cover Sizes

Making Sense of Naming Conventions

If you are confused about Bollard Pipe or Cover Sizes or don’t understand why a 6 inch Pipe is not 6 inches in diameter, this page will help you out.

6 inch Schedule 40 Steel Pipe Bollard

Establishing Minimum Day Rates

For Contractors

If you don’t have minimum day rates, the tiny jobs installing one or two bollards can drive you nuts!

But that shouldn’t be the case. Learn how to charge what you need to stay sane and happy!

That means you need to establish a Minimum Day Rate.

This guide helps you do just that.

 

Finished Replacement Bollard

Bollard Installation Concrete Estimator

For Contractors

With your pipe diameter and length, footing diameter and depth and quantity of bollards, this tool calculates the amount of concrete you will need.

It adds the volume of the footing and the bollard together, adds a prescribed waste percentage, multiplies it by the number of bollards for a total in yards.

Concrete Truck Pour