Bollards — Supply & Install
We specialise in the supply and installation of bollards across Cape Town and the Western Cape — precast concrete and hot-dip galvanised steel, in tapered, square, spherical, free-standing and removable forms, for parking areas, loading bays, walkways and building frontages.
A bollard is a short vertical post, usually set in a line, used to control or direct traffic and keep vehicles out of spaces meant for people. Because we are a building contractor and not only a supplier, the core-drilling, footings, making good and paintwork are part of the same quote.
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Supplied and Installed
Buying bollards is the easy part. The work is in core-drilling through existing paving without cracking it, getting the footing deep enough to matter, spacing the line so it actually stops what it is meant to stop, and leaving the surface looking like nothing was ever cut.
We are an NHBRC-registered building contractor, not a supplier who subcontracts the site work — a registration you can check yourself. That means one quote, one crew, one guarantee — including the making good, the line marking and the paint.
The Range
Sizes and finishes can be made to spec — send us your drawing or a site photo and we will come back with what fits.
Mass does the work. Heavy enough to be effectively immovable once set, with no coating to maintain and nothing to corrode — the usual specification where a bollard has to stay put and stay unattended.
The workhorse of parking areas and pedestrian edges. Tapered from 300mm at the base to 200mm at the top, so it reads lighter than a straight post while keeping its mass down low where a vehicle actually hits it.
Finish: Off-shutter, unpainted or exposed aggregate — or painted to your colour
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A straight 220mm post with no taper — a cleaner, more architectural line for entrances, forecourts and paved areas where the bollards are part of the look. At 103kg it is a good deal lighter than the taper, which matters when access is tight and everything has to be carried in.
Finish: Off-shutter, unpainted or exposed aggregate — or painted to your colour
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A square post with a gentle taper — 265mm at the base narrowing to 200mm at the top — normally supplied in the exposed aggregate finish shown. The square profile lines up cleanly against kerbs and paving edges, and an aggregate face hides scuffing far better than smooth off-shutter concrete does.
Finish: Exposed aggregate as pictured, off-shutter or painted to your colour
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The heavier of the two Bloc posts — the same straight cylinder as the 220, but 250mm across and 137kg, so it takes a vehicle knock rather better. The rounded cap and the recessed groove under it throw a shadow line, which stops a run of them reading as lengths of pipe.
Finish: Exposed aggregate as pictured, off-shutter or painted to your colour
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The slim one at 180mm and 76kg — light enough to place by hand, and it can be cast with holes through the shaft to take a handrail, which turns a line of posts into a continuous barrier along a walkway or an embankment edge. Note that it sets 500mm into the ground rather than the 300mm the rest of the range needs, so the excavation is deeper.
Finish: Exposed aggregate as pictured, off-shutter or painted to your colour
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A sphere rather than a post — for plaza edges, forecourts and pavement build-outs where a row of uprights would wall the space off. It stops a vehicle mounting the kerb while leaving sightlines and shopfronts completely open.
Finish: Exposed aggregate as pictured, off-shutter or painted to your colour
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The bigger ball at 500mm and 168kg — close to double the mass of the 400, which is what you want where vehicles lean on the line rather than just stray over it. Set in a run along a kerb or a corner it reads as a deliberate edge without blocking a single sightline.
Finish: Exposed aggregate as pictured, off-shutter or painted to your colour
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A near-square post with all four corners chamfered off — the detail the name refers to. Those cut corners take a knock far better than a sharp 90° arris, which is the first thing to chip on a square bollard, and they catch the light differently from the flat faces so a run of them has some depth to it.
Finish: Exposed aggregate as pictured, off-shutter or painted to your colour
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The only unit in the range that needs no groundworks at all — 195kg of concrete standing on the surface, held down by nothing but its own mass. That makes it the answer where the paving cannot be broken or the layout has to change later, and it can be fitted to carry an advertising board.
Finish: Exposed aggregate as pictured, off-shutter or painted to your colour
Request a QuoteLighter, quicker to place, and straightforward to replace after a strike. Hot-dip galvanised for anything near the sea, and the only route to a removable or lockable unit.
At 14kg this is a different proposition to the concrete posts — one person carries it, and after a vehicle strike you cut it out and set a new one rather than craning a replacement in. The flat top and the banded collar beneath it keep a run of them looking specified rather than like cut lengths of pipe.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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The same 150mm post as the flat top, capped with a domed head instead. The dome sheds water rather than letting it stand on the cap, and it discourages people using the bollard as a shelf or a perch — worth specifying outside a shopfront or a takeaway.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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The same 150mm post again, with three raised bands turned into the shaft below the cap. They give the bollard a shadow line that reads from a distance, and they are the obvious place to run reflective tape where a line has to be picked up by headlights.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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A square 150mm section rather than a round one, which lines up with brickwork, paving joints and building corners in a way a cylinder never quite manages. At 16kg it is barely heavier than the round posts and takes the same coatings — the black shown here is a powder coat over galvanising.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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A heritage-style post rather than a plain cylinder — a ribbed, domed cap and a matching ribbed band at the base bookend a straight shaft. The traditional profile suits period buildings, hotel forecourts and conservation-area streetscapes better than a utilitarian round post.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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A plain domed-top cylinder with a single raised band low on the shaft — a simpler profile than the Newton, closer to the round flat-top range but with a rounded rather than flat cap. A straightforward, understated post for parking edges and pavements where the bollard should not draw attention to itself.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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A plain 114mm cylinder cut on an angle instead of capped — the mitred top is the whole design, no dome or band to interrupt it. Shown here in a powder-coated blue as a colour reference; the same post supplies hot-dip galvanised or powder-coated to whatever colour the site needs.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated to your colour
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A box-section post on a bolt-down baseplate rather than a footing — the square profile reads as more architectural than a round post, and the surface-mount base means it can go straight onto an existing slab without core-drilling, or be unbolted and moved if the layout changes.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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A heritage-style post named for its cannon-like profile — a domed cap topped with a small ball finial, and a single raised band partway down the shaft. The traditional silhouette suits period buildings, guest houses and conservation-area frontages better than a plain utilitarian post.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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The slimmest post in the range at 50mm — a delineator rather than a vehicle-impact barrier, for marking a path edge, a garden bed or a low-risk pedestrian boundary. The small ball cap keeps it tidy where a plain cut-off top would look unfinished, and safety yellow is the usual call where it needs to be seen rather than blend in.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated to your colour — safety yellow as pictured
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A short, squat post on a round bolt-down baseplate rather than a buried footing — at 600mm tall and 9kg it goes straight onto an existing slab, quay edge or hardstanding with no core-drilling or excavation at all. The domed top and heavy-set proportions read as a mooring or marine-edge bollard, and the surface fixing means it can be relocated if the layout changes.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated over galvanising
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A decorative post fitted with a pair of eyes below the cap, strung with chain to link a run of bollards into a continuous barrier — the classic look for a promenade, a heritage forecourt or a pedestrianised street where a solid handrail would be the wrong register. Shown here in red; supplied in whatever colour the site needs.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated to your colour
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A ground-set sleeve that fits any round steel bollard in this range, for a bay or entrance that needs to open sometimes and stay closed the rest of the time. Lift the bollard out and the hinged lid sits flush with the paving — no upstand to trip on or ride over — and closing it lines the lid up with the bollard's locking lug to take a standard padlock.
Finish: Supplied to match the finish of the bollard it takes
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A square-section post hinged to a bolt-down flat plate rather than set into a footing — the answer for parking decks and suspended slabs where there is no depth to core-drill or excavate into. Unlock the padlock at the hinge and the bollard tilts down to clear the bay; lock it upright again and it is back to a fixed barrier.
Finish: Hot-dip galvanised, or powder-coated to your colour — yellow as pictured
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Coastal exposure, vehicle impact and how often a unit needs to move all point to different materials. We specify from what the site does to the bollard, not from what happens to be in stock.
Mass does the work. Concrete bollards absorb low-speed vehicle impact without deforming, need no recoating, and will not corrode. Heavy to place, so access matters — but once set they are effectively permanent.
The default for anything within a few kilometres of the sea. The zinc layer is metallurgically bonded rather than painted on, so it survives knocks and salt air far better than a coating. First choice for the Atlantic Seaboard and coastal industrial sites.
Where the bollard has to match a corporate colour or a building's palette. Best over a galvanised substrate — coating alone over bare steel is a false economy on a Cape Town site.
Site-applied and easy to touch up, which suits high-traffic industrial areas where bollards get scuffed regularly and repainting is part of the maintenance cycle rather than a failure.
Installation
This is the part that separates a delivery from a finished job. Every item below is in the quote — you should not be arranging a separate contractor to patch the paving after your bollards arrive.
How It Works
Six steps, one contractor, one firm price.
We walk the site, check the substrate, look at vehicle movement and access, and flag services that could be in the way of a footing.
We set out spacing, heights and fixing type, and recommend material and finish based on exposure and the impact the line has to take.
You get one itemised quote covering supply, installation, making good and any line marking — not a supply price with the site work to follow.
We source or cast the units, and confirm lead times upfront so you know when the crew can be on site.
Core-drilling, footings, setting and fixing, scheduled around trading hours where a site cannot stop.
Surfaces reinstated, markings redone, site cleared, and a walkthrough with you before we leave.
What Cape Town facilities managers, trustees and business owners ask before ordering bollards — sizing, materials, installation and guarantees.
Both. Most clients take the supply-and-install option because it puts one contractor in charge of the footing, the fixing, the surface reinstatement and the paint — but we will quote supply only if you have your own team for the site work.
It depends on what you are stopping. Delineating a walkway needs a light 60–76mm post; protecting a shopfront or switchgear from a reversing vehicle needs a 140–160mm concrete-filled steel bollard set into a proper footing. We advise on site rather than guessing from a catalogue.
Concrete is heavier, needs no maintenance and suits high-impact vehicle areas. Galvanised steel is far lighter — 14kg against 100kg-plus — so it is quicker to place, easier to replace after a strike, and the only route to a removable unit. On coastal sites we push hard for hot-dip galvanising over any painted-only steel.
Yes. We core-drill through the existing surface, set the bollard into a footing below, and make the surface good around it. That is exactly the part a supply-only vendor leaves to you.
Yes. Removable bollards come in two forms — one drops into a flush ground sleeve set into the surface, the other lifts off a bolt-down base plate. Both let you open the bay for deliveries or emergency access and lock it again afterwards, and both are common in complexes and office parks. Tell us which bays and how often they need to open, and we will spec the right one.
Regularly. We quote per phase so trustees can approve the spend, schedule around residents and tenants, and supply the documentation managing agents need for their records.
Our installation carries the same 12-month workmanship guarantee as the rest of our building work — if the fixing, footing or making good fails in that time we come back and fix it at no charge. The bollards themselves carry their manufacturer terms, and we tell you what those are before you order.
It depends on the type, quantity, substrate and how much making good is involved — a row of cast-in steel bollards through existing asphalt is a very different job to bolting units onto a clean slab. We quote after a site visit, and the number on the quote is the number you pay.
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Contact UsFour promises, in writing, before any work starts.
Pay the number on your quote. Nothing is added without your approval first.
Get any workmanship defect fixed free within 12 months of handover.
Deal with the owner who quoted your job — first visit to final walkthrough.
Hear what your money is better spent on, even when that means a smaller job for us.
Send us a site photo or a drawing and we will come out, set the layout and quote the whole job — supply, installation and making good.
We supply and install bollards across Cape Town — the Southern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs, Atlantic Seaboard and the city's industrial precincts. If your area isn't listed below, get in touch; chances are we cover it too.
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