Satu Bumi specialises in the design and manufacture of Custom Planter Box “Solutions” to suit specific customer requirements. With a large product engineering team of skilled designers, mould makers and artisans, Satu Bumi is well placed to produce virtually any realistic shape and size GRC planter, trough, pot or landscaping product.

Contact Satu Bumi to discuss your Custom Planter Boxes requirements on + 61 (03) 5292 1001 or email at sales@satubumi.com.au

I am interested in Custom GRC Planter Boxes for my next project ……
…… What are the next steps?

Satu Bumi has been manufacturing GRC Custom Planters since 2012. Satu Bumi has developed incredibly robust manufacturing processes to produce and deliver truly world class GRC solutions. It is Satu Bumi’s goal to make procuring Custom Planter Boxes for your next commercial project a straight forward process and the following is a suggested framework for working together: -

Discuss your GRC Planter Requirements

The quickest and easiest way to understand if Satu Bumi can assist with your next GRC project is to speak directly to an experienced consultant on (03) 5292 1001 or you can send an email to Satu Bumi outlining your requirements.

Review & Select Custom GRC Planter Design Options

Whether or not you choose to communicate directly with a Satu Bumi representative, you should look at all your planter options before making a final decision on what planter box design you order. Concrete or GRC (Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete) planter boxes are typically square, rectangular or cylindrical and come in a variety of heights, widths and depths. This flexibility enables them to be positioned together efficiently in a variety of different configurations to suit areas that require controlled vegetation such as balconies, roof tops, court yards and other open spaces. Nevertheless, the appearance of these planter boxes does not necessarily need to be square, rectangular or cylindrical with a flat plain grey concrete surface. There is nothing wrong with the standard grey concrete surface which has been a popular classic look for decades. However, GRC is such an adaptable medium for making planter boxes that it can also be used to produce attractive and practical variations to these typical standard shapes and finishes. Therefore, it may be worthwhile having a look at some of Satu Bumi’s design options here.

In addition, an often overlooked but important issue to consider in the design of planter boxes is how you intend to install them. The weight, size and shape of the planters are all issues that can impact installation. Therefore, your installation strategy should be included in the product design process for custom planters. Satu Bumi has worked with many business to create planters that not only look great, but are designed to facilitate installation on site.

Custom GRC Examples (Click on the photos to enlarge them)

The following photos show two large flutted GRC planters that were custom built for a roof top garden that was installed with Satu Bumi GRC benches.

The following photos show examples of a varitey of different shaped custom built GRC planters from several Satu Bumi installations.

Estimating & Quotation Custom GRC Planters

Once you have a reasonable idea of what you are looking for in a custom GRC planter box, you can request the Satu Bumi Estimating Team to prepare a quotation. Satu Bumi’s estimating team places a lot of focus on working with its customer to assist them in the estimating and quotation process. For relatively simple requirements, pricing quotations can be turned around very quickly. However, on more complex projects the process often includes multiple discussions, preliminary shop drawings and a number of iterative cost estimations before a final quotation can be provided. Satu Bumi sees this as part of its solutions approach to customer service and is happy to work with its customers during this process at no charge to ensure they achieve a good result.

Custom GRC Planter Shop Drawings

The professional preparation and management of shop drawings is an essential part of Satu Bumi’s quality control process for the development of custom GRC designs. Since the shop drawings for customer products will be followed in detail in the manufacturing process, it is important to ensure that all relevant issues are addressed before customer approval is provided. This is not a difficult process on most projects especially if most of the work has already been done during the estimating and quoting stages. However, larger or more complex projects may require a number of discussions/meetings and shop drawing iterations before a final design is ready for approval by the customer. And Satu Bumi has the right people to assist you through this process.

Click on the following images to see examples of a number of very unique GRC planter box shapes that were required for a Satu Bumi project that show how they can be designed and manufactured to meet very specific customer requirements.

Click on the PDF images to the right for more information about Satu Bumi’s shop drawings process and to see the shop drawings to which the above planter box shapes relate.