Concrete bollards in front of the South Plains College building

Concrete Bollards are a smart, attractive way to protect structures and entrances.

Concrete sphere bollard

South Plains College in Levelland, TX, recently installed nine concrete bollards from the Park and Facilities Catalog.

Those bollards are 12 inches in diameter and 30 inches in height. They were manufactured with reinforced concrete

Concrete bollards protecting a sidewalk. Notice how the cement is painted the same color as the building, another option available with concrete bollards

By Gerald Dlubala

Bollards as protective devices have been used going back to the late 1700s, when the first ones were crafted using everything from heavy tree trunks to old, vertically planted cannon barrels to the modern concrete bollards used today.

As they have become more sophisticated, modernized, and more skillfully manufactured, concrete bollards are now more personalized and aesthetically appealing.

And even though bollards are used as barriers to keep pedestrians safe from vehicular traffic, they have become just as important in keeping motor vehicles out of specific