MAKE A BIGGER SPLASH WITH A SMALLER BLOCK
Join Novum Wall’s growing network of producers and deliver a one-of-a-kind retaining wall solution in a high-yielding market.
WHY YOU NEED NOVUM
Nothing Else Like It
Novum’s lower profile and lighter blocks make it the perfect solution for the many residential, commercial, and municipal wall projects up to 6 ft (1.8 m). Adding reinforcement like geogrid can allow Novum Wall to reach heights of 21 ft (6.4 m) or more.
Smarter Production
Intelligent manufacturing efficiencies refined over 20+ years of precast experience power a quicker climb to profitability. Lean on decades of engineering, production, and business development experience, all just a phone call away.
Grow with Confidence
Novum Wall is new, but we’re not. The industry knows us and, more importantly, how we do things. You’ll add a new product with a proven pedigree to satisfy a known market need.
Diversification Driver
Highly efficient machine-set installation makes Novum Wall an attractive new revenue stream for earthwork contractors who already own mini-excavators or skid-steers.
OUR PARENT COMPANY, ASTER BRANDS HAS...
25
Years building concrete forms & molds
10,000+
Forms currently in use across the globe
30
Countries producing with Aster Brands forms
THE MOST ADVANCED PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCK FORM IN EXISTANCE
Novum Wall’s forms offer numerous enhancements and innovations identified over our decades of form research, development, and refinement. Handcrafted in northern Michigan using high-grade North American-sourced steel, Novum Wall forms are tough – just like the blocks they produce.
Save Space with Stacking. Integrated form “ears” at the corners allow the stacking of forms up to four high during curing or when not in use, saving valuable floor space.
Faster Demolding. Speed the demolding process with Novum Wall’s simplified two-door form design and built-in pry points.
Produce More With Less. Increase production without adding people with Novum’s highly efficient double-cell form option. Single-cell forms are also available.
WHAT YOUR CUSTOMERS CAN BUILD WITH NOVUM
Novum Wall is a complete machine-set precast modular block (PMB) system designed to create walls specific to the project owners’ needs and their sites’ demands.
Gravity Walls
Can be built to 6 ft (1.8 m) without reinforcement and still handle significant surcharge loads like those produced by parking areas, roadways, and buildings.
MSE (Reinforced) Walls
Utilizing Positive Connection (PC) or friction connection, Novum’s mechanically stabilized earth walls can achieve heights well beyond dry cast segmental retaining wall (SRW) alternatives.
Freestanding Walls
Coming in early 2025, Novum’s freestanding walls will allow for Novum to be used for flood and force protection, stand-alone barriers, and more.
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Take a closer look at our blocks including top blocks, corners, caps, and more.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do I produce Novum Wall?
The production of Novum Wall is straightforward and efficient, just like its installation.
Prep your forms with release agent and color (if desired)
Pour your forms with concrete and vibrate
Let the product cure
Strip the blocks from the forms
Transport the blocks to inventory with a forktruck
Clean the forms and repeat And just like installation, the production of Novum Wall only requires a small crew.
Why should I choose to produce Novum Wall?
Novum Wall addresses a lucrative gap in the retaining wall market, offering a stout but manageable block that can be efficiently installed almost anywhere with compact machinery and a small crew. From gravity walls up to 6 ft (1.8 m) to much taller MSE walls, Novum Wall covers the market with ease and simplicity.
Who will I sell Novum Wall to?
You’ll sell Novum Wall to growth-minded landscape contractors, earthwork contractors, and large block installers who recognize the revenue opportunity a durable, efficiently installed, great-looking wall solution offers. Novum Wall is so simple to install that practically anyone with equipment (skid-steer, mini-excavator, or sub-compact residential tractor) capable of setting 650 lb (294.8 kg) is in your target market.
Does Novum Wall have any direct competitors?
Novum Wall is a first-of-its-kind solution that really can’t be compared to existing retaining wall alternatives. The closest comparable product might be dry cast segmental retaining walls (SRW), though Novum’s small crew machine-set installation is a game-changer when compared to dry cast’s laborious and time-consuming hand-set process. Novum Wall also boasts increased durability and a significantly more natural-looking appearance than dry cast SRWs.
WHAT MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO SAY
"Getting started with Novum Wall has helped us reach many smaller contractors and homeowners who would’ve looked right past larger blocks due to their size and scale."
Weston Burkholder Redi-Rock of NWI (Lanark, Illinois)
"Novum fits a need in the market for a small (but not too small) segmental unit. When you consider it’s wet cast, has superior aesthetics, and is produced with a form that’s simple to use, manufacturing Novum Wall is a no-brainer for us."
Josh Turton Redi-Rock Structures of OKI (Milford, Ohio)
BRING NOVUM WALL TO YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS
Expand your product portfolio and grow your bottom line with the world’s first machine-set segmental retaining wall (SRW) system.