Universal ArmorTec Product Line Broadens Value And Reinforces Brand Awareness
	Cambridge DesignScape Visualizer™ Upgraded With New Content And Features
	Introducing Aqua-Bric® Type 1 Permeable Pavement System With ArmorTec
	Cambridge Olde English Wall™
	Contractor Adds A Creative Touch To An Outdoor Kitchen With Modular Olde English Wall™ Units
	New Cambridge Ledgestone III Pavingstones Complement This Natural Poolside Setting

By Christopher S. Gamarekian

Traffic to our home page, cambridgepavers.com, along with our site’s content has increased year after year. This has prompted us to do a total redesign to further facilitate navigation within the site, improve usefulness and make the design more visually appealing to those who visit. We invite you to peruse our new site noting the following enhancements:

The home page now features an attractive photographic introduction and a counter that changes by the second illustrating just how many Cambridge Pavingstones have been installed. A keyword search feature helps target the location of sought-after information. Our products have been carefully grouped under a common heading on the site and available colors (where applicable) are displayed in a comprehensive format with pop-up swatches. Much of the other information is now organized by segment (i.e. homeowners, professional contractors, design professionals and our distributors).

Topics under these segments range from design ideas, color and pattern selection aids and installation instructions to newsletters, product and technical specifications, training and events calendars and much more. Professional contractors will be especially pleased to see how easy we make it for homeowners to get a recommendation (See “Need A Professional Installer?”).

Our “Photo Gallery”, a well-liked destination in our prior site map, has been renamed “Design Gallery”. There are more images to view than before! Descriptive captions indicating shapes and colors have been added along with the name of the contractor responsible for the project. A Pattern Gallery is also included and each Gallery is in an easy-to-navigate slide show format. 100% of Cambridge Products are sold through our Authorized Cambridge Distributor Network, which we proudly feature on the Web site. Distributors, now your contractorcustomers can be identified by their projects — right in our Galleries. We encourage distributors and their contractor-customers to submit photos and project information for consideration.

For those looking for a nearby distributor, our “Where To Buy” page has search by zip code capability, which will result in a list of Authorized Cambridge Distributors within 100 miles of the zip code entered. A separate, complete list of distributors is also available.

Everything our distributors will need to plan and execute a Co-Op Ad Program is online too. It’s now simpler to view our TV commercial, listen to our radio spot as well as download approved ads, official graphics and hi-resolution photos of Cambridge installations. Distributors can still download order forms to print and fax. On the subject of downloading, the latest version — updated June 1, 2007 — of our ever-popular DesignScape Visualizer™ “Before & After” Imaging and Project Calculation Software remains accessible online.

Contacting Cambridge is also simplified. Our “Contact Us” page has a convenient Customer Inquiry Form and contact information for all of our Regional Sales Specialists.
Try it out…. contact us and give us your comments.

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Universal ArmorTec Product Line Broadens Value And Reinforces Brand Awareness

In 2007, our industry faces many challenges. Competition is on the increase. Marketing techniques are running rampant. But one thing holds true: proven value and brand recognition are more important than ever. Over the past twelve years, our field-proven, advanced ArmorTec technology has helped to boost our brand to a premium quality level. Our Research and Development Team continues to leverage our hardfacing expertise. So as consumer interest in tumbled pavingstones increased, it should come as no surprise that Cambridge has skillfully adapted our ArmorTec know-how to our popular tumbled-distressed shapes from

Ledgestone III is one of the many shapes in The Renaissance Collection now with the added value of ArmorTec — They’ll look like new forever.

The Renaissance Collection. In the planning stages, we faced a technological challenge: maintaining the desired antique appearance associated with our Renaissance shapes while adding the undeniable value found in other non-tumbled Cambridge Pavingstones offered with ArmorTec. With steadfast determination, a substantial investment in equipment was made and an unparalleled mix design was developed. ArmorTec Renaissance was born — offering Cambridge customers improved “Old World Beauty” enhanced by “New World Technology”. From naturally distressed edges to facing with the look of aged, natural stone to our broad spectrum of hues, the characteristics are unmistakably Cambridge. Many architects surveyed hesitate to specify pavingstones in general for fear that as time goes on, the pavement will appear faded. Now with ArmorTec technology integrated as standard operating procedure in the manufacturing process of all six Cambridge Pavingstones Collections, we can all assure them that every Cambridge shape, color and texture will look new forever. And only Cambridge has ArmorTec. One could easily justify that such an outstanding value should cost more. Thankfully, ArmorTec does not.

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Cambridge DesignScape Visualizer™ Upgraded With New Content And Features

By Tim Hay, Cambridge Sales Specialist

Check Out Our New Cover Page And More!
Download now at cambridgepavers.com.

1. New Auto-Update Feature — automatically checks for updates and alerts user that a new version is ready.
2. High Resolution Printing — Saving to jpg and printing are now at 4 times higher resolution.
3. Integrated Web Pages — Pressing Control “i” opens up a connection to www.cambridgepavers.com in a web viewer.
4. Improved Pavingstones Color Swatches – for more accurate representation.
5. New Products Included — Ledgestone III, 6 x 12 Bullnose and the Aqua-Bric Type 1.
6. Help Video — speeds up the learning curve.
7. 2-Dimension Viewing — See your patterns and color palette come to life at a click of a button.
8. Map Feature — In the project details you can now map customers’ addresses.

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Aqua-Bric Type 1 is a Cambridge Pavingstone that’s specially designed for rapid removal of stormwater. This Cambridge product provides the appearance and advantages of concrete pavingstones

Aqua-Bric Type 1 shown in Toffee/Onyx from The Crusader Collection

with the added benefits of a permeable system. Its nominal dimension is 5" x 10" with a 3 1/8" thickness. Slightly elongated openings along the sides work in harmony with the rectangular form. Minimal openings make walking more comfortable while allowing for natural stormwater drainage and groundwater re-charge.

From an engineering perspective, a permeable interlocking pavingstone system is a filtered infiltration trench with pavement over it. The perviousness and amount of infiltration are strictly dependent on the infiltration rates of the joint filling material and base materials, not the percentage of the open area on and around each paver. Water runoff is reduced by as much as 100%.

Aqua-Bric Type 1 shown in Onyx/Natural from The Renaissance Collection

The system delivers maximum strength to handle both pedestrian and heavy vehicular traffic while providing remarkable curb appeal, convenient access for maintenance and outstanding economic results on a 30-year life cycle cost analysis. Land planning is also enhanced through the elimination of retention ponds.

Aqua-Bric Type 1 — an economically smart choice for driveways, parking lots and roads — is available from The Crusader Collection and tumbled-distressed from The Renaissance Collection. Color choices for ArmorTec Crusader include Chestnut, Onyx, Ruby/Onyx, Onyx/Natural, Chestnut/Salmon, Onyx/Chestnut, Salmon/Onyx, Toffee/Onyx, Golden/Onyx, Sahara/Chestnut and Chestnut/Bronze. In ArmorTec Renaissance, available colors are Sahara, Ruby/Onyx, Onyx/Natural, Toffee/Onyx, Golden/Onyx and Sahara/Chestnut.

The Aqua-Bric System
This stormwater management system is designed to trap first-flush pollutants and reduce impervious areas. Pavingstones are laid out in a variety of patterns with gravel between them. The system is built on an open graded series of stone bases, which offer infiltration and partial treatment of stormwater pollutants. For examples, refer to three of several pattern designs and the Bio-Aquifer Storm System diagram.

This system has been approved by the Federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) as a post-structural BMP (Best Management Practices) for compliance with NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Phase II rule.

Below the pavers typically sits a 12-inch to 24-inch sub-base of 2 1/2-inch to 3-inch fractured rock, a 4-inch deep base of 1/2-inch to 1-inch of clean gravel, and a bedding of 1/4-inch to 3/8-inch stone.

	For more info, visit www.cambridgepavers.com. Our Web site provides an expanded introduction to permeable pavements, specifications for construction, design information, a case study and other Cambridge permeable pavement solutions.
Aqua-Bric is a trademark of Advanced Pavement Technology Inc.

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Contractor Adds A Creative Touch To An Outdoor Kitchen With Modular Olde English Wall™ Units

This fluid design exemplifies the flexibility of the Cambridge Olde English Wall. The modular size of the wall units made it easier to incorporate outdoor kitchen appliances into the dual, counter units of randomly placed Olde English wall stones. For a lighter, open look, the Toffee/Onyx wall units were placed standing upright (a.k.a. Domino Wall) to build a sitting wall around the raised patio. The contractor chose matching, tumbled-distressed 6 x 6 and 6 x 9 along with 6 x 12 Bullnose from The Renaissance Collection for the patio.

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New Product News Cambridge Olde English Wall™

What makes our new Olde English Wall a welcome addition to the Cambridge Wall System Product Line can be summed up in two words — simplicity and versatility. An antique look and a simple-to-use modular size combine for a wall that’s less expensive than other similar wall units in the garden wall category. The double-sided, “one size fits all” design is applicable to freestanding and retaining walls, columns, caps, steps and also edging. Freestanding walls can be built to border anything from flower gardens to patios or to create a private courtyard. The maximum height for walls is 20” (freestanding and retaining) without gluing; 30” with glue; and 72” (freestanding) engineered. Olde English Wall Units measure 8” x 12” with a thickness of 4” and can also be installed as large-size pavingstones. Olde English Wall and column shown in Onyx/Natural with 6 x 12 Cambridge Bullnose Pavingstone accent in Ruby/Onyx from The Renaissance Collection. All sides are tumbled-distressed offering the look of a popular, natural stone wall but with all the benefits of a segmental concrete wall system. A random pattern is also easily achieved because the modular size allows you to stack some of the wall units on any side while still keeping the wall level with the adjacently placed stones Available colors are Ruby/Onyx, Onyx/Natural, Sahara/Chestnut and Toffee/Onyx. Remember, all Cambridge Wall systems match or complement the colors of Cambridge Pavingstones.

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CONTRACTOR: M. Carbillano

New Cambridge Ledgestone III Pavingstones Complement This Natural Poolside Setting

A natural look abounds in this very intimate outdoor sanctuary complete with a pool and spa. The freespirited design is set off nicely with a pool deck of randomly placed Ledgestone III Pavingstones in Sahara/Chestnut from The Sherwood Collection against natural stone.


Attention Contractors…
Cambridge wants your project photography! Before/during/after shots are all welcome. Your projects can find their way into this column as well as other Cambridge marketing material including TV commercials, our Web site and annual DesignScaping Brochure! Just e-mail photos and a brief description of the project along with the product used (shape/ color / wall etc.) to chris@cambridgepavers.com

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