Leshan Cultural-Tourism Town Construction Project: Long-Term Supply of Antique GRC Exterior Wall Decoration Components

The implementation of the Leshan cultural tourism ancient town construction project is setting a new benchmark for the integrated development of culture, commerce, and tourism in Southwest China, while the fidelity and durability of antique-style designs have always been an unavoidable core issue in the implementation of such projects. As industry practitioners with nearly 30 years of deep experience in the GRC field, we have worked with numerous owners and designers of cultural tourism projects, and their common pain points are highly concentrated: they need to replicate the texture and feel of ancient architecture while meeting modern building safety codes, and at the same time ensure the stability of bulk supply to avoid project delays caused by material supply disruptions. Long-term supply of antique-style GRC exterior wall decorative components is precisely one of the optimal solutions to these pain points. GRC, or glass fiber reinforced concrete, with its lightweight high strength, strong design flexibility, and excellent weather resistance, has long been the preferred decorative material for cultural tourism ancient towns and ancient building restoration projects. Weighing only one quarter of traditional stone, it can achieve almost all ancient architectural textures, from wood grain and brick patterns to antique reliefs, perfectly matching the antique positioning of the Leshan cultural tourism ancient town. For more industry information: WeChat qlfsbl123

As a GRC supplier with 28 years of full-chain service experience, Qinglong has summarized three core standards for the long-term supply of antique-style GRC components through serving hundreds of cultural tourism projects, which is exactly the guarantee that large-scale ancient town projects like Leshan need most. First is the precision of design reproduction. The detail accuracy of antique-style components directly determines the overall immersion of the ancient town. Relying on parametric design and BIM pre-simulation capabilities, we can control the deviation of special-shaped components such as dougong brackets, eave lines, and lattice windows from ancient architectural design drawings to within 0.5mm, avoiding problems such as component misalignment during assembly and distorted details. Second is the stability of mass production. Antique-style components often involve hundreds of different shape molds. Once mold wear or batch color differences occur midway, it will directly affect the overall construction rhythm. Qinglong's production base in Nanning, Guangxi has a GRC production capacity of 600,000 square meters per year, achieving full-process standardization of raw material ratios and curing environments for components in the same batch, ensuring that color differences between different batches are kept within a range imperceptible to the naked eye. Meanwhile, a dedicated mold archiving mechanism has been established, so subsequent supplementary orders can fully match the original designs. Finally is full-cycle adaptive service. Long-term supply is not just simple production and delivery, but also requires dynamically adjusting the supply rhythm in line with construction progress, while providing on-site installation technical guidance to avoid component cracking or falling off caused by improper installation.

Many managers of Leshan cultural tourism projects are concerned with one question: how to ensure decades of weather resistance and safety for GRC components supplied over the long term? After all, Leshan has a subtropical monsoon climate with rainy, humid summers and occasional low temperatures in winter. Components exposed outdoors for long periods are prone to weathering and cracking. As a participating unit in the compilation of the Technical Standard for Building Application of Glass Fiber Reinforced Cement (GRC) JGJ/T423-2018, Qinglong's GRC components use high-alkali cement combined with alkali-resistant glass fiber at the raw material stage, along with dedicated anti-cracking additives. After accelerated aging tests, the outdoor service life can exceed 30 years, fully matching the long-term operational needs of ancient town projects. Meanwhile, every batch of our components undergoes strength testing by third-party institutions, with flexural strength stable above 20MPa. Combined with a dedicated stainless steel anchoring system, safety hazards are avoided throughout the entire process from production to installation. Unlike some small factories in the market that only provide one-time supply, Qinglong's long-term supply service also includes after-sales maintenance such as regular inspections and partial component replacement after completion, freeing the project's long-term operation from worries.

Currently, domestic cultural tourism ancient town construction has shifted from "rough imitation and replication" to "refined restoration", with increasingly high requirements for the quality and supply stability of decorative components. This also compels upstream material suppliers to possess full-chain service capabilities rather than being simple processors. As a benchmark enterprise in China's GRC field, Qinglong is not only a vice-chairman unit of the China GRC Association but also holds 58 related invention patents and utility model patents. It has provided long-term GRC component supply services for dozens of well-known domestic cultural tourism ancient town projects and accumulated very mature implementation experience. For large-scale cultural tourism ancient town projects with clear positioning like Leshan, choosing a GRC supplier capable of long-term stable supply is essentially taking out an insurance policy for the project's quality implementation, schedule guarantee, and long-term operation. For more industry information: WeChat qlfsbl123