Bollard Installation Cost: What Sets the Price Per Post

A fixed steel bollard runs about $530 to $940 a post installed. A single bollard on its own runs about $950 to $1,000, and a removable bollard runs $950 to $1,000 and up a post. The price depends on the number of posts, the surface the posts go into, the pipe, and the finish.

What it costs

What moves the price

The crew, the truck, and the equipment cost the same to send for one post as for twenty, so one bollard on its own sits at the top of the range and a row of posts sits lower per post.

A post in dirt costs less than a post in asphalt or concrete. In asphalt or concrete, the surface has to be broken out or core-drilled before the post goes in.

A wider pipe or a thicker wall adds steel and weight. Schedule 80 pipe has a thicker wall than Schedule 40 pipe of the same size, so it costs more.

A removable bollard needs a steel sleeve set in the concrete and a way to lock the post, which adds fabrication to each post.

The options

Bollards come in these options:

• Permanent or removable
• Filled with concrete or left hollow
• Galvanized, painted, or powder coated
• Reflective for visibility at night
• Removable posts that twist open, or lock with a tab and a chain or a chain welded on

The types of bollards and where each one goes are covered in what is a bollard, and removable posts in removable bollards.

What to send us

To price bollards, we need:

• The number of posts
• What the posts go into: dirt, asphalt, or concrete
• A photo of the area
• Permanent or removable, and the finish, if you know them