Oldcastle today: products and EPD coverage snapshot
Oldcastle now routes to CRH Americas, a broad portfolio spanning infrastructure precast to outdoor living. For spec-driven teams, the real question is simple: where do EPDs already cover the catalog, and where might a missing declaration quietly cost a spot in a LEED v5‑minded submittal?
Who “Oldcastle” is in 2025
Oldcastle.com points to CRH Americas, home to business units many buyers still call Oldcastle, including Oldcastle Infrastructure and Oldcastle APG. One big change worth noting is that Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope became a standalone company in 2022 under KPS, so glazing EPDs under OBE sit outside CRH’s portfolio now (KPS Capital Partners, 2022).
Oldcastle Infrastructure operates nearly 80 manufacturing facilities across North America, which explains the category breadth and regional reach buyers experience on projects (Oldcastle Infrastructure, 2025).
What they sell, at a glance
Oldcastle Infrastructure focuses on precast and water solutions for utility, communications, energy and transportation. Oldcastle APG focuses on hardscapes and masonry, plus fencing, decking and lawn and garden.
- Infrastructure: precast concrete pipe and box culverts, vaults, wetcast structures, modular buildings, and stormwater treatment systems.
- Hardscapes and masonry: CMU, segmental retaining walls, interlocking pavers and slabs, mortars and bagged mixes, plus vinyl and composite fence, rail and deck through acquired brands.
It’s a multi-category portfolio with hundreds of SKUs spread over many regional plants. The lineup is definately not a pure play.
EPD coverage in one page
Ready-mix and paving mixes under CRH Americas Materials show the strongest footprint, with hundreds of plant-specific EPDs in public registries. Precast infrastructure coverage exists where it matters most to public owners and engineers, including concrete pipe, box culverts and wetcast families under recognized operators like ASTM and NAPA.
APG’s coverage is improving but uneven. We see product-specific EPDs for CMU at select facilities and a handful for interlocking pavers and SRWs tied to individual plants. Given APG’s national scale and brand breadth, many regions still lack an easily downloadable, plant‑specific EPD for common hardscape SKUs.
Where gaps can block a spec
Specifiers chasing LEED v5 priorities still look for third‑party verified, product‑specific EPDs during takeoffs. LEED v5 was ratified on March 28, 2025 and keeps EPDs in play within a consolidated Materials path that emphasizes embodied carbon visibility (USGBC, 2025). That means a missing EPD can force teams to default to conservative assumptions, which makes a product easier to swap during value engineering.
Categories with the biggest exposure today include regional CMU lines, many segmental retaining walls, and plant‑specific pavers where no current declaration is posted for the local facility. Dry mixes, sands and newer vinyl or composite lines also appear light in public EPD coverage relative to how often they show up in bids.
A practical example buyers will recognize
Interlocking concrete pavers are a perennial bestseller in commercial landscapes. Where a local Belgard or sister-plant paver EPD is not available, project teams can and do pivot to competitors publishing current declarations. Two frequent alternatives are Unilock, which maintains multiple product EPDs for pavers, slabs and SRWs, and Basalite, which publishes dozens across CMU and hardscape families. When a city, campus or developer weights EPD-backed products, that documentation can be the quiet tie‑breaker that keeps a competitor in the schedule and your SKU out.
Competitors Oldcastle often meets on projects
Hardscapes and CMU: Unilock, Basalite, County Materials, Techo‑Bloc, EP Henry.
Precast and stormwater: Rinker Materials, Jensen Precast, Contech Engineered Solutions for alternative materials, plus numerous regional precasters in DOT work.
Not every competitor has comprehensive coverage, but several now publish enough EPDs across plants to influence specification decisions in dense bid rooms.
What a smart EPD rollout looks like here
Prioritize by volume and spec sensitivity. Start with high‑runner CMU sizes and finishes at your largest plants, then the top three SRW and paver lines that drive commercial work. Match the PCR your spec competitors are already using, ensure plant‑level utility and mix data are tidy, and stage renewal cadence so nothing clusters near expiry. With LEED v5’s embodied‑carbon focus, choose paths that make future GWP reductions provable without re‑plumbing your data flows (USGBC, 2025).
A final tip: add a clear EPD download link on every plant page and top SKU pages so estimators can grab declarations without calling support. It reduces friction and keeps your products in the submittal stack.
Sustainability signals worth linking
Oldcastle Infrastructure outlines its safety and sustainability approach here, which is useful context when owners ask how plant practices tie to declarations (Safety & Sustainability, 2025).
Threading it together
If you compete in CMU, SRWs and pavers, EPDs are now table stakes in many metros. CRH’s portfolio already shows that large, distributed networks can publish at scale. Extending that rigor to APG’s high‑runner hardscapes and bagged materials will unlock more shortlist invites, fewer last‑minute substitutions, and a cleaner handoff to LEED v5 documentation teams. That is the ROI lens that matters most.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope still part of Oldcastle under CRH?
No. Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope was acquired by KPS in 2022 and operates independently, so its glazing EPDs are outside CRH’s Oldcastle portfolio (KPS Capital Partners, 2022).
How many Oldcastle Infrastructure facilities are there in North America?
Oldcastle Infrastructure notes nearly 80 manufacturing facilities, reflecting broad geographic reach for precast and water solutions (Oldcastle Infrastructure, 2025).
Does LEED v5 still reward EPDs?
Yes. LEED v5, ratified March 28, 2025, consolidates materials credits and keeps verified product‑specific EPDs in play within a streamlined structure that emphasizes embodied carbon transparency (USGBC, 2025).
About the Author
Walker Ryan is a climate-tech entrepreneur focused on driving industrial decarbonization through better data. As the founder and CEO of Parq, he helps manufacturers generate high-quality, third-party–verified carbon disclosures at scale—accelerating a traditionally slow and expensive process. Before starting Parq, Walker led over $200 million in sustainability-focused investments as VP of Strategy & Growth at ReStream Solutions, following earlier experience in investment banking at Deutsche Bank. He brings a rare mix of capital markets expertise and hands-on sustainability knowledge to tackling the infrastructure of industrial emissions.
