FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT GLOBAL BRONZE
Global Bronze is a North American manufacturer and installer of memorialization systems for cemeteries, churches, and funeral homes. We design, build, and install above-ground mausoleum crypt systems and cremation niches, along with the bronze, glass, lighting, and personalization that complete them, from first concept through installation and aftercare.
A mausoleum is an above-ground structure that holds caskets in crypts. A columbarium holds cremation urns in smaller compartments called niches. Many properties combine both, and we build for both, serving casket and cremation families from a single source.
A crypt is an above-ground chamber that holds a casket, the building block of a mausoleum. Crypts are arranged in tiers within the structure, and families are memorialized on the stone front. Our crypt systems are preset and standardized, which is what lets cemeteries add capacity quickly and in less space than traditional construction.
A crypt holds a casket. A niche holds a cremation urn. Crypts are larger, casket-sized chambers within a mausoleum, while niches are smaller compartments within a columbarium or niche wall. Many properties offer both, and we build both from a single source, serving casket and cremation families together.
Cemeteries, churches, funeral homes, and dioceses across North America. Our team manages the project end to end, from design and engineering through manufacturing and on-site installation.
It starts with your space. You tell us about the site and the goal, we design to it, and the design that wins the project is the one we build. We are also flexible on installation. We can deliver the full turnkey project from engineering through installation and aftercare, ship the system to clients who prefer to handle placement themselves, or take a hybrid path where we install the first phase and train your team to carry the work forward. We adapt to your space, not the other way around.
We are flexible. Most clients choose our full turnkey service, where one team designs, manufactures, and installs. If you would rather handle placement yourself, we can ship the system to you. We also offer a hybrid path, installing the first phase and training your team to carry the rest forward. The right approach depends on the product and your team's experience, and we will recommend what fits your project best.
Generally, no. We sell to cemeteries, funeral homes, churches, and dioceses rather than directly to the public, and these partners set their own rules, so a family should start with their cemetery or funeral home. If the Global Bronze product you would like is not currently offered, we can work with the cemetery or funeral home directly. For personal use, such as a statue, or for a certified donation, speak with our team.
It depends on the product and the scope. Many projects install in weeks rather than the months or years traditional construction can take. Tell us about your space and we will give you a realistic timeline.
WHY GLOBAL BRONZE: VALUE AND ROI
Three reasons. Higher return per square foot, because our condensed-footprint designs fit more crypts and niches in the same space. Engineering that reduces structural load, so systems can go where heavy construction cannot. And flexibility, because every system is built to your dimensions, shape, and site rather than a fixed catalog size.
It is faster and less disruptive. Our systems are precision-built and lighter than poured or precast concrete, so they install cleanly and quickly, without heavy foundations or extended site work, which lowers cost and shortens the time to revenue.
Yes. One of our strengths is turning underused walls, rooms, and corridors into high-value memorial inventory. Because our systems are light and modular, they can often go where heavier construction is not practical, including upper floors and existing buildings.
Conventional concrete and stone systems use thick walls that consume floor and wall area. Our thinner, engineered profiles reclaim that space, so a facility can offer more crypts and niches in the same area and increase revenue without expanding the building.
One team designs, engineers, manufactures, installs, and services the system, and supplies the niches or crypts plus everything within them. That means fewer handoffs, a single point of accountability, and a finished result that matches the design that won the project.
EZ-MAUSOLEA (CRYPTS)
EZ-Mausolea™ is our patented above-ground crypt system, built on a fiberglass structural core and finished in granite or the stone of your choice. What families see is a finished stone mausoleum. The engineered core inside is what lets cemeteries add crypts faster and in less space than traditional construction. Learn more on the EZ-Mausolea page.
The space between crypts is where the capacity is won. Our engineered structural divisions are about one inch thick, a fraction of what conventional poured or precast construction requires, so very little of your footprint is lost to structure. That reclaimed space converts directly into more crypts in the same area, more saleable inventory and more revenue, without enlarging the building.
In weeks rather than the months or years poured or precast concrete can take, depending on size and site. It needs no heavy foundations, and the structure will not rust, rot, or corrode.
GLASS-FRONTED NICHES
A cremation memorial space with a clear glass front, so families can display the urn alongside photographs, mementos, lighting, and emblems. Each is made to order. Learn more on the Glass-Fronted Niches page.
They allow a loved one's story to be seen. A clear view, lighting, and a secure display space create a warmer, more personal memorial than a solid stone front, which families increasingly prefer.
Indoors only, in settings such as mausoleums, chapels, columbarium rooms, foyers, corridors, and even retrofitted hallways. The indoor setting protects the glass, the urn, and the mementos inside.
Anodized aluminum profiles with powder-coated plates and tempered glass fronts, corrosion-resistant for lasting indoor use, with interior finishes fully customizable in marble, granite, and wood looks.
Yes, the glazing is configured to your design. A niche can have a single glass front, or glass on the back as well for a double-sided, see-through niche that works in walls viewed from both sides. Glass can also extend to the sides, top, and even the floor. At its fullest, every face is glass, an all-around crystal-clear presentation we call the patent-pending Crystal Niche™. Any face you do not glaze is never limited to a plain opaque panel. It is finished to your design in marble, granite, or wood looks, so you control exactly how open, enclosed, or two-sided each niche feels.
Yes, and curved glass is one of our signatures. We produce a full range of shaped fronts, J-curve, center-curve, corner, concave, and convex, not only flat panels. The glass is tempered for strength, measuring 6mm on flat fronts and 5mm on curved fronts. Curved and shaped glass lets you create a more sculptural, premium presentation that stands apart from a standard flat niche.
LED lighting in warm-white or daylight is available on every unit and chosen by almost every client, though it is never forced and can be left out on request. It is rated for long life and is serviceable after installation.
A default champagne anodized finish, with any color available to match your architecture, including bronze and gold tones, plus interior finishes customizable to your design.
From single niches to companion niches for two urns and larger family formats, mixed within the same wall, so you can serve a range of family needs and budgets. Sizes are made to order with no fixed limits.
Yes, when you want it. Any front can be secured with our patent-pending bronze Secure Rosette™, a tamper-resistant fastening that doubles as a finished decorative element and allows authorized access. It is optional, never default.
GRANITE-FRONTED NICHES
Cremation memorial spaces with a solid stone front, fully custom in size and configuration, for indoor or outdoor use. They pair naturally with our crypt systems so a property can serve casket and cremation families together. Learn more on the Granite-Fronted Niches page.
Yes. Unlike glass-fronted niches, which are indoor only, granite-fronted niches suit both indoor and outdoor installations, and are built fully custom to your space.
Both are custom cremation niches. A glass-fronted niche has a clear front, so families can display the urn with photographs, mementos, and lighting, and it is for indoor use only. A granite-fronted niche has a solid stone front and works both indoors and outdoors. Both are built fully custom to your space.
EZ-COLUMBARIA (CREMATION NICHES)
EZ-Columbaria™ is our patented modular columbarium for cremation niches, built on a fiberglass structural core for fast, scalable installation. It is the standardized, quick-to-deploy counterpart to our fully custom stone niches, and it expands in phases as a property grows. Learn more on the EZ-Columbaria page.
Glass-fronted and granite-fronted niches are built fully custom to your space. EZ-Columbaria™ is the modular, standardized system: a proven configuration that ships fast, installs with low site impact, and expands in phases. Choose it when speed, repeatability, and scalability matter most.
Both. EZ-Columbaria™ suits indoor and outdoor settings alike, and because it is built on a fiberglass structural core, it holds up in fully exposed outdoor locations and demanding climates where conventional materials struggle.
Yes. Because it is lightweight and modular, EZ-Columbaria™ turns underused areas into dignified, revenue-generating niche inventory, and you can add matching capacity in phases as demand grows. One team serves both casket and cremation families.
Each niche can be personalized with accessories such as E-Z Plaques™, lighting, vases, bronze emblems, and photoceramic portraits, offered with or without a frame. An optional key lock provides secure, authorized access, and is never imposed by default.
CREMATION GARDENS
A cremation garden is a landscaped outdoor memorial area that holds cremated remains within elegant features such as columbaria, statuary, and memorial walls, set among plantings, contours, and natural elements. It gives cremation families a dignified place to visit and gives cemeteries a way to serve growing cremation demand on attractive, usable ground.
A columbarium is a single structure of niches for cremated remains. A cremation garden is a larger landscaped setting that can incorporate columbaria alongside statuary, benches, gazebos, and plantings to create a complete memorial environment. A columbarium is one element. A cremation garden is the whole designed space around it.
Our cremation gardens combine memorial structures with landscape design in one integrated plan, and the mix is chosen with you to fit your cemetery and the families you serve. Features can include granite columbaria, bronze and FiberBronze™ statuary, wall reliefs, benches, gazebos, living green walls, and memorial E-Z Plaques™, arranged to harmonize with the vegetation, contours, and landforms already on site. The composition is yours to shape, from a focused columbaria-and-feature design to a larger multi-element memorial space. Learn more on the Cremation Gardens page.
Yes. We design each cremation garden around your existing grounds rather than a fixed template, integrating the vegetation, contours, and landforms already on site. Feasibility studies, budget projections, and 3D renderings, photo simulations, and fly-throughs let you see the design before construction begins.
There is no fixed minimum. We design the garden around what you have in mind and the space available. A small niche bank on its own is not yet a cremation garden, but it can be the starting point, with the garden growing from there in planned phases as demand builds.
Yes. We develop cremation gardens in phases so the project fits your budget and grows with demand. Early phases can help fund later ones, which keeps the initial investment lower while the garden expands over time.
Timelines depend on the design's complexity and the components you select, since each element follows our production and delivery schedule. As a guide, statuary takes about 90 days when it uses an existing design and five months or more for fully custom artwork. We define the full schedule for your project during planning, alongside the feasibility study and budget projection.
We do all three. Global Bronze is one integrated team that designs the garden, manufactures the memorial features, and oversees installation, so you have a single point of responsibility from concept through completion. We also provide maintenance guidance once the garden is in place.
Yes. Many cemeteries already have a location in mind, and we help refine it using feasibility studies, 3D renderings, photo simulations, and fly-throughs to confirm the site works before construction begins. If you are still deciding, we can assist with that as well.
A cremation garden combines landscaped plantings with durable memorial features built for outdoor conditions. We provide maintenance guidance so your grounds team can keep the plantings and features looking their best over time.
STATUARY, PLAQUES AND ACCESSORIES
Far more than we could list, and for every faith and none. We create memorials for all religious traditions as well as secular and military settings. Our collection spans angels, doves, crosses, kneeling soldiers, devotional figures, and complete sets such as the Stations of the Cross, with designs adaptable to any tradition. Many are finished works by exceptionally talented artists, and we design fully custom statuary as well. Tell us what you are looking for, and if we do not already have it, we can commission it.
Bronze and composite statuary, E-Z Plaques™, bronze emblems, letters, vases, lighting, and frames, plus fade-proof porcelain memorial portraits, all designed and supplied in-house, so a single source provides the memorial and everything on it.
FiberMarble™ and FiberBronze™ are our composite statuary materials, engineered to look identical to carved marble and cast bronze. You would not know the difference looking at one, and neither would anyone visiting. What changes is everything behind the surface. They cost about half to two-thirds the price of cast bronze, they hold up to weather and time indoors or out, and because they weigh far less than stone or metal, they can go where the real thing cannot, without giving up any of the look.
Weight is often what stops a statuary plan. A solid bronze or stone piece can be too heavy for a roof, an upper floor, a façade, or a mount that will not carry the load. FiberMarble™ and FiberBronze™ remove that limit, so the same design becomes possible where engineering would otherwise rule it out. And because each piece is lighter, a single setting can hold more of them, so a project can carry more statuary, not less, while keeping the look of marble or bronze throughout.
Yes. We produce custom statuary for memorial and architectural settings, in bronze, stone, and our FiberMarble™ and FiberBronze™ composites. Tell us about your space and what you have in mind.
RELIEFS
A relief sits between a flat image and a freestanding sculpture. The figures are carved so they rise from a flat panel and project outward, while the piece mounts flat against the wall, a tradition long known as bas-relief. We create devotional and memorial reliefs, in bronze and stone looks, for cemeteries, mausoleums, churches, and memorial gardens. Learn more on the Reliefs page.
Both. Global Bronze holds an extensive library of relief molds, ready to cast for you, and we design fully custom work when a particular scene or figure calls for it. Tell us what you are envisioning and we will take it from there.
Because a relief hangs on a wall, weight is the deciding factor. FiberBronze™ and FiberMarble™ carry the look of bronze or natural stone at a fraction of the weight, and typically about half to two-thirds the cost of a comparable cast or carved piece. That lightness is the great advantage: most walls can be retrofitted to carry a relief, even walls never designed for one. Both are rated for indoor and outdoor settings.
In most cases, yes. Because our FiberBronze™ and FiberMarble™ reliefs are so light, most existing walls can be retrofitted to hold them. A solid bronze or stone panel is far heavier and many walls cannot take it without major structural work. Tell us about your wall and we will tell you what is possible.
When we already hold the mold, a relief is typically ready in about three months. A fully custom relief, sculpted from the beginning, takes five months or more depending on scope. We also offer reliefs in cast bronze using the lost-wax method and in natural stone.