Description Indiana Department of Transportation specified macro synthetic fiber reinforcement for the State Route 9 concrete overlay project near Shelbyville, IN. The 12-mile project required 4 1/2 in of fiber -reinforced concrete over scarified asphalt at a fiber dosage of 4.0 lb/cu yd. Paving contractor Milestone LLC of Indianapolis, IN, selected the FORTA-FERRO ONE® macro […]
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Project Description FORTA-FERRO® was used to reinforce a 30,000 sq. ft. bonded concrete overlay in Brookshire Park. The 3” thick fiber reinforced concrete overlay was placed over an existing asphalt parking lot without tearing it out. The previous asphalt pavement was too level and did not support sloping for proper drainage. The City of Thornton used […]
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Project Description This project is a 5-mile-long topping over existing deteriorated asphalt overlay with a concrete pavement base. Mitchell County agreed to a .8-mile test section in the middle of the Highway 105 project to investigate thickness and joint-space benefit opportunities courtesy of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC). Half of the test section was placed at […]
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Project Description Per project specifications, concrete supplier Kuhlman Corporation added and mixed a relatively low 4.0 lb. / cu. yd. dosage of the 2-1/4 long FORTA-FERRO® as the sole reinforcement method. The contractor placed over 125,000 square feet of 4-inch thick FORTA-FERRO® reinforced topping over a scarified asphalt base, using a saw cut control-joint spacing of […]
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Project Description Speyside Bourbon Cooperage Inc., located in Jackson, OH, needed to construct a concrete stave yard. The yards main purpose is to be used to store oak it is manufactured into bourbon barrels. The engineer had two design options to choose keeping in mind the goal to create the most durable overlay possible. The first option was […]
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