Project Description When a slide occurred on the upstream side of Steinaker Dam in Uintah County, UT, it resulted in a moderate capacity of irrigation water being available. This was a major concern since the Dam is a zoned earthfill structure with a height of 162 ft, a crest length of 1,997 ft, and a […]
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Project Description Part of the Fort Randall Dam and Spillway was damaged during heavy flooding. Hydrodemolition was completed and project specifiers recommended a shotcrete repair mixture with minimal shrinkage because the concrete panels were highly restrained by the spillway wall and gate structures. FORTA-FERRO® was used in order to reduce shrinkage cracking, increase residual strength. […]
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Project Description An army base medical center in Hawaii used FORTA-FERRO® to reinforce a shotcrete “gulch” retaining wall system next to their hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. FORTA-FERRO®’s superior strength and ease of placement allowed for stabilization and erosion control for a hillside adjacent to the hospital. This project – adding to FORTA-FERRO®’s project history in […]
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Project Description A slip below the North Island Main Trunk line threatened to undercut the rail corridor. Abseil Access was awarded the project to install 50 soil nails with a reinforced shotcrete wall to prevent further erosion. A purpose built road was constructed to ensure all works were kept outside of the rail corridor and the overhead traction system. There were […]
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Project Description This major river in Green River, Utah is used for irrigation and low head hydro power production. The Department of Natural Resources needed this diversion dam to be stable and decided to reinforce with FORTA-FERRO®. The decision came due to the difficulty of binding rip rap in high-pressure areas. This problem is something traditional steel […]
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Project Description For this project in Finland, the goal was to properly reinforce concrete tunnels while also remaining conscious of the project budget and time frame. FORTA-FERRO® was chosen to reinforce the two 2,340 meter long road tunnels using a shotcrete application. In addition to FORTA-FERRO®’s superior mixing and durability, it also saved the owner time and money with […]
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Project Description Swim Things Inc., chose to add 5 lbs. / cu. yd. of the FORTA-FERRO® to control cracking, while increasing the bar spacing to 36″ O.C. The fiber was added and mixed on-site by the ready-mix producer and the fiber-reinforced concrete was shotcreted onto the structure as normal with no changes to conventional procedure. This […]
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Project Description FORTA-FERRO® was used in a small residential swimming pool in Germantown, Tennessee. The FORTA-FERRO® added to the shotcrete mix was delivered in a ready-mix concrete truck in two loads of three cubic yards each. The FORTA-FERRO® was used in a 10 lbs. / cu. yd. as a replacement for the hassle of traditional wire mesh and other steel […]
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Project Description 2,000 feet of underground tunnel and 230 feet of excavated cavern were built to house the world’s first x-ray ‘hard’ laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy, this $250 million project involved a fiber reinforced shotcrete wall. The wall was specified with FORTA-FERRO® and ceiling […]
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Project Description FORTA-FERRO® was used to replace other synthetic fibers in this tunnel lining project in Redwood City, California. The contractor switched to FORTA-FERRO® in the middle of this project due to its ability to easily mix and finish. Approximately 300 cubic yards of shotcrete with 7.5 lbs. / cu. yd. of FORTA-FERRO® were used inside the wine storage […]
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