Project Description The owner of a bungalow in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, desired polished concrete floors for their home. The slabs were in need of a superior reinforcement method that would control cracking and shrinkage issues. FORTA-FERRO® was chosen to reinforce the concrete floors due to its cost-effective ability to reduce cracking and control shrinkage issues. […]
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Project Description Biji Living is a high-rise development consisting of two 27-story residential towers. The towers are perched on top of a 7-story podium parking area, which also sits on top of an additional two levels of retail space. FORTA-FERRO® was used to reinforce a polished concrete floor topping slab in one of the bottom […]
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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 50,000 square meter T3-1/T4-1 distribution center consists of two separate centers. Each building has four floors above the ground level. The 4th floor of each structure, consisting of 10,000 square meters, each was reinforced with FORTA-FERRO® which replaced traditional 7 mm @ 200 x 200 steel fabric. Facility owners benefited from FORTA-FERRO®’s ability to speed up the construction […]
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Project Description The Sierra Vista Service Building was in need of a superior reinforcement method for a large slab-on-ground application that could replace traditional #4 rebar at 18” O.C. This office/warehouse floor needed to withstand heavy traffic while reducing the shrinkage cracking and improved impact resistant. Project specifiers chose FORTA-FERRO® to replace the rebar due to its superior crack reduction […]
Read MoreProject Description Winchester Homes was in need of retaining walls for a recent project. Retaining walls are needed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally stay stationary. The walls need to be extremely durable, therefore, Winchester Homes decided to reinforce them with FORTA-FERRO® macro synthetic fibers. The walls were made with individual 84” x 72” x […]
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Project Description Towne Club Windermere needed a superior reinforcement method for a multi-story retirement facility. For this 6” thick, 4,000 psi composite metal deck project, FORTA-FERRO® was used as a replacement for the 4 x 4 W2.1 x W2.1 wire mesh reinforcement. It was easily pumped, placed, and finished by Wheeler Services of Alpharetta, GA. Wheeler, an experienced fiber […]
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Project Description The construction of the large facility required a reinforcement method for its four rooms totaling 33,000 square feet of concrete flooring. Project owners and specifiers chose to bypass the use of traditional steel reinforcement and chose to use the cost-effective FORTA-FERRO® instead. The lab testing room was done with a heavy grind and the showroom was finished […]
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Project Description The warehouse facility in Prologis Park chose to use FORTA-FERRO® to replace traditional methods of steel reinforcement, saving the owner time and money. Placing steel reinforcement in such a large facility is costly and time consuming. The ready mix producer was extremely pleased with how easily FORTA-FERRO® mixed within the concrete and how well it finished when applied. […]
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Project Description A food warehouse in Belgium was in need of a reinforcement method for their floors. Originally, steel fiber was specified as the reinforcement method but was ultimately abandoned due to the temperature changes that the food storage environment requires on a daily basis. Specifiers chose FORTA-FERRO® as a viable solution to the temperature issue while also being easier […]
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