Description This large, national building supply company chose TCPavements, reinforced with FORTA-FERRO®, for the construction of their new 2.7 Million square foot industrial distribution center in Houston, Texas. The owners chose to use this TCPavement system due to its sustainability, reduced cost, and increased service life. This project used 5.5” thick concrete, reinforced with 4.0 […]
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Description A Pennsylvania commercial truck alteration company wanted to improve the impact resistance of this newly constructed 8” thick exterior pavement. They choose to replace specified steel with FORTA-FERRO at a rate of 5.0 lb/cu yd. This heavy-duty fiber offers maximum long-term durability, structural enhancements, and effective secondary/temperature crack control. Contractors and Owners were satisfied […]
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Description This newly constructed parking lot in Lockport, Illinois specified the OptiPave Pavement System reinforced with FORTA-FERRO fibers. Owners chose this system, due to its sustainability, reduced cost, and increased service life. OptiPave pavements also reduce construction and maintenance costs while maximizing performance and service life. Key Points Minimizing Curling & Stress Reducing Slab Thickness […]
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MnDOT specified fibers be used in 11 bridges being done on I-35W and I-94 from downtown to crosstown in Minneapolis, MN. This is a lengthy project which includes installing new non-fiber concrete on a 50-year old freeway, new ramp access from I-35W south to Lake St. and from I-35W north to 28th St.,and building MnPASS lanes near the downtown bus station at Lake St. for better transit service.
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Dye Aviation, the architect of this newly constructed private jet hangar at Fulton County Airport, specified a FORTA-FERRO macro-synthetic fiber dosage of 7.5 lb/cu yd as the reinforcement for the hangar slab.
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Project Description Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta utilized FORTA-FERRO® macro synthetic fiber in conjunction with traditional steel in this suspended walkway. This bridge is an exterior application which will be exposed to the elements and ambient temperature fluctuations. Heating elements were installed in the concrete. FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fibers were specified to be added to the […]
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Project Description Case Farms specified FORTA-FERRO at a fiber dosage of 4 lb/cu yd in this 6” Thin Concrete Pavement (TCP) totalling just over 4,100 cu yd. Fibers have been used for decades by transportation agencies to improve post-crack performance and increase load transfer of the slabs. However, not all fibers are created equal. Using […]
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Project Description The engineering firm for the University of Georgia’s Correll Hall project originally specified conventional wire mesh for this slab-on-ground application. The finishing contractor requested a steel to fiber proposal from Forta Corporation to convert the wire mesh to FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fiber. Contractors, along with FORTA team members, were able to easily convert […]
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Project Description KH Love Construction’s new office facility includes sandwich insulated tilt-up panel construction to provide precise climate control while also lowering heat and cooling demands. Owners wanted a building design utilizing concrete expressionism; from the modern, brutalist design, to board formed and exposed aggregate tilt panels, and the polished office slab, this building exhibits […]
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Project Description Berkeley Electric Cooperative built a new facility for the Johns Island district in South Carolina to accommodate the rapid growth of the community. Contractors reached out to FORTA for a fiber conversion to replace #4 rebar 12” with FORTA-FERRO at a dosage of 3.0 lb/cu yd for the 5” pavement slab and a […]
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