Project Description ECONO-MONO® was used to reduce plastic shrinkage cracking in 600 cubic yards of concrete for the first floor slab-on-ground, and the FORTA-FERRO® was used at a dosage of 3.0 lbs. / cu. yd. of concrete as an alternative to conventional WWF reinforcement for the slabs-on-metal-deck. By saving delivery, upper-level transport, and placement costs of the steel, the fibers represented a […]
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Project Description VoMac Truck Sales had two key issues when designing their new parking lot. Since the location was right next to a local creek, VoMac had to be very cautious of runoff that would contaminate the water. Also, the neighboring air base did not want a retention pond attracting water fowl to the area. […]
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Project Description Project owner, LDS Church, has specified and used fiber reinforcement as an alternate temperature/shrinkage reinforcement in meeting house slabs and temple floors for many years. Based on that experience, LDS also desired to add toughness and durability to a new pervious concrete parking lot project at their facility on the Arizona State University […]
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Project Description Auburn University Professor Dr. Michael Hein organized a pervious parking lot project at the recently opened E.W. Shell Fisheries Center on campus. Placed on a 12” base of compacted #89 limestone over a geotech filter fabric, this 6” thick pavement was reinforced with a macro fiber blend of the FORTA-FERRO® heavy-duty filaments with […]
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