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Project Description After repeat success in the state, FORTA Corporation worked with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and a local contractor in Durham, NC to complete a jointed concrete truck apron poured for the state’s first roundabout. By replacing the specified 6×6-W5/W5 wire mesh with FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fiber, placing costs were eliminated […]
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Project Description US Cold Storage specified the OptiPave System with FORTA-FERRO macrosynthetic fiber for an expansion of their distribution facility in McDonough, Georgia, due to it’s improved long-term performance, sustainability and reduced cost. The OptiPave System will provide this owner with a heavy-duty pavement that is designed to handle the repeated truck loading expected at […]
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Description The General Contractor and Concrete Finisher submitted a FORTA-FERRO conversion proposal to replace the specified steel fiber design for the slab-on-ground application of the glass container manufacturing facility in Valdosta, GA. The engineer approved the FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fiber design with a dosage of 7.5 lb/cu yd. By using non-corrosive synthetic fibers, surface craters […]
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Description A new 85,800 sq ft hotel construction used FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fiber to reinforce the concrete in the slab-on-ground and all 9 elevated floor decks in this mid-rise building. A fiber dosage of 3.0 lb/cu yd in the bottom slab and a dosage of 4.0 lb/cu yd in the metal decks replace the originally […]
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Description Evans General Contractors used FORTA-FERRO to replace the conventional steel reinforcement for the slab-on-deck (SOD) and slab-on-ground (SOG) applications in their new Savannah, GA office building. Contractors used a dosage of 3.0 lb/cu yd in the SOG and 4.0 lb/cu yd in the SOD of FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fiber. Since wire mesh was replaced, […]
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Description A new slab-on-ground was constructed for the lower level of a new multi-story parking deck for the corporate office of a successful chicken sandwich fast food chain in College Park, GA. The engineer on this project specified FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fibers at a dosage of 7.5 lb/cu yd as the only choice to reinforce […]
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Description Many State Department of Transportation’s across the United States are specifying macro synthetic fiber technology in bridge decks. FORTA representatives presented macro synthetic fiber technology to North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) officials for consideration and convinced them to try FORTA-FERRO. NCDOT was looking to control micro and shrinkage cracking in a new bridge […]
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Description Over 500,000 sq ft of FORTA-FERRO reinforced concrete replaced 6 x 6/ W2.9 x W2.9 wire mesh in the paving and topping slabs for this new automobile dealership. The pavement in the new vehicle parking areas, outside vehicle display areas, driveways, repair shop areas, and car wash areas consisted of 4,000 psi/6” thick concrete […]
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Description Jake Boswell, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, at Ohio State University has created a better type of floating wetland to help with runoff of excess nutrients that are impacting the quality of many water bodies across the world. Artificial Floating Islands (AFIs) have been made of PET plastics, but those vessels are leaching chemicals […]
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Project Description LORD Corporation, a global diversified technology and manufacturing company, plans to expand and upgrade operations at its Saegertown, PA facility. An anticipated $80 million investment will support the expansion of product lines and modernize the facility. Engineers specified fibers to be used to reinforce the new 896 sq yd warehouse floor, and FORTA-FERRO […]
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