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Project Description FORTA-FERRO® was approved to reinforce all the slab-on-ground and slab-on-metal deck applications – as an alternative to the specified welded wire fabric (WWF) – for the new multi-level Johnston High School. FORTA-FERRO® provided 3-dimensional reinforcement that benefited the school’s geothermal heating and cooling system by protecting several thousand linear feet of plastic piping. […]
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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 FORTA-FERRO® was used to reinforce a 30,000 sq. ft. bonded concrete overlay in Brookshire Park. The 3” thick fiber reinforced concrete overlay was placed over an existing asphalt parking lot without tearing it out. The previous asphalt pavement was too level and did not support sloping for proper drainage. The City of Thornton used […]
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Project Description FORTA-FERRO® replaced two layers of W2.9 wire for the City of Menomonee Falls Municipal Garage in Wisconsin. The 7” thick fiber reinforced slab-on-ground for a garage used to store heavy maintenance vehicles. FORTA® team members helped project specifiers to easily convert steel to fiber for the project designs after they decided that the […]
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Project Description This large concrete slab was the second project that FORTA® has done with Bee Safe and Quality Controlled Concrete. Both Bee Safe and Quality Controlled Concrete were pleased with the results from utilizing FORTA-FERRO® in their concrete in Greensboro and chose to use the fiber a second time. The contractors requested a high […]
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Project Description FORTA-FERRO® was used to reinforce slab-on-ground applications for a production facility in Oostburg, WI. The use of FORTA-FERRO® benefited owners by adding superior crack control and durability. The facility’s weight requirements range from light loads to heavy forklift traffic which necessitated varied fiber dosages. Due to the success of FORTA-FERRO® in their current […]
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Project Description FORTA-FERRO® was used to reinforce three slab placements for a cattle feed storage facility at a dairy farm in Angelica, Wisconsin. Fiber was used to replace specified #4 rebar for all three applications. The ability to control cracking, improve site safety, and reduce project costs are benefits of using FORTA-FERRO®. Natural liquid acids […]
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Project Description A local exhibition center utilized FORTA-FERRO® to reinforce several concrete applications throughout their newly constructed building. These applications included the main exhibit hall, lobby areas, staircases, and exterior courtyard. A total of 6,000 lbs. of FORTA-FERRO® reinforced concrete was easily mixed, even with a menagerie of dosages, and easily placed for all of […]
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Project Description A corporate office expansion project in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, turned to FORTA-FERRO® to reinforce slabs for its building addition. In total, 175,000 sq. ft. of the project’s concrete for a slab-on-metal-deck and slab-on-composite-metal-deck was reinforced with FORTA-FERRO®. The original Uline office used steel fiber in their building slabs. For this project, they realized […]
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Project Description Poppoff, Inc., a concrete contracting company, utilized FORTA-FERRO® to reinforce a 6” slab-on-ground application for their shop addition. FORTA-FERRO® aided in crack control and also helped to reduce slab curling. The first project pour contained two saw cuts and the second pour, around the center support columns, contained no joints. The fiber showed […]
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