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Project Description The Fiat/Chrysler facility encompasses 5.4 million square feet (500,700 sq m) to be used in a wide variety of applications, including assembly, painting, bodywork, R & D center, training facility, a test track, and a supplier complex of 12 buildings. As a way to reduce reinforcement-related project time as well as offer economic […]
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Project Description This project was a huge success. Moureeses Bay is north of Whangarei, in fact north of Whananaki, a coastal beachside village. The residential development at Moureeses Bay climbs off the beach to an area of steep terrain with high-spec housing having views out to The Poor Nights Islands. Building the access road was […]
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Project Description The port is the biggest in the Black Sea area and has been surrounded by breakwaters to protect the dock areas. The dock operations, including ship loading and unloading, operate 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. FORTA-FERRO® (54 mm) was used as the main reinforcement for all of the construction. The […]
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Project Description When W. Gilder Limited, property developer and contractor, invited Hunstmans Quarries to assist with the supply of concrete for a planned commercial vehicle park near the M5. FORTA-FERRO® 54 mm provided limited cracking and prevented curling at the edges of bays which remains a huge factor in areas trafficked by heavy vehicles. In addition to the security […]
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Project Description Swim Things Inc., chose to add 5 lbs. / cu. yd. of the FORTA-FERRO® to control cracking, while increasing the bar spacing to 36″ O.C. The fiber was added and mixed on-site by the ready-mix producer and the fiber-reinforced concrete was shotcreted onto the structure as normal with no changes to conventional procedure. This […]
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Project Description The General Health System Medical Building project represented an opportunity for fiber reinforcement alternate to conventional temperature-steel to offer both performance and cost advantages. After reviewing their reinforcement options, the project engineers chose FORTA-FERRO® at a dosage of 5.0 lbs. / cu. yd. The use of fibers allowed for a faster construction process by […]
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Project Description A large portion of the summer 2012 expansion project for Clow Stamping Company included over 52,000 square feet of concrete slab on ground. Partnering with the FORTA Corporation design assistance team, design/builder Nor-Son Inc. and contractor Kasella Concrete were able to take advantage of the material and labor cost savings by using FORTA-FERRO® compared […]
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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 Together, project specifiers worked closely with the FORTA® technical department and independent floor design consultant EGT International Engineering to prepare a floor design and fiber dosage to meet the required manufacturing loading. The result was a 7″ concrete slab reinforced with 9.0 lbs. / cu. yd. of FORTA-FERRO® on a 4″ compacted gravel base, […]
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Project Description Using FORTA-FERRO® saved the developer one week in a month when pouring and placing steel. FORTA-FERRO® served as a replacement for 6 x 6-W1.4/W1.4 in SOG, 6 x 6 -W2.9/W2.9 in the elevated slabs, and 6 x 6 W4/W4 in the roof slab. Key Points: Superior Finish Extreme Durability Mixing Download PDF
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