Cheeseville Dairy Bunker Silo Exterior West Bend, WI 7.5 lbs of Forta Ferro Forta Ferro Macro fibers were used at 7.5 lbs per cubic yard in lieu of the traditional rebar grid. The Macro fibers provide a 3 dimensional reinforcement system throughout the concrete slab. Forta Ferro’s acid resistance shines through as a great benefit…
Bartels Breezy Dairy 1/2 of Manure Storage Facility Exterior Waupaca, WI 7.5 lbs of Forta Ferro Since 2002, Dan Large from FRC has requested that Macro bers be listed in the NRCS specifications for this application. After a meeting in June 2012 with NRCS, DNR, and USDA o cials, a verbal agreement was reached to install…
B&D Dairy Bunker Exterior Coleman, WI 7.5 lbs of Forta Ferro Brian Lapinga, owner of B & D Dairy, completed a 43,000 square foot addition to his existing bunker silo. Brian is a very progressive farmer, continuously seeking increased modernization in running his dairy. The dairy milks 4000 cows in a state-of-the-art, 80-head carousel milking…
Blue Royal Dairy Farms Feed Storage Slab Exterior Reedsville, WI 7.5 lbs of Forta Ferro Blue Royal Dairy Farms poured a new feed storage slab in Reedsville, Wisconsin. The contractor, St. Louis Construction, sees the benefits with fiber reinforcement in large agricultural projects. The original design called for #5 Rebar 10″ on center. With labor…
Great Lakes Cheese Exterior Loading Dock Exterior Plymouth, WI 5.0 lbs of Forta Ferro Great Lakes Cheese added additional exterior slabs for their increasing truck traffic in Plymouth, Wisconsin. The contractor, Martell Construction, had less experience with macrosynthetic fibers. They preferred fibers to rebar & mesh, and were happy about the results of the project….
Residential Stamped Patio Exterior, Decorative Port Washington, WI 7.5 lbs of Forta Ferro A common misconception about macro-synthetic fibers is that they cannot be used in decorative applications. This project shows otherwise. At a 7.5-lb dosage rate of Forta Ferro, this concrete patio was stamped. Joints were placed for aesthetics, and there are no random…
National Exchange Bank & Trust Exterior West Bend, WI 1.5 pounds of macro fiber 2024 WRMCA Parking Lot Special Merit Concrete Design Award National Exchange Bank & Trust in West Bend was built in 1995. The parking lot reconstruction was a unique project. It is one of twelve concrete parking lots for the bank which…
Midwest Carriers Exterior Kaukauna, WI 3 pounds of macro fiber 2024 WRMCA Parking Lot Concrete Design Award The Amerilux parking lot project is a prime example of how ready-mixed concrete can deliver durability, efficiency, and aesthetic quality under a tight schedule. The project covered 294,781 square feet, and roughly 6,125 cubic yards of ready-mixed concrete….
Wissota Sand & Gravel Exterior Richfield, WI Double Layer of Road Mesh on half, 10 lbs of Macro Fiber on the Other Half This project receives the heaviest truck traffic possible, with over 300 trucks in and out of the area daily during the summer months. Road used by Schmitz Ready Mix, Zignego Ready Mix,…
Oshkosh Cold Storage Expanded Joints, Exterior Oostburg, WI 7.5 pounds of macro fiber 2024 WRMCA Industrial Special Merit Concrete Design Award At 16,600 cubic yards of ready-mix concrete, the project consisted of insulated tilt-up concrete panels, extended joint floor slabs, and exterior concrete pavement instead of asphalt. The tilt-up scope of this project had over…