Complete Solutions Newsletter | March 2008

ArmorFlex® Offers Best Solution for Extensive Channel Repair Project at Florida Power & Light.
An interior channel of the nuclear power plant featured a grout filled mattress that was underperforming during storm events and resulting in erosion of its banks.  The Florida Power & Light channel repair project began in January 2008 and is currently in progress.  Once complete, more than one million total square feet of ArmorFlex will be installed.

Premier Development Showcases Unique Integration of Keystone® and Vista DSM® Walls.
The Sky Ranch village in Santee, California is a collection of four premier communities located on "RattleSnake" Mountain in the northeastern suburb of San Diego. Along with a view overlooking the city, the mountain also provided developers with a challenging terrain consisting of 1.5 to 1 slope ratios, large-sized boulders and limited access points. To create buildable land on the mountain…

CONTECH ESS Adds ReCon Big Block to Wall Product Line-up .
The ReCon "Big Block" Wall System provides the look, size and durability of massive, natural stone in a large block pre-cast concrete retaining wall system that permits walls as high as 12 feet without geogrid reinforcement. Significantly taller walls can also be built by incorporating geogrid, setback or tiers. The addition of ReCon’s "Big Block" wall system expands an already extensive product line-up that provides...

Industry News

"New Era Dawns for Rail Building" (February 13, 2008, Wall Street Journal)
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"Nonresidential Construction Shows Vigor Despite Housing Slump, AGC Says" (Feb. 1, 2008, The Associated General Contractors of America)
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