Cape Canaveral Air Force Facility – Brevard County, FL

Project Description The roadway into the Air Force facility at Cape Canaveral in Brevard County Florida was repaired and reinforced with FORTA-FI asphalt fiber. The road that was repaired is Highway 401, and the job consisted of side road entries, passing lanes, and exit lanes. This project was 3 miles long, used 13,000 lb of […]

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Multi-National Distribution Center – Arcadia, FL

Project Description An American multi-national distribution center in Arcadia, FL used FORTA-FI fiber to reinforce a new parking lot. This new construction used 1,600 lb of fiber and was laid at a thickness of 6”. FORTA-FI was used in both the wearing course and base layer of this project. The wearing course was 2” thick, […]

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Heemstraroad Roundabout – Druten, Netherlands

Project Description The municipality of Druten Netherlands commissioned NTP Groep Zevenaar to carry out work on the Heemstraroad Roundabout. The existing roundabout was milled 4 cm and a new surface layer that was reinforced with FORTA-FI aramid fibers at a dosage of 28 kg was placed. FORTA-FI fibers were chosen to prevent the formation of […]

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Regional Distribution Center – Henderson, NC

Project Description A large distribution center in Henderson, NC replaced their parking lot with FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt pavement. This job was a full depth replacement in the trailer parking areas and required3,850 lb of fiber for completion. FORTA-FI was chosen to reduce overall costs by reducing the thickness of the asphalt, and the additional reinforcement […]

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Blythe Construction – Matthews, NC

Project Description Blythe Construction, one of the Carolina’s leaders in production of high-quality hot and warm mix asphalt, chose FORTA-FI to reinforce their parking lot in Matthews, NC.  Due to this parking lots’ severe rutting where the trucks exit the scales and receive their load tickets, substantial repairs were needed.  As a result, this section […]

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Service Road – Overijssel, Netherlands

Project Description FORTA-FI was used to reinforce SRA asphalt in Het Anem/N337, a service road, in the Netherlands. This asphalt paved road section had, on various locations, cracking and damage along the edges of the roadway. The maintenance work was completed on 3000 m of roadway that was 6 m wide at a dosage of […]

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PCI Study Location – Los Angeles County, CA

Project Description FORTA-FI was used in a control vs fiber project in LA County on Davenport Road. This was a side-by-side comparison with FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt on the north side and conventional asphalt on the south side. Both lanes were laid in a 2” thick overlay using a PG 70-10 ½” asphalt mix. Update The […]

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FORTA Corporation Parking Lot – Grove City, PA

Project Description FORTA-FI was used in a 1 1/2” base and 2” wearing courses of a new office parking lot for FORTA Corporation. It was also used only for a 4” ID3 base on a heavily used truck loading dock area. FORTA-FI helped to reduce alligator and reflective cracking as well as extend the overall […]

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