Fiber: FORTA-FI®

Description The City of Santa Clarita 2013-14 Annual Overlay Program included the paving of a Thin Maintenance Overlay to repair a number of residential streets. A PG76-22TR polymer modied 3/8” asphalt mix reinforced with FORTA-FI® was placed at a thickness of 1 ¼” to 1 ½”. The reinforcing fibers were used to reduce the rate […]

Description The main drive of the Stonegate development in Scottsdale, AZ required repaving in May 2013. The approach that consultant PMIS specified was full removal of the existing 2.5” AC followed by paving a single lift of 2.5” FORTAfied® asphalt. The addition of FORTA-FI® is expected to add 5-7 years to the normal 20 year […]

Description The City of Kingman selected FORTA-FI® reinforced asphalt on the busiest section of the busiest road in the City. The budget did not allow for full-depth reconstruction so instead the FORTA-FI® was used to help extend the life of the overlay. Key Points Extended Pavement Life Reduced Rutting & Raveling Reduced Cracking Download PDF

Description Hot mix asphalt reinforced with FORTA-FI® was used in a 10” full-depth asphalt concrete section in a digout area on Harbor Blvd. The goal of the fiber reinforcement was to strengthen the full-depth asphalt layer to help bridge over pumping subgrade soils. Key Points Extended Pavement Life Reduced Rutting & Raveling Reduced Cracking Download […]

Description Paving took place over the extremely distressed existing asphalt. FORTA-FI® reinforcement was chosen as a cost effective alternative to full depth removal and replacement. Update Since only a thin overlay was chosen, it was expected that thermal and/or reflective cracking would take place fairly quickly but two years after construction, virtually no cracking has […]

Description Reinforcement with FORTA-FI® was used in this 2” overlay with edge milling to help delay reflective cracking and maximize the useable life of this roadway surface. This is the second project at Sky Harbor to utilize FORTA-FI® after successful results were achieved on the G2 Flyover Bridge. Key Points Extended Pavement Life Reduced Rutting […]

Description Maverick USA, Inc. had severe fatigue cracking throughout their parking lot and their maintenance entry/exit ways. When considering rehabilitation options, they selected a FORTA-FI® reinforced asphalt solution over other pavement enhancing technologies due to the reduced installation time.  Update In April 2016, a representative from Maverick, Inc. commented “We are very pleased to announce […]

Description Maryland DOT typically uses gap graded asphalt on their surface mixes to combat reflective cracking. In order to find a superior method, they set up an experimental project on US 40 in Washington County near Hagerstown, MD to evaluate three surface mixes: PG 64E-22 gap graded, dense graded PG 64S-22, and finally, a dense […]

Description FORTA-FI® was used in a 1.5” porous friction course on this runway rehabilitation project to reduce cracking and raveling caused by weather extremes and snow plowing. While FORTA-FI® was specified due to its ability to increase the tensile qualities of this asphalt design; it also eliminated the drain down in this AC rich mix […]

Description The state of Vermont did their first trial with FORTA-FI® in 2013. VT 14 was selected as it had a tremendous amount of rutting and reflective cracking. Limited funds made it not possible to do full depth reclamation therefore VTrans is looking to extend the life of the overlay. The road was leveled with […]