Fiber: FORTA-FI®

Project Description Love’s Travel Stop, a newly constructed rest stop, was in need of a large parking lot that would perform well under heavy truck traffic. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the base layer thickness had to be increased. This meant a change in elevation and additional excavation. FORTA-FI® was used in the wearing course, in […]

Project Description Severe oxidation, full depth cracking, and inconsistent cross slope coupled with poor underlying soils and botched repairs left Gainesville Airport runway 7-25 in need of a budget-breaking reconstruction. In an effort to mitigate budget concerns, airport personnel embraced the idea of a test track—securing full funding from Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) under […]

Project Description Two roadways in Destin, Florida – Industrial Drive and Trista Terrace Ct. – suffered from severe alligator cracking. The City’s Stormwater Specialist/Floodplain Manager noted that Industrial Drive is the heaviest trafficked and poorest quality road in Destin. The city’s road specialists chose to incorporate FORTA-FI® – in the two 1-1/2” overlays – to […]

Project Description Alabama Avenue Square project consisted of a 1/2 mile long South Alabama Avenue road overlay in order to accurately test the success of FORTA-FI® vs. untreated asphalt. The road was milled and a 2” overlay was placed. The left lane, heading south, consisted of untreated asphalt and the right lane, heading north, consisted […]

Project Description 1300-1868 W Avenue D road in Lancaster, CA suffered severe alligator cracking from years of heavy truck traffic. County engineers wanted to explore FORTA-FI as an alternative reinforcement method. In order to test the success of FORTA-FI, a 2” overlay was applied directly onto the existing pavement – without milling. FORTA-FI was used […]