Fiber: FORTA-FI®

FORTA Project Please contact FORTA Corporation for more information about this project: https://www.forta-fi.com

FORTA Project Please contact FORTA Corporation for more information about this project: https://www.forta-fi.com  

Project Description PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk. was formed based on government regulation No. 04 in 1978 because of the state capital participation of the Republic of Indonesia. This state-owned establishment regulates the fields of management, maintenance, and provision of all toll road networks. Besides functioning as an operator, Jasa Marga is the only Indonesian’s […]

Project Description FORTA-FI was was used to reinforce the asphalt in this 60 mm thick (14 mm nominal stone) base course mix with 4.7% of PG 64-28. The wearing course mix is 40 mm thick of EB 108 (10 mm nominal stone) with 5.2% of PG 70-28 that will be placed next year. This road […]

Project Description The City of Ashtabula, Ohio specified FORTA-FI fiber to reinforce the asphalt resurfacing project on West 29th Street in the summer of 2012. This high-use roadway is located in a heavily-traveled industrial park area with daily truck and commuter traffic. The street also leads to an elementary school campus, with weekday bus traffic […]

Project Description FORTA-FI was used to reinforce asphalt in a 1-1/2” resurface of a private roadway serving 4 homes in Grove City, PA. FORTA-FI showed no mixing or placing issues and required no changes to the mix design at the asphalt plant. Using FORTA-FI in this roadway will result in a longer pavement life and […]

Project  Description FORTA-FI was applied to this road in Northern Russia which is located between St. Petersburg and Murmansk, near the town of “Novaya Ladoga”. Annual temperature varies from -40°C to +30°C. The typical problems seen on this roadway were both significant rutting and cracking in the pavement. Initial laboratory testing yielded positive results and […]

Project Description VA Paving, the company that does a large majority of paving for Brevard County, FL, contacted FORTA and asked if we would do a project for NASA. This project served as a demonstration for NASA as well as the county to show the benefits of fiber. The project was a 1 ½” mill […]

Project Description In late 1988, FORTA-FI was specified and utilized to minimize deformation of the surface-course of a heavily trafficked tollbooth area for the Massachusetts Turnpike Commission. The fiber reinforcement was used in over 500 tons of Massachusetts Type F High Stability Bituminous Asphalt Concrete at a dosage of 1.0 lb/ton. The project was located […]