Fiber: FORTA-FI®

Project Description FORTA-FI was used to reinforce the surface course of this street overlay project that was over 2200m long. The project, located in Bautou, a city in the inner Mongolia province of China, used a fiber equivalent to 1.0 lb/ton of asphalt. The FORTA-FI reinforced cross-section was 60 mm thick, and the street was […]

Description FORTA-FI® was used to reinforce a 1.75” resurface of a heavily used commercial parking lot for Elephant & Castle Restaurant in Grove City, PA. The FORTA-FI® aided in reinforcing the asphalt, working to reduce cracking and rutting. The parking lot will now benefit from extended life and durability into the future. Key Points Cost […]

Description FORTA-FI was used in approximately half of this light commercial parking lot in the spring of 1988. According to the project laydown contractor, there was a noticeable compaction advantage to the sections containing the fiber reinforcement. The FORTA-FI was used at a dosage of 1.0 lb/ton in the 1-1/2 in to 2 in topping […]

Project Description NY District 4 wanted to find a substitute for their costly deep mill repair used to fix their transverse reflective cracking problem caused by an old (1930s) concrete base. FORTA-FI® was placed in the driving lane of Route 383 – this section of highway experiences heavy truck traffic, 70% of which is in […]

Project Description The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TNDOT) replaced polymer modified asphalt in Crump Boulevard located in Memphis, TN with FORTA-FI reinforced asphalt. This overlay was laid at a thickness of 2 inches and 380 tons of fiber reinforced asphalt was used for the entire job. The asphalt was also comprised of 15% Recycled Asphalt […]

Project Description The Department of Public Works (DPW), located in Auburn Hills, Mi, chose to reinforce the asphalt in their new parking lot project using FORTA-FI high tensile fibers. This project consisted of repaving the DPW parking lot and the area around the fuel pumps. For this trial, they used a total of 3,000 tons […]

Project Description The Finnish Transport Agency tested FORTA-FI fibers on a road in Ylojarvi, Finland. The testing of the fiber modified asphalt pavement was done on a low-volume road and placed at a 4 cm thickness. The road totaled 1,500 km and 482 tons of asphalt reinforced asphalt was used. This control vs fiber test […]

Project Description FORTA-FI was used to reinforce a country road in Sud West Fryslan in the Netherlands. For this road section, fiber was used in the intermediate layer of the road because it is the thickest. By focusing the fiber in this layer future reflective cracking will be prevented. For this project 600 tons of […]

Project Description The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) chose to use FORTA-FI to reinforce the northbound lane of the Garden State Parkway between mile marker 21.9 and 23.1. For this mill and fill project, 5,600 tons of fiber reinforced asphalt was used and laid at a thickness of 2.5 inches. FORTA-FI fiber was added to […]