GFRC – Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Sustainable Design

Corey — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:40:55 +0000

GFRC Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Sustainable Design

GFRC contains materials that, taken from the soil, have no adverse effect on the environment. Concrete’s components include Fly Ash, Silica Sand, Portland cement and aggregate. In GFRC we introduce the component of fiberglass as well as other natural chemicals in order to produce a super strong and flexible material. The process of producing the water based material produces no chemical off-gas or byproducts.

GFRC is a green material in many ways. Primarily, the use of recycled aggregates such as recycled glass, metals and other recycled materials give GFRC both a modern look as well.

The LEED rating system has become the basis for evaluating the claims for Green Architecture. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.

LEED was created to:

define “green building” by establishing a common standard of measurement, promote integrated, whole-building design practices recognize environmental leadership in the building industry, stimulate green competition raise consumer awareness of green building benefits transform the building market Members of the U.S. Green Building Council representing all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to its evolution. LEED standards are currently available or under development for, New commercial construction and major renovation projects as well as many other project typologies.

The aspects of GFRC which make it a green material include its composition of natural materials such as sand, and other aggregates. Also, the inclusion of recycled content gives the design team to specify this material and garner LEED points for their projects.

For more information on LEED and ‘Green Building’ please visit the GFRC Construction Green Building section of the website.

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Glass Reinforced Concrete

Corey — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:59:42 +0000

Glass Reinforced Concrete is another way of saying Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete. GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) or GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) is the same product. It is called or more commonly know in Europe as GRC and to us in America it is probably more common to hear it called GFRC.

Have GFRC Construction Quote your Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Project

Corey — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:09:49 +0000

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Any drawings should also be sent to info@gfrcconstruction.com. Things to include are: location of job, exact description of what you would like us to bid, which drawings are the GFRC located on. The square footage of GFRC can be helpful. A detail of the mounting brackets. As always when we are doing a quote more information is better than not enough.

GFRC Sprayers

Corey — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:52:21 +0000

GFRC Construction has a full line of GFRC Sprayers. Including three and four wheel cart pump / sprayer, Boom Carts, floor mounts, trails mounts and more. Our sprayers are the best in the industry. Our PMP-100 and 200 series of pumps are very versatile sprayers and one our biggest sellers, it uses the same pump as our boom pumps but it is mounted on a three wheel cart w/16” tires for high mobility in and out of the shop and it is a great space saver as well. It comes with premix gun, 20ft. of transfer hose, variable speed reversing drive and is plug and play ready. This pump is also a great for transferring material from your mixer to satellite pumps or stations.

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GFRC Manufacturing

Corey — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:54:19 +0000

GFRC Construction is a leader in manufacturing Glass Fiber Reinforced concrete. We manufacture Architectural Products, Site Amenities, Planters, Columns, Detractive Panels, Wall Panels, and more. Our Saginaw manufacturing facility is setup to produce about 10,000 Sq ft of GFRC products a day. But are days are not only spent casting GFRC they are also spend making molds and master molds which involves a lot of wood working and fiberglass molding.
GFRC Construction Manufacturer of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete

MXVRR-2 Variable Speed High Shear Mixer 400lb cap. 30gal.

Corey — Mon, 09 May 2011 23:42:36 +0000

MXVRR-2 Variable Speed High Shear Mixer 400lb cap. 30gal.

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The MX-2 is the leader in its size class for High Shear high production mixing. It’s design allows for a smooth up and down flow with great lateral stability.

GFRC – MXVRR-2 Variable Speed High Shear Mixer: GFRC – MXVRR-2 Variable Speed High Shear Mixer 400lb cap. 30gal. For use with GFRC, GFRG, PVRC, Concrete, Mortar, Epoxy Aggregate, Acrylic Aggregate, Dry Blends, Paint, Fireproofing, etc…

You can find our entire line of GFRC Equipment on our GFRC Equipment website located at www.gfrcequipment.info or simply click the highlighted text above.

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GFRC Testing Equipment

Corey — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:49:43 +0000

At GFRC Construction we have found more need for GFRC testing than ever before. With that being said we are putting things together to supply our customers with GFRC testing and the testing equipment for them to do it them selfs. The testing will include physical and mechanical property tests on GFRC such as flexural strength, specific gravity, absorption, anchor pull-out, anchor shear strength.

ASTM C947 – 03 Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Thin-Section Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
ASTM C1230 Standard Test Method for Performing Tension Tests on Glass-Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) Bonding Pads

More information will be available in the near future. The equipment will be available soon at the GFRC Equipment website. GFRC Construction only sells the very best equipment and we are in the process of finding the best of the best when it comes to suppliers at this time. But we are very close to having something that will no doubt lead the industry.

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GFRC Single Line Metered Injection System

Corey — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:44:02 +0000

GFRC Single Line Metered Injection System. GFRC Construction has the best GFRC Equipment in the Industry.

Single line Metered injection system for the addition of additives at your gun nozzle or anywhere along the pump line. We also have multi injectors as well, in case you have a need for multiple additives.

Single line Metered injection system | GFRC: Single line Metered injection system. For use with GFRC, GFRG, PVRC, PVA, Fire Proofing, Stucco, Grouting and much more!

For a full line of GFRC Constructions GFRC Equipment please visit the GFRC Equipment website. Where you will find Pumping, Mixing, Metering, Spraying, Vibration, Transfer, Custom Equipment & More!

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GFRC PMP-100 4 wheel mobile cart

Corey — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:35:39 +0000

PMP-100-LF™: 4 Wheel Mobile Cart Pump/ Spray System W/Air assisted hopper loader

The PMP-100-LF still has the high mobility of the 103 style pump but it’s mounted on a 4 wheel framework that has an attached air assisted hopper dump which is very similar to our larger boom style pumps. It has 4 terra tires for high mobility whether in the shop or out on the job site. It comes with premix spray gun, 20ft. of transfer hose, variable speed reversing drive, water flush out and is plug and play ready. This pump is also a great for transferring material from your mixer to satellite pumps or stations.

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MXVRR-3 Variable Speed High Shear Mixer

Corey — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:42:30 +0000

MXVRR-3 Variable Speed High Shear Mixer 800lb cap. 60gal.

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This is a monster of a mixer and the leader in its size class for High Shear high production mixing. It’s design allows for a smooth up and down flow with great lateral stability. For more info on the MXVRR-3 including specifications and other data click the highlighted text above.

For a full line of our GFRC Equipment please visit the main page of the GFRC Construction Equipment website which is located at www.gfrcequipment.info or you can just click the highlighted text in this paragraph to be directed to the site.

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