When the piling failed, it failed in one location with no extreme radiating cracking from the center. This was the only failure point on the
Image above depicts the Cor-Tuf UHPC piling during testing. The center of the piling was deflected 4.5” from level center as can be seen here.
This test represents the horizontal portion of our piling testing. In the press is one of our 18”x18”x30’ Cor-Tuf UHPC pilings equipped with a full
This is the top of the pile after all testing concluded. Aside from some discoloration caused by the hammer pad, the piling is otherwise in
Cor-Tuf UHPC chairman Douglas Darling is adamant that the Miami condo collapse didn’t have to happen. “People didn’t need to die,” says Darling. “New, available concrete technology is impervious to water and chemicals, and can be used to repair failing, traditional concrete, and to build new structures that will not fail.”
By now we all know that traditional concrete doesn’t last. The recent Miami condo collapse is terrible proof that a building, a bridge—or any other structure made out of traditional concrete—can and will fail.
Cor-Tuf®️ UHPC, the exclusive licensed producer of Cor-Tuf Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) in the United States and the world, is the ideal material to use in the Federal Government’s proposed $2 trillion plan to rehabilitate and upgrade the American infrastructure. And, thanks to our latest innovation—our UHPC mobile batch plant—Cor-Tuf UHPC can now be used anywhere and everywhere, without any special considerations or accommodations.
The Federal Government has been putting a lot of emphasis on its proposed U.S infrastructure plan. The plan calls for a $2 trillion investment to repair the country’s damaged infrastructure, combat climate change, and create jobs.
We are on a roll! Our announcement of our groundbreaking Cor-Tuf UHPC mobile batch plant has been picked up by the following news outlets. You
