Please browse through a selection of project profiles describing the variety of commercial projects that have been completed with QUIKRETE® products.
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| Ft Jackson Concrete Sink Basins |
| QUIKRETE® Concrete Countertop Mix was used to construct 62 concrete sink basins at Ft. Jackson Army Base using a precast construction method. |
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| Rip Rap Retaining Walls for Road Widening |
| QUIKRETE® Rip Rap - Scrim was used for erosion control around culverts and to construct running-bond retaining walls on the NW 138th St. road widening project in Miami, FL. |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright House |
| The QUIKRETE® Companies supplied specially formulated mortar to aid in the $23 million restoration of the Darwin D. Martin House complex, designed and built by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. Determined to remain faithful to Wright’s original design and materials, The QUIKRETE® Companies expertly matched the new mortar with historic mortar applied more than 100 years ago. |
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| Phillies Stadium |
| When Philadelphia went to build its new home for the Phillies, they turned to masonry contractor Dan Lepore & Sons, and Dan Lepore & Sons turned to QUIKRETE® for their mortar, grout and mortar color needs. Our ability to custom blend mortar color ensured that an exact “Phillies Red” match would be achieved. Supported by our Technical Center and laboratory in Atlanta, GA all colors are blended to specifically match each job. |
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| Fenway Park |
| Phoenix Bay State Construction Corporation of Boston used QUIKRETE® 3000-pound bags of Type “S” Mortar and Type “N” Mortar with color – to custom match the existing finish on the historic structure – using the Spec-Mix Silo System to help refurbish Fenway Park during the 2004 off-season. By using the Spec-Mix Silo System and bulk bags, they eliminated the need for sand piles and field mixing, resulting in limited product waste and a guaranteed mix consistency from the first brick layed to the last. |
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| Lincoln Financial Field |
| Dan Lepore & Sons teamed up with The QUIKRETE® Companies in the construction of Lincoln Financial Field, in Philadelphia. Lincoln Financial Field is the home of the Philadelphia Eagles, and functions as a playing field for many different events ranging from the Manchester United v. FC Barcelona soccer match to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse finals. QUIKRETE® had previously teamed up with the masonry contractor Dan Lepore & Sons in the construction of the Philadelphia Phillies Stadium. |
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| Boerner Botanical Gardens |
| Masonry Specialists of Union Grove, Wis., turned to custom blending to complete a job for the Boerner Botanical Gardens on the New Visitor Center and Café for Milwaukee County. Mortar used for the project was required to match nearby structures built in the early 1900s. The job also called for a latex additive to increase bond and eliminate water penetration. |
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| Georgia Aquarium |
| The QUIKRETE® Companies are proud to have been a part of the building and construction of the new Georgia Aquarium. As one of the largest aquariums in the world, the Georgia Aquarium is home to over 100,000 different marine animals including resecued Beluga Whales and two Whale Sharks from Taiwan. The aquarium serves as an educational, research and conservation facility. |
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| National Museum of the American Indian |
| As a showcase to many native cultures, NMAI is home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse collections of American Indian art and artifacts, representing a 10,000 year time span starting in ancient Pre-Columbian. NMAI is a five-story domed structure that has the appearance of a gigantic natural rock formation and is accented by curving bands of rough-cut, golden toned limestone. |
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| Colorado Convention Center |
| In 2004 the Colorado Convention Center expanded and renovated its existing building in order to create a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure. Over 4.1 million pounds of QUIKRETE® products were used throughout the expansion and renovation project. |
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| Cleveland Browns Stadium |
| The QUIKRETE® Companies Bulk Mortar was selected by Giambrone Masonry for construction of the new Cleveland Browns Stadium. Construction of the stadium began in 1997 and is now home of the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns. Over five hundred 3000 lb. bags of Masonry Type “S” Mortar and over 1000 bulk bags of Core-Fill Grout (Coarse) throughout the project were used with the Spec-Mix Silo System. Giambrone Masonry, one of Ohio’s largest masonry contractors, uses QUIKRETE® for its quality, consistent, efficient products and versatility of the silo system. |
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| Gillette Stadium |
| During the height of construction, the project superintendent had up to 50 bricklayers on the job, installing over 600,000 concrete masonry units plus an additional 200,000 architectural “Patriot Red” units. QUIKRETE® delivered over 2000 bulk bags of gray and “Patriot red” mortar, plus another 850 bulk bags of grout. The project superintendent set up three separate mixing stations with four silos at each, manned with a single mortar tender for all four stations. The mortar tender produced all of the mortar and grout plus fed the cranes and forklifts. |
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| Georgia World Congress Center |
| For the Georgia World Congress Center massive expansion project, Jollay Masonry turned to The QUIKRETE® Companies for the quality and efficiency of its pre-mix Core-Fill Grout (Coarse) and Spec-Mix Silo System. In fact, Jollay Masonry had been using this product for just about every other project and was extremely satisfied with the flexible application to pour at any time and any where on site without the logistics of scheduling or positioning ready-mix trucks. And as this was an all-interior application, the pre-mix Core-Fill Grout made it possible. |
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| Wachovia Financial Center |
| QUIKRETE® Sand Topping Mix was used to set
12,500 sq. ft. of exterior concrete tile.
The polished concrete tiles, measuring 3 ft. X 4 ft. X 2
in., were set using 2”-3” of QUIKRETE® Sand Topping
Mix as the underlayment base. |
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| Worthing Place |
QUIKRETE® Base Coat Stucco was used as
the base coat and texture coat on the 500,000
sq. ft. 6-story Worthing Place, mixed residentialcommercial
use project. |
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| BYU Student Housing |
| 1,080,000 square feet of One Coat Fiberglass Reinforced Stucco installed over 1” polystyrene foam spray applied at ½” thickness. The project consisted of five multi-unit buildings. QUIKRETE’s one-hour fire rating over the combination of OSB and EPS foam was a key element in the selection of QUIKRETE One-coat Fiberglass Reinforced Stucco. |
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| 360 Furman Street/Brooklyn Towers |
| Vertical and overhead structural and aesthetic repairs to cast-in-place concrete columns and beams. Five additional floors were added to the building using One-Coat Fiberglass-Reinforced Stucco with Acrylic Fortifier as the exterior stucco. |
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| Tierra Del Sol Resort |
Construction of 93 townhomes using patented dry-stack block construction process. QUIKWALL® Surface Bonding Cement is applied to all exterior and interior walls. Surface textures range from smooth interior finish to a coarse exterior
stucco texture. |
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| NJ DOT Bridge Deck & Column Repair |
| FastSet™ Concrete Mix was used as a full depth structural bridge deck repair in application from 1-1/2” – 12” thick. QUIKRETE® 5000 was used as structural repair to bridge columns 1-1/2” – 6” thick. |
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| I-70 Bridge Deck Repair |
| QUIKRETE® FastSet™ DOT Mix was used to repair a 4’X8’ bridge deck failure on the westbound lane of I-70 over West 20th Ave. QUIKRETE® FastSet™ DOT Mix achieved an initial set time of 30 minutes (17°F ambient temperature) and exceeded 3,000 psi in 90 minutes after placement. All lanes were open to traffic within 2-1/2 hours of product placement. |
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| Salt Lake City Airport Taxiway |
| Installation of taxiway lighting at the SLC International Airport required placing concrete in peak temperatures of more than 100 degrees. Accordingly, Allstate Construction used 150 yards of pre-extended mix to fill 1,200 linear feet of taxiway and runway conduit trenches. |
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| Route 78 NJ DOT |
| Full depth structural bridge deck repair at 8 to 10 inches application thickness. Polymer-Modified Extended Set formulation was used to enhance structural concrete density and eliminate cold joint full depth repair applications. |
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| Ponce de Leon Condos |
FastSet™ Repair Mortar was used for vertical and overhead structural and cosmetic repairs to the building façade prior to the application
of base coat stucco. |
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| Silver Pines Town homes |
| Concrete Resurfacer was used to repair spalled and rain-damaged concrete driveways and sidewalks throughout the 64 condominium complex. Concrete Resurfacer was squeegee and trowel applied and given a non-slip broom finish. |
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| 360 Furman Street/Brooklyn Towers |
| Vertical and overhead structural and aesthetic repairs to cast-in-place concrete columns and beams. Five additional floors were added to the building using One-Coat Fiberglass-Reinforced Stucco with Acrylic Fortifier as the exterior stucco. |
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| New World Symphony Campus |
| QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS was used
to construct 25,440 sq. ft. of structural
soundproof walls and floor panels.
The micro silica enhanced 9000 psi,
dry-process shotcrete was applied at
a thickness of 2 1/2” over wire mesh.
The high comprehensive strength
allowed project engineers to reduce
wall panel thickness from 3” to 2 1/2”,
decreasing the wall system’s weight
significantly. |
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| Norfolk Southern Railroad Heartland Corridor Tunnel Expansion |
| Roof replacement and linear notch expansion of 27 railroad tunnels along Norfolk Southern’s Heartland Corridor. The $150 million project utilizes QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS - Fiber Reinforced for structural tunnel repair and roof expansion, QUIKRETE® Core Fill Grout for void filling and QUIKRETE® Precision Non-Shrink Grout to set 18 foot long roof anchors. QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS - Fiber Reinforced exceeds 9000 PSI (62 MPa) compressive strength in 28 days with virtually no rebound. |
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| Noblestown Bridge |
| Full-depth monolithic, vertical and overhead structuralrepairs to severely deteriorated bridge columns and pier hammerheads. Shotcrete MS with corrosion inhibitor was applied at up to 3” thick in a single pass with virtually zero rebound. Shotcrete MS Achieves over 9000 psi compressive strength in 28 days. |
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| Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS – Fiber Reinforced is being used for structural tunnel lining for the 1,800 lineal foot tunnel. The high addition rate of synthetic fiber 18 lbs. vs. 1.5 lbs. typical additional rate has been selected for its post fracture strength. The project is location in a Seismic Zone 5. |
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| Jefferson Street Ramp |
| This project was a complete rehabilitation of the ramp, including complete deck replacement and sidewalks. Shotcrete cosmetic repairs of the face and Shotcrete Structural repairs on the Arches, Piers and overhead. Since this project, a new Shotcrete Repair Specification was written by RCS Consulting. This spec will be added to the 408 Spec that is used through the State for a guideline for all types of highway repairs. |
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| Norfolk Southern Railroad Heartland Corridor Tunnel Expansion |
| Roof replacement and linear notch expansion of 27 railroad tunnels along Norfolk Southern’s Heartland Corridor. The $150 million project utilizes QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS - Fiber Reinforced for structural tunnel repair and roof expansion, QUIKRETE® Core Fill Grout for void filling and QUIKRETE® Precision Non-Shrink Grout to set 18 foot long roof anchors. QUIKRETE® Shotcrete MS - Fiber Reinforced exceeds 9000 PSI (62 MPa) compressive strength in 28 days with virtually no rebound. |
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| San Francisco Bay Bridge |
| Bridge foundation pier grouting of support tower for self-anchored suspension structure. Flowcrete V, a flowable, shrinkage compensated, structural concrete is being used to fill the void between the inner and outer piles greater than 6 inches wide, General Purpose Non-Shrink Grout is placed in a fluid consistency for all pile voids less than 6 inches wide. |
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| Mountain Wind Farm |
| Non-Shrink Precision Grout was used for grouting 29 wind turbine bases in Phase I of the Mountain Wind Farm project. Phase II will include 29 additional wind turbines. Turbine pedestal bases are 55 ft. x 55 ft. Turbine footings are 17 ft. in diameter. |
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| Jefferson Street Ramp |
| This project was a complete rehabilitation of the ramp, including complete deck replacement and sidewalks. Shotcrete cosmetic repairs of the face and Shotcrete Structural repairs on the Arches, Piers and overhead. Since this project, a new Shotcrete Repair Specification was written by RCS Consulting. This spec will be added to the 408 Spec that is used through the State for a guideline for all types of highway repairs. |
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