A New Foundation for America’s Roads and Highways

Simpson Robust-Tie has been dedicated to encouraging individuals design and style and develop safer, more powerful structures for a lot more than 65 several years. Now we’re advancing our mission even further — to assist establish safer and more robust roadways, highways, airport runways and other paved surfaces in North America and all around the planet.

Performing collectively with our workforce at S&P, a Simpson Strong-Tie firm considering that 2012, we have rolled out a line of asphalt pavement reinforcement grids that raise tensile toughness, building streets extra resistant to cracks, potholes and rutting. As a end result, roads are safer, final longer and deliver higher financial price in excess of time. The grids are easy to mill and recycle in reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), earning them environmentally sustainable.

Twenty yrs of confirmed general performance.

Our pavement reinforcement solutions have been made use of efficiently in European pavements for a long time. Perfect for new assignments or for resurfacing and repair service, these asphalt reinforcement grids lengthen the assistance existence of streets and highways, bus terminals, truck loading zones, airport runways and other pavements. In addition to assignments across Europe, these grids have been set up on important freeway devices through the world.

Setting a exam common for US roadways.

Klavs Olsen, Head Engineer of European Pavement for S&P, has been closely involved with investigate, industry set up, pavement layout and item growth of roadbed reinforcement methods for two many years. Now in support of our US products start, Klavs is top an considerable investigation plan executed with the State-of-the-art Pavement Exploration Middle at the College of Texas at Arlington. By exhibiting a direct correlation with improved pavement daily life expectancy, the plan will be used to develop testing techniques and layout criteria for our pavement reinforcement grids.

As Klavs points out, the engineering issues for streets in Europe and the US are equivalent.

“Here in the US, I see the exact difficulties as we see in Europe. You have the same problems as the relaxation of the world. So it’s really far more to enhance our benchmarks and also the content we use for construction. The additional we can make improvements to our pavements, the a lot more we get from them. The problem is the similar.”

For pavement engineers all-around the earth, Klavs says, the total aim is longevity.

“Perpetual pavements are extended-lasting pavements. The purpose is to make them past for a incredibly extensive period with small routine maintenance, devoid of executing substantial repairs. Which is been the aim of pavement engineers all in excess of the earth.”

Distinctive features with strong gains.

Simpson Solid-Tie asphalt pavement reinforcement grids are ground breaking each in engineering structure and set up. Compared with other merchandise, our methods attribute a proprietary, open grid weave that is totally saturated with bitumen. A further essential variance is that our grids are heated all through installation. When heated and unrolled into location by the Simpson Robust-Tie^® grid set up device, the bitumen-saturated grid adheres to the pavement and is then right away prepared to be overlaid. The open up weave design will quickly conform and match roadbed curves and corners, earning for a easy installation. Furthermore, the bitumen-saturated fibers variety a effective, extensive-long lasting bond in the asphalt matrix, whilst the open grid style assures aggregate interlock — building a monolithic composite pavement.

“You want an open up grid simply because it allows aggregate interlock involving asphalt courses,” Klavs states. “The special weaving that is utilised makes it possible for much better integration (combination interlock) of the mix. Our device heats up the grid, coated with bitumen, and that’s very exceptional. The bitumen-saturated grid is really important it assures a very superior bond involving levels. This will allow the tensile pressure to be transferred to the grid.”

3 grids are readily available. Carbophalt™ G 200/200 is a carbon-fiber grid that gives highest structural reinforcement and crack resistance for the most seriously trafficked pavements. Carbophalt™ G is a glass- and carbon-fiber grid for intensely trafficked pavements. Glasphalt™ G is a glass-fiber grid for a wide variety of generally trafficked pavements.

Quick to mill and recycle in upcoming initiatives.

A long time afterwards, if light upkeep is needed, the grids can be very easily milled and recycled into reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) for use in new pavement assignments with no reduce in performance. In addition to extending the services existence of roadways and highways, our grid patterns make asphalt pavements recyclable and environmentally sustainable.

“Our grid is recyclable,” notes Klavs. “The fibers are simple to mill. Also, the bitumen we use is equivalent with an component employed in RAP, so it can be utilized in the new blend. It also adds benefit for the reason that the reclaimed grid is saturated with bitumen.”

Finish coaching and consulting guidance.

To assistance authorities agencies, contractors and subject personnel get up to velocity on asphalt reinforcement grid installation, Simpson Powerful-Tie supplies conclusion-to-stop product or service schooling, layout consulting and operator education sources. For contractors who rent or buy the Simpson Solid-Tie grid set up equipment, we coach discipline technicians on devices operation and maintenance, surface area planning, application approaches, basic safety and jobsite troubleshooting. It’s a thorough resolution.

“The one of a kind matter about Simpson Solid-Tie is that we present consulting together with our products and solutions,” states Klavs. “We aid search at conditions, help make a decision on and set up the alternative, and also the layout. We are onsite to assist the full approach, the whole undertaking. We wander the additional mile for the client.”

Main the way to safer, stronger streets.

Simpson Powerful-Tie, the chief in structural engineering remedies, is committed to assisting people develop safer, stronger roadways and highways. Our Carbophalt and Glasphalt reinforcement grids are tested, tested, inexpensive and sustainable options that improve asphalt pavement throughout a vast array of purposes. Demonstrated thriving on several continents, our pavement reinforcement options are best for new building and for resurfacing and highway servicing tasks throughout the US and North The united states.

To understand extra about Simpson Potent-Tie asphalt pavement reinforcement alternatives, take a look at strongtie.com/asphalt.