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FLEXICRETE®

FLEXICRETE® is an articulated concrete block (ACB) revetment system consisting of a matrix of solid precast concrete blocks connected together to form continuous inter-connected areas which can be used for a variety of applications.

The innovative design provides the system the flexibility to conform to the subgrade movement and grade changes while offering long term erosion control.

FLEXICRETE® is an effective and environmentally-friendly hard armour solution for minor to severe erosion challenges.

FLEXICRETE® can be used for:Embankment protection to prevent erosion, open storm drain lining, aqueduct lining, shore

of buried utilitiesincluding utilities under water.

FLEXICRETE® specifications• Concrete strength used is 30 MPa or higher in accordance with • The galvanized mesh reinforcement wires are 203mm centre to centre and 4.12mm diameter

• The cross- sectional area of steel in longitudinal and transverse direction is 65.6 mm2/m for 8/8 gauge and 91mm2/m for 6/6 gauge

FLEXICRETE® sizesThe standard block overall dimensions are 387mm x 387mm x 80mm in panel’s 3.6 metre long × 2.4 metre wide. Blocks are 400mm centres in both longitudinal and transverse directions. A standard block weighs 27 kg. Panel weight is 168 kg/m2. A standard 3.6 metre × 2.4 metre panel, weighs 1.45 Tonnes.

and beach protection, breakwaters, boat launch ramps, spillweirs, pond lining support, paving, roads, military roads, road shoulders, parking areas and protection

Canadian Standards CSA23 diameter (8/8 gauge) or 4.88mm (6/6 gauge)

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FLEXICRETE

PANEL JOINT DETAIL TYPICAL MAXIMUM DEFLECTION

6.3mm

Notes:

1. All dimensions are in metres, unless otherwise noted.

2. All drawings: not to scale

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FLEXICRETE

April 2014

Installation Guidelines

FLEXICRETE® is easily installed. The 3.6m X 2.4m panels weigh approximately 1.45 tonnes. Each panel is provided with 4 lifting loops embedded in the four corner blocks. Panels can be lifted with a customized spreader bar from either of the 2.4m ends (lifting loops are 2.00m c to c). terrafix® can rent out a lifting frame with which the panels can be lifted at all four corners. With the lifting frame, the panels can be handled by various types of equipment such as fork lifts, loaders, back hoes, boom trucks and many types of cranes. Access to a site would be a factor in deciding what type of equipment would be most suitable. Normal installation procedure is to prepare the formation of the ground on which the panels are to be placed. Depending on the ground conditions and the purpose of the installation this may require: a terrafix® filter cloth, shaping, consolidation, laying a base course of granular materials (e.g. for a FLEXICRETE® road base or for a boat launch ramp). For placing FLEXICRETE® panels on slopes steeper than 3 horizontal to 1 vertical, anchoring may be required. Whether or not anchors are required, and type of anchoring (if required), is the ultimate responsibility of the project designer. We recommend that the end blocks at the bottom of a sloping installation should be embedded in a trench to avoid undermining. We recommend that the end blocks at the top of a sloping installation be “tucked in” to the ground formation to provide anchorage and to prevent undermining.

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE