Cematrix Corporation V.CVX

Case Study- View and Vancouver Street Intersection .........

[prospector001]

....Downtown Victoria - development over peat base caused continual sinking of street - this was a problem for decades - see Cematrix case study link below;

https://cematrix.com/_resources/case-studies/cs-vancouver.pdf

View & Vancouver Streets – November 2007 – February 2008 City of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Problem: The intersection of the City of Victoria’s View and Vancouver streets was experiencing major differential settlement, due to excessive decay and consolidation of the underlying peat. The road sections had been rebuilt several times earlier, but with limited, or no success. Removal and replacement of the peat in this downtown site was impractical and too costly. Minimum intrusion and interruption to residents and businesses in the area was also of prime importance. Solution: CEMATRIX was asked to provide a material structurally equivalent to a 1 metre thick rock-slab, but with a material that would significantly lessen the loading over the peat. CEMATRIX CMEF-475 cellular concrete with a wet cast density of 475 kg/m³ was produced and placed onsite, utilizing a CEMATRIX wet-mix production unit. A 500 mm layer of cellular concrete was placed on the prepared sub grade. Tensar BX1100 was also placed between lifts of cellular concrete, followed by 150 mm of aggregate, and then 75 mm of asphaltic concrete. Loading was reduced by a factor of 5. Advantages: The CEMATRIX solution provided a monolithic, lightweight mass of engineered fill to minimize the loading on the peat, and provide a structural component to the total road structure. Construction traffic to and from this congested site was lessened substantially, compared to traditional re-construction methodology. Substantial time and cost savings were realized.

[prospector001]

Check out this intersection on Google Street View to-day - Still looks like new! - I have seen pics before construction began and one portion of the street in this area had sunk almost a full meter! Now think of all the problem roads and streets throughout North America that are in need of a similar solution.  GLTA! [url=https://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/topic/679-view-vancouver

[kingscorpion]

What you are saying prospector is that the best for CVX is yet to come and I happen to agree. I wonder what I saw on the street, slabs about 3 m tall 1.5 m wide and maybe a foot thick is cematrix's c.c? It's the 1st time I  see slabs that were laying around construction  site some sitting at a higher ground as if to suggest light weight material. It's impossible to stop

[prospector001]

The slabs may have been pre-cast cellular concrete used in road construction as an insulating base? I don't think that Cematrix is involved with the manufacturing of pre-cast cellular concrete products - but with their equipment they likely could be at some point if there is demand.

[kingscorpion]

Prospector. Doesn't CVX do home insulations using slabs Ior insulation for some other areas other than homes I remember reading CVX using slabs for insulation purposes but where I can't remember 

[Bubbajohny50]

I have been thinking that very same thing for several years now.  Pre-cast and a pre-fab market.  Most definitely a possibility.