Hi,

I am a General Contractor and Consultant looking at structural solutions for fully insulated, very light-weight custom home construction on a large project in Baja Sur, Mexico. I have been looking at GFRC spray applied skin over polystyrene block panels as one possible solution. This looks like an excellent system for our needs, but most information I am finding leads back directly to Strata US and their SABS system. I will be speaking with Strata soon, but I would appreciate any references to other suppliers of GFRC material and equipment. Strata provides training and certification (apparently), as well as structural design... do you know of any other companies that provide training and/or engineering?

Gracias,
Bill Doyle

Bill,

I guess you know about the Tridipanel system.  I used this system when it was called InSteel.

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Mannyev,

Which system?

Hi Alton........did you ever find a reply to your question of which system was being referenced? I have replied to Bill regarding Strata/SABS and my architect will be in touch with him, too............the best, Beth - with the failed SABS house in Santa Fe

Hi Bill....did you talk with Strata? I would love to know whom you spoke with. After the disaster with my house - I heard from Gregg Martin that they changed some procedures....to protect themselves!! My house continues to crumble and Strata has nothing to say. BE CAREFUL, please. If anything goes wrong they will not be there for you. Beth in Santa Fe

I have not heard from "mannyev" about "which system".

Posted By mannyev on 29 Oct 2010 05:54 AM
HELLO I CAN HELP WITH ANY INFO NEEDED WITH THIS SYSTEM

Hi Mannyev,

Please provide contact information so I can reach you, or please contact me directly at:  [email protected]

Bill Doyle

Posted By French Bunny on 08 Nov 2010 05:34 PM
Hi Bill....did you talk with Strata? I would love to know whom you spoke with. After the disaster with my house - I heard from Gregg Martin that they changed some procedures....to protect themselves!! My house continues to crumble and Strata has nothing to say. BE CAREFUL, please. If anything goes wrong they will not be there for you. Beth in Santa Fe

NOTE: The e-mail address in my signature is incorrect and I can't edit it... to reach me, please use:  [email protected]
I have sent them 2 e-mails hoping for a written response. I will call them this week to see if I can get additional information.  I hope to speak with the people at SABS, but if anyone knows of any other suppliers of pre-mix GFRC systems I would be very interested. As a note of interest, I have found several very informative technical papers on GFRC structural criteria and mix designs. I suspect I can come up with a mix every bit as good as SABS. If they don't want to provide information, that is what I will do.

HI,
Im a newbie in this forum site!
Thanks for the information you shared with us here..

HELLO TO EVERYONE, ALL THE BEST FOR 2011

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Hello Bill Doyle, Principal TCC Construction

contact me on [email protected] for eps+gfrc systems

greetings

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My opinion - use foam + steel mesh + PVA (not glass) fiber reinforced high strength concrete. And use shotcrete vs a trowel (less water, better compaction).