Geocellular Confinement


Geocellular Confinement takes infill materials and produces a stiff base by creating a semi-rigid slab. The system prevents the lateral displacement of infill materials which eliminates rutting and washboarding usually associated with gravel pavements. The system allows for a reduction in overall base thickness, as well as enabling subgrade materials to withstand more than 10 times the number of cyclic load applications, without the appearance of deflection when compared to unconfined aggregates. GCS allows for the use of lower quality infill materials in situations where quality aggregates are not readily available and helps to create pavements on soft soil subgrades. When it comes to load support in porous paving applications, Cell-Tek's LSG SERIES delivers the competitive advantage.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Gravel-Lok: Natural Stone Surface

When faced with the problem of getting something to grow in shaded tree areas of a property there are not too many solutions. Putting hardscaping such as pavers can be too costly and plain old gravel or mulch can be messy with constant maintenance. Another factor can be ensuring that the tree roots still gets plenty of water. When a resident in Severn Maryland approached Life Time Pavers after talking with several landscape architects there was only one solution. The contractor recommended an aggregate bonding system called Gravel-Lok to solve the problem. Gravel-Lok created a cost effective solution that maintained the natural look of the landscape. The cost of the project was about 45% less than traditional hardscaping options. The 900 sft project was installed in 2 days and the end product exceeded the expectations of the client. Gravel-Lok being completely pervious was the ideal choice to help preserve the natural water flow to the root system of the existing trees. By using a 1 inch Delaware valley river jack stone the earth tone colors blended nicely into the landscape. The clean edge was achieved by using a plastic paver edge restraint with spikes. The base system was produced using Cell-Teks SG200 stabilizer grid with a nonwoven geofabric separator and infilled with #57 stone open graded aggregate to achieve maximum permability. Gravel-Lok can be utilized in a wide variety of applications such as pathways, driveways, laying over old concrete and asphalt and much more.









Sunday, July 12, 2009

Gravel-Lok Aggregate Bonding System

Gravel-Lok Aggregate Bonding System
Pea Gravel, Open Aggregates, Loose Stone, Recycled Glass
Permeable Pavement System. Low Cost, Easy To Install

Gravel-Lok is a single component, moisture curing liquid scientifically designed to bond together a wide variety of aggregates. Combined with a SG Stabilizer Grid base support system the result is a permeable natural stone, durable pavement system which can be utilized in a wide variety of civil, residential and industrial applications, as well as a solution for municipalities, parks and other government projects. Matching the strength of traditional paving methods , nothing is sacrificed while creating an economical, decorative functional pavement system.

Check this video out -- Gravel-Lok Aggregate Bonding System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_j1GCYFfA