I-65 Jefferson County, AL - Spillway at Hallmark Farm
Jefferson County recently reconstructed the spillway at Hallmark Farms Industrial Development Site off I-65 in north Jefferson County. The iconic farm is easily recognized by the red roof barn and lakes.
Cal Market, Deputy County Manager and Heather McCloren-Carter, County Engineer, were initially approached with RETEM 3D Steel Grid for ditches, slope paving and head walls. Both Cal and Heather thought of the upcoming spillway repair at Hallmark Farms as an opportunity to try the product.
The spillway required 12,000 square feet of steel and over 200 cubic yards of concrete. The project included 5 pours of 50-75 yards and took less than 4 hours each.
“When I arrived on site, the crew had forms in-place and were ready to use traditional methods to place and finish. When I requested to remove the forms, they were quite surprised”, Craig Taunton, RETEM.
DOT Engineers are finding it Easier and Faster to line slopes and ditches, headwalls and now spillways with RETEM 3D Steel Grid. Saving money is being realized due to the ease and speed of the process. Rakes, Shovels and Hammers are all that is needed. Once the steel grid is in place, four inches of 3,000 psi concrete with a 5 inch slump is added. No Forms, no finishing, no jointing, no skilled workforce required.
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“The Retem Product is a blessing for our area due to the geography and terrain features. This product is marvelous. It can be used on new construction and also in all areas of maintenance. District 13, has installed Retem all around eroded
“This is a product that our employees are comfortable installing. There are multiple uses for it and our employees feel they have the flexibility to adapt it to each project’s unique requirements. For our first project, our employees had attended a demo at another County and then just took it from there. There was no specialized training and our crews didn’t feel they needed it.”
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