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ISSUE 16: THE INFORMER

INFORMER News

27 February 2025

INFORMER Q1 2025 Edition Your copy of the #16 iNFORMER newsletter that covers some things that have happened at Inforce over the past quarter! Download your copy and learn: Some...

ISSUE 15: THE INFORMER

INFORMER News

24 October 2024

INFORMER Q2 2024 Edition Your copy of the #15 iNFORMER Magazine, covers everything that’s happened at Inforce for the past quarter! Download your copy and learn: The floor design and...

ISSUE 14: THE INFORMER

INFORMER News

02 July 2024

INFORMER Q1 2024 Edition Your copy of the #14 iNFORMER Magazine, covers everything that’s happened at Inforce for the past quarter! Download your copy and lean: The floor optimisation of...

Issue 13: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

20 December 2023

INFORMER December 2023 Edition Your copy of the #13 iNFORMER Magazine, covers everything that’s happened at inforce for the past quarter! Download your copy and lean: iNFORCE holiday period 19th...

Issue 12: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

30 June 2023

INFORMER June 2023 Edition Your copy of the #12 iNFORMER Magazine, covers everything that’s happened at inforce for the past quarter! Download your copy and lean: The design of the largest packhouse in the...

Consequences of A Poorly Designed Industrial Floor:

Technical

08 June 2023

The design of industrial floors in warehouse, manufacturing, and distribution center's is a critical aspect that often goes unnoticed amidst the construction process. However, neglecting proper floor design can lead...

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Issue 11: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

06 March 2023

INFORMER March 2023 Edition Our first issue of the iNFORMER Magazine for 2023 covers some exciting new projects. Download your PDF copy for: How we helped DMS Packhouse & Coolstore...

Consideration for a new Industrial Floor

Technical

08 February 2023

An industrial concrete floor’s principal duty is to serve as the work surface for the intended use of the building.  Ideally, this working surface needs to be durable, flat and...

Protecting your Concrete Asset: Is your industrial or commercial floor important to you?

Technical

12 December 2022

Concrete slabs and pavements are all around us, and if we are building owners we will own a lot of the hard grey stuff yet how much...

Issue 10: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

05 December 2022

INFORMER December 2022 Edition This issue marks our 10th quarterly iNFORMER Magazine and the last issue for 2022! Download your PDF copy for: Details of a 17,000m2 slab we designed...

Disrupted Face Technology in Steel Armored Joints.

Technical

30 September 2022

Armoured Joints are an important consideration when designing and constructing industrial floor slabs. Not using a steel armoured edge to protect the aris of the joints edge will result in...

Simplifying projects using K-Form Construction Joint

Case study

29 September 2022

‘Using the K-form system saved both time and money, and considering the tight time constraints, was a huge contributing factor in delivering the project on time. iNFORCE’s service was...

Thinking Smarter and Greener with GFRP Reinforcement and Dowels

Technical

29 September 2022

Thinking Smarter and Greener with GFRP Reinforcement and dowels With tensile strength 2x that of steel and non corrosive, Casta Smart-Bar glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebar is designed to replace...

GFRP Dowels and Corrosion Mitigation

Technical

14 September 2022

How to mitigate the risk of corrosion in concrete though using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymers (GFRP) Corrosion of steel dowels in concrete slabs have been an issue for as long...

Understanding the importance of Load Transfer

Technical

14 September 2022

What is load transfer? A concrete floor is often constructed in many panels and the point where one panel meets another is called a joint. Anything on top of the...

Setting up Tuff-Form plastic boxing

Video

12 September 2022

Designed to replace heavy wet timber that warps and twists and requires nailing to pegs. Tuff-Form™ won’t absorb moisture or twist in the sun, giving you long lasting reusable...

Why care about Joints in a floor?

Technical

12 September 2022

WHY CARE ABOUT JOINTS? We often get asked why we put so much emphasis on joint layout and joint type in our slab designs. There’s a specific reason for...

How do i keep projects on track amidst steel shortages & price hikes?

News

12 September 2022

Last month the NZ Herald reported that National Trade Stores had released more price rises for steel mesh and bar, with reinforcing steel set to be up an additional 8%...

Issue 9: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

12 September 2022

INFORMER September 2022 Edition HEAVY DUTY FOUNDATION SLABS FOR CORSON GRAIN SILOS Working closely with both the project engineer and the construction company, iNFORCE was able to reduce the conventional...

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Issue 8: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

06 June 2022

INFORMER June 2022 Edition KEEP PROJECTS ON TRACK – SWAP STEEL BAR AND MESH FOR FIBRE Steel delays and cost increases are causing many project budgets and timelines to blow...

steel shortages

Ask an expert: how do I keep projects on track amidst steel shortages & price hikes?

26 May 2022

Last month the NZ Herald reported that National Trade Stores had released more price rises for steel mesh and bar, with reinforcing steel set to be up an additional 8%...

Waikeria Prison Project Update Feb2022

13 May 2022

Click this link to see some awesome drone footage from the Department of Corrections NZ, showing the progress over the past few months on the Waikeria Prison Project in the...

FRC FAQ: Is a fibre reinforced slab stronger than a mesh reinforced one?

Technical

31 March 2022

We often get asked how can fibre reinforcing provide a stronger slab than traditional mesh reinforcing? The tensile strength of reinforcing mesh only comes into effect when it is bridging...

Understanding the importance of load transfer and joints in a slab

Technical

31 March 2022

WHY CARE ABOUT JOINTS? We often get asked why we put so much emphasis on joint layout and joint type in our slab designs. There’s a specific reason for this:...

specification

The iNFORCE difference: Specification Services

31 March 2022

At iNFORCE we pride ourselves on being able to deliver an end to end service encompassing: • DESIGN • SPECIFICATION • SUPPORT A key part of our business is the...

Crawford and Austen

Meet the team: Crawford Fisher

31 March 2022

Meet the team: Crawford Fisher, Project Manager Crawford brings a lot of enthusiasm and positivity to the team and to our clients. With extensive experience in managing complex projects, he...

How optimised slabs help to minimise CO2 emissions

Technical

31 March 2022

Swap mesh for fibre and halve your carbon footprint We’re passionate about optimising concrete slab and pavement designs – not just because they can be made more durable and cost-effective...

Q&A. Why Remove Saw Cuts from Internal?

Video

25 March 2022

What are the benefits of removing a sawn joint from an internal warehouse floor?

Q&A. Connecting the slab with the foundation

Video

25 March 2022

Can I connect the slab into the building foundations?

Q&A. Is Subbase / Subgrade important?

Video

25 March 2022

Is the subbase and grade important factor in a slab design?

Q&A. Structural Synthetic Fibre for Internal

Video

25 March 2022

Can I use a structural synthetic fibre in a highly burnish internal floor design?

Q&A. Radforce Fibre

Video

25 March 2022

What is Radforce Structural Synthetic fibre and what applications is it best used?

Q&A. Pumping Steel Fibre Concrete

Video

25 March 2022

Can I pump steel fibre concrete?

Q&A. What is Proforce80 steel fibre?

Video

25 March 2022

What is the Proforce80 steel fibre and where are the best applications for this fibre type?

Q&A. What is Permaforce steel fibre?

Video

25 March 2022

What is the Permaforce38 steel fibre and where are the best applications for this fibre type?

Q&A. Deciding on a Fibre Floor System

Video

25 March 2022

Why should I be considering a fibre slab design in my next project?

Q&A. What Floor slab systems available?

Video

25 March 2022

What are the most common floor slab designs currently available on the market?

Q&A. Is Fibre Slab More Expensive?

Video

25 March 2022

Is a fibre reinforced concrete slab or pavement more expensive than a conventionally reinforced design? Crawford answers that question.

Q&A. Fibre Reinforcing In Foundations?

Video

25 March 2022

Can I use fibre reinforcing in foundations?

Q&A. Will I See Fibre on Surface of Slab?

Video

24 March 2022

Will I see fibre showing on the surface of my concrete slab?

Q&A. Does Fibre Increase Impact Resistance?

Video

07 March 2022

Does fibre increase the impact resistance of a slab and what is the most economical way of doing so?

Issue 7: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

03 March 2022

INFORMER March 2022 Edition OPTIMISED SLABS HELP TO MINIMISE CO2 EMISSIONS We’re passionate about optimising concrete slab and pavement designs – not just because they can be made more durable...

Q&A. Is Fibre Suitable for Heavy Loaded Slabs?

Video

12 February 2022

Is fibre reinforcement suitable for heavy loads and high wear slabs?

Q&A. Does Fibre Offer Better Crack Resistance?

Video

24 January 2022

Does a fibre reinforced slab provide better crack resistance than a conventionally reinforced slab?

Q&A. Difference Standard Steel Joint and Wave Joint?

Video

10 December 2021

Austen discussed the difference from a standard 4010 steel joint verses a disruptive face joint system like the Wave joint.

Client review on utilising an iNFORCE optimised floor slab design.

Video

06 December 2021

Listen to what a happy client of iNFORCE says about using our slab designs in his projects in New Zealand. After utilisng our structural synthetic fibre reinforced design at a...

Issue 6: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

30 November 2021

The ‘iNFORMER’ is our exciting, newsletter publication that brings you news, products and happenings in the Inforce world of slab and pavement design. Published quarterly and downloadable in PDF.

Q&A. Deciding on Jointless Floor Slab

Video

24 October 2021

What do I need to consider if deciding on a jointless (no saw cut) floor design?

Jointless Steel Fibre Reinforced Timber Warehouse Floor – Client Review

Video

30 September 2021

INFORCE designed and optimised concrete floor, utilising the benefits of steel fibre reinforcing to remove the sawn joints to create large jointless floor panels. Hear how it all went down...

Q&A. Curing Fibre Reinforced Slab

Video

24 August 2021

Is curing an important part of the process in a fibre reinforced slab?

Issue 5: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

08 July 2021

The ‘iNFORMER’ is our exciting, newsletter publication that brings you news, products and happenings in the Inforce world of fibre concrete. Published quarterly and downloadable in PDF. In this issue...

Q&A. Burnished Finish

Video

24 June 2021

How do I get a burnished finish with fibre? Austen discussed how this is possible.

Q&A. Best Suited Joint System

Video

24 May 2021

In this video Austen discusses the diffirent applications in which diffirent steel joint types are used.

Issue 4: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

08 April 2021

The ‘iNFORMER’ is our exciting, newsletter publication that brings you news, products and happenings in the Inforce world of fibre concrete. Published quarterly and downloadable in PDF. In this issue...

Q&A. Armoured Joints

Video

03 April 2021

iNFORCE Project Manager, Austen Griffiths, discusses what Armoured Joints are, how they work and how they are beneficial in a steel fibre reinforced slab.

Issue 3: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

08 November 2020

The ‘iNFORMER’ is our exciting, newsletter publication that brings you news, products and happenings in the Inforce world of fibre concrete. Published quarterly and downloadable in PDF. In this issue...

Issue 2: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

24 July 2020

The ‘iNFORMER’ is our exciting, newsletter publication that brings you news, products and happenings in the Inforce world of fibre concrete. Published quarterly and downloadable in PDF. In this issue...

Nido Henderson – Project Overview

Video

19 March 2020

Willem, our Engineering Manager and James, our Marketing Manager, discuss the progress and iNFORCE fibre products going into the massive Nido retail project in Henderson, Auckland.

Issue 1: The iNFORMER

INFORMER News

24 February 2020

The ‘iNFORMER’ is our exciting, newsletter publication that brings you news, products and happenings in the Inforce world of fibre concrete. Published quarterly and downloadable in PDF. In this issue...

Towards a future with Geopolymer concrete

Technical

18 February 2020

Traditional concrete is made from sand and aggregates mixed with Portland cement. The cement, sometimes incorrectly referred to as ‘concrete’, is in fact a separate element of the concrete mix...

Wight Aluminium Slab

Video

07 January 2020

iNFORCE provided the Permaforce®38 steel fibre concrete reinforcement for this large industrial slab, a property developed and built by Euroclass for Wight Aluminium in 2019.

Corrosion – reinforcing steel within concrete

25 November 2019

Steel reinforced concrete as composite material, continues to be a popular choice of building material for tension/compression strength characteristics, linear elasticity behavior, compatible thermal expansion/contraction and increased durability. Reinforced concrete’s...

Finishing iNFORCE concrete slabs

Download

04 November 2019

Download this helpful guide for assistance on your next iNFORCE fibre concrete job.

Placing iNFORCE steel fibre concrete

Download

04 November 2019

Download this helpful guide for assistance on your next iNFORCE fibre concrete job.

Super flat concrete fibre slab floor finish

Flatness on a concrete floor. How to choose the conditions to demand.

Technical

04 July 2019

As a general rule, we make the pavements with the premise that they are flat. Flatness is the main characteristic that we request a slab. Even when we execute it...

Curling concrete slab

Curling in concrete floors – causes, consequences and solutions.

Technical

09 January 2019

Curling is a phenomenon that occurs in concrete slabs, lifting the edges of them and causes problems such as: Level change between slabs, which effect to the passage of vehicles,...

Concrete slab jointing system

Understanding load transfer between concrete slabs

Technical

07 January 2019

What is load transfer? A concrete floor is often constructed in many panels and the point where one panel meets another is called a joint. Anything on top of the...

The Long Term Effects of Macro Synthetic Fibres

Technical

20 July 2018

Early work by the US Army Corps of Engineers (Ludirdja and Young, 1993) investigated the effects of exposure to various poly fibres.  Polyester, polyacrylics, and polyamiucs (nylon) can potentially undergo...

A handful of Radforce synthetic fibres

Macro Synthetic Fibres

Technical

16 July 2018

Synthetic fibres are fibres manufactured from organic polymers from many formulations: acrylic, aramid, carbon, polyester, polyethylene, and the most common nylon and polypropylene. Synthetic fibres are engineered to withstand the...

Case Study: Synthetic Fibres Employed to Improve Kingsford Wharf

Case study

11 July 2018

Background From years of heavy traffic, the concrete surfaces at the Kingsford Wharf in Port of Nelson required a new surface. An overlay mixture utilizing synthetic fibres was utilized to...

Does Fibre Shape Matter?

05 July 2018

Does a Fibre Bond to the Cement Interface in Concrete It is has become increasingly popular to reinforce concrete with small, randomly distributed fibres. Their main purpose of these fibres is...

Ancient fibre concrete reinforcement

Roman Concrete Fibre Technology

05 July 2018

Concrete is the most widely used construction materials that has been at the foundation of civilizations throughout time. The Roman Empire is credited with having some of the greatest and...

A closeup image of Permaforce crimped steel fibre reinforcing for concrete

The Basics of Fibre Technology

05 July 2018

Why is tensile strength of concrete important? Concrete is relatively brittle, and its tensile strength is typically only about one tenths of its compressive strength. The brittle nature of concrete...

Stronger Concrete Surfaces with Cellulose Fibres

Technical

05 July 2018

Cellulose fibres provide excellent crack control due to the fibre properties to include: high fibre surface area, close fibre spacing, and excellent bonding within the hydrated cementitious matrix (Soroushian 1996)....

Concrete slurry is poured into a new slab

The Floating Fibre Phenomenon – Prevention through Concrete Mix Design

21 June 2018

A common concern when using synthetic fibres in concrete is ‘floating’ of the fibres to the concrete surface. We hear this regularly in the market, largely from those who are...

Back to Basics – 6 FAQ about FRC

11 May 2018

The concept of Fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) has been around for many years (longer than steel reinforcing I might add) but many people in the construction and building industries still don’t...

Steel Fibres and Concrete Flexural Strength

Technical

27 April 2018

PHOTO: Concrete Beam Tested in a Third-Point Flexural Apparatus, Courtesy SELlabmanager In our Concrete Strength series, we discussed the flexural strength of beams; the failure lines are discussed in the...

Why Do Fibers Resist Curling?

Technical

27 April 2018

PHOTO: Concrete Slab Curling, Courtesy of DCI Coatings blog   Curling in concrete is a significant problem, especially in pavements. NRMCA defines curling as the distortion of a slab into a...

Micro Fibres and Plastic Shrinkage Cracking

Technical

17 April 2018

Another parameter that impacts the abrasion resistance of concrete is the surface mortar and secondary concrete layer of the concrete surface. Both are directly affected by wear and it is...

Concrete with steel fibre is placed

Does the concrete mixture need to be adjusted for HIGH dosages of steel fibres? — Part II

16 April 2018

A common concern when using steel or synthetic fibre reinforcing in concrete is ‘floating’ of the fibres to the concrete surface.   The action of ‘floating’ is caused by the settling...

Why Do Fibres Resist Abrasive Wear? 

10 April 2018

Photo: Concrete sample after it has been tested for Abrasion Resistance by ASTM C 779, Procedure C.   Abrasive wear is a hot topic in the concrete and construction industry....

A big job done. Faster, easier and with less risk using K-Form

10 August 2017

Update: As of December 2019, K-FORM is now available through 4S: https://4s.co.nz/k-form Inforce no longer supplies K-FORM formwork.         ‘Using the K-form system saved both time and...

We all want stronger more durable slabs right?

18 July 2017

For years in NZ, steel mesh has been the incumbent for secondary reinforcing whenever there is a standard slab on grade concrete/cement pour. This standard practice of transporting, cutting, chairing...

Cracked floor showing surface cracks from a lack of reinforcement

You don’t need a cracked slab.

18 July 2017

A brand new warehouse floor and its starting to fail. It doesn’t have to happen, and it can be prevented. It’s common for concrete to develop cracks, scaling, crazing and...