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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 With tensile strength 2x that of steel and non corrosive, Casta Smart-Bar glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebar is designed to replace...
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...
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...
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? 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...
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%...
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...
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...
26 May 2022
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
25 March 2022
What are the benefits of removing a sawn joint from an internal warehouse floor?
Can I connect the slab into the building foundations?
Is the subbase and grade important factor in a slab design?
Can I use a structural synthetic fibre in a highly burnish internal floor design?
What is Radforce Structural Synthetic fibre and what applications is it best used?
Can I pump steel fibre concrete?
What is the Proforce80 steel fibre and where are the best applications for this fibre type?
What is the Permaforce38 steel fibre and where are the best applications for this fibre type?
Why should I be considering a fibre slab design in my next project?
What are the most common floor slab designs currently available on the market?
Is a fibre reinforced concrete slab or pavement more expensive than a conventionally reinforced design? Crawford answers that question.
Can I use fibre reinforcing in foundations?
24 March 2022
Will I see fibre showing on the surface of my concrete slab?
07 March 2022
Does fibre increase the impact resistance of a slab and what is the most economical way of doing so?
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...
12 February 2022
Is fibre reinforcement suitable for heavy loads and high wear slabs?
24 January 2022
Does a fibre reinforced slab provide better crack resistance than a conventionally reinforced slab?
10 December 2021
Austen discussed the difference from a standard 4010 steel joint verses a disruptive face joint system like the Wave joint.
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...
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.
24 October 2021
What do I need to consider if deciding on a jointless (no saw cut) floor design?
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...
24 August 2021
Is curing an important part of the process in a fibre reinforced slab?
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...
24 June 2021
How do I get a burnished finish with fibre? Austen discussed how this is possible.
24 May 2021
In this video Austen discusses the diffirent applications in which diffirent steel joint types are used.
08 April 2021
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.
08 November 2020
24 July 2020
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.
24 February 2020
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...
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.
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...
04 November 2019
Download this helpful guide for assistance on your next iNFORCE fibre concrete job.
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...
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,...
07 January 2019
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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