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Masonry & Concrete

Restoration Materials

For Anchoring,

Strengthening & Stabilization

www.conspec-rep.com

ConSpec Mission:

To combine technology with tradition in both methods and materials for

innovative, cost effective, engineered

solutions to the repair segment of the built environment.

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Means, Methods and Materials for Restoration of the Built Environment

AMBEX

CINTEC

HELIFIX

RUREDIL

VOIDSPAN

Historic Credo is to “Do no Harm” and to have procedure reversible

Stress Reduction by Increasing Bearing Area for weak or friable structures

Breathable Solutions for Concrete & Masonry

Reasonable Surface Preparation for Substrate and Grouting

Ease of Installation

Ambex – Cement Anchoring Capsule

Helifix – Wall ties, Joint Stabilization

Cintec Structural Strengthening – Up to and including Seismic and Blast Mitigation

Ruredil – Structural Stabilization, Strengthening and Rehabilitation of Masonry and Concrete Structures with

Cement Based Carbon Fiber ACI 549.4R-13: Guide to Design and Construction of Externally Bonded Fabric-Reinforced

Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Systems for Repair and Strengthening Concrete and Masonry Structures

VoidSpan – Combining Cintec Anchoring/Strengthening Technology with “Flush and Grout” Capability for Voids in

Walls and Structures.

CEMENT -> EPOXY -> CEMENT

• No One Wants To Be First• Nobody Wants To Be Last• Everyone Wants To Be In The Comfortable Middle

As one major owner put it,“ Amtrak doesn’t do anything that Amtrak

hasn’t done before!”

TRUISM

Non resin easy to use concrete anchoring capsuls and self

consolidating concrete repair materials

AAC Cement Capsule Anchors &

SCC Concrete Repair

www.ambexcorp.com

Insert Capsule

Insert Anchor

Drill & Flush Hole with Water – Once!

Overhead – No Wedges Elev Temp Application

Seawall in Maine Otis Air Force Base

Bridge Signage Over HH Parkway

Erie Canal Lock 6 – 10,000+

Masonry Tie System

DryFix, Helibar, Helibeam, Bowtie and other Masonry Rehabilitation

Materials

www.helifix.com

Retrofit DryFix Wall Tie

Crack Stitching Prep Crack Stitching Install

Multiple Helibar to Form Helibeam

Penetrate Multiple Joists to Form Web

Designed Specifically For Masonry

Designed as Retrofit System

Wide Range of Application

Wall Tie

Masonry Beam

Ease of Installation

Minimal Disruption to Structure

Sympathetic Structural Stabilization or Strengthening of Masonry Structures

Structural Strengthening Socked Cement

Anchoring & Strengthening System

www.cintec.com

Anchor Length 3” to 120’ continuously socked

Reduced stress on weaker structures

Damp, Wet or Underwater Applications

Cut Restoration costs from 20 – 80%

Cut Time Factor by 20 – 80%

Combine With Other Systems for Maximum Benefit

230 Park Avenue Guggenheim

First Lutheran Church

Goodwin Hotel

Hoboken Firehouse

Post Tension Anchor for Additional Strength

Seismic & Blast Upgrade for Masonry Structures

Hidden Within Masonry Section

Designed as a Retrofit System

Virtually Unlimited Installation Length to 120’+

Shortened Project Schedule

Structure Remains Intact – No Rip-Out-And-Replace

Reduced Project Cost

FRCM – Fiber Reinforced Cement Matrix using carbon

or PBO fiber for structural strengthening and

stabilization of concrete and masonry structures

•Fire Resistant•Breathable•Application over Damp Substrates•Ductile not Brittle Failure•ACI-549.4R-13 Design Published

Material Comparison

Moisten Cement Parge Coat

Embed Mesh Finish Coat

Existing Condition Concrete Repair

Embed Mesh Finish Coat

All of the technologies presented are at least 10 years old Ruredil – Italy & Europe – Canada for past 3 years

with others 20 plus Ambex – 25 years overhead roof anchoring in the mines

in South Africa

Helifix – DryFix first used in 1990 in NYC

And some over 30 years Cintec – First applications late 70’s with first US

application at Grace Church in NYC in 1990