Month: January 2022

When Polycorp reached out to SFTec three years ago, it was the beginning of a solid partnership. Polycorp, a developer and a property management company, was looking for products that will help reduce the lifecycle costs of the buildings they operate, while respecting the budget of their project.   Their project, at the time, consisted of building a waffle slab reinforced with GFRP - something that had not been successfully achieved anywhere in the world. SFTec is proud to be part of this journey and to share a few insights with our audience.  About Polycorp Polycorp is a progressive development and…

SFTec’s distributor, Westek Enterprises (president Brent Neudorf, P.Eng.), was approached by a client for a concrete sandwich wall shop project. In order to clearly demonstrate the advantages of SFT-Bar, Westek set off on a testing procedure with the help of Duracon Concrete Corp (https://www.duracon.rocks/) to assess and evaluate the potential of GFRP for this type of project.  The tests were scheduled to be held at Duracon and would replicate a sample of the project requirements to help the client make the best decision for this structure. In the context of the series of tests that were conducted, the following criteria…