Hamilton Park receives 75,000 visitors a year and the service road is a necessity for accessibility during all times of the year. In 2002 Travis County was in search of a better solution to asphalt paving that would provide strength for emergency vehicles and durability for continued use of service vehicles. Working with licensed contractor, Texas Bomanite, Grasscrete was the selected product of choice for the much-needed upgraded emergency vehicle access lane. Texas Bomanite installed 8,000 square feet of Grasscrete using the Reusable Formers … Read more

Woodbury is a neighborhood of Irvine, California, located from Irvine Boulevard to Trabuco Road, between Jeffrey Road and Sand Canyon Avenue.  Several recreational facilities have been developed within the community. The Woodbury Community Park, a public access park contains two baseball diamonds, two basketball courts, a soccer field, a community center building, and a 3,000 sq ft Tot-Lot, which is part of The Commons. The Commons, in the heart of Woodbury, is a 30 Acre social gathering spot, with an … Read more

Micronics, Inc. headquartered in Portsmouth, NH designs and manufactures all filtration products and equipment including filter cloth, filter presses, and filter plates in multiple filtration manufacturing plants located in the United States, in Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire, England, and in Saltillo, Mexico. They were in need of a truck dock access road installed through an environmentally sensitive wetlands area. The original specification was written for the Grasscrete Stone Filled Void System, however the General Contractor on the job was determined that the use of Gravelpave2 a … Read more

The Sikorsky Development Flight Center installed a Concealed Grasscrete slope landing pad in West Palm Beach, Florida for trainings and is still using today. Bomanite Contractor, Connery Concrete worked with Sikorsky Global Helicopters in constructing and installing different sloped Grasscrete slabs to simulate landings on a pitching aircraft carrier deck using the patented Molded Pulp Formers. According to the Sikorsky Commercial Newsletter “The new pad was officially opened in early January 2010. In addition to providing a world-class landing area … Read more

The City and County of Denver needed to make improvements to the existing 38th & Holly Detention Pond. During small and larger storm events, water was collecting in Holly Street at depths up to approximately 1.5 feet. The water would then overflow the pond embankment along Holly Street to enter the pond and caused severe erosion to the embankment, meanwhile creating on-going maintenance concerns and repairs. In order to mitigate the issues, prevent future erosion and provide storm water management, … Read more

The Denver Parks and Recreation Services were in need of a pervious, grassed pavement system for the maintenance access to the Barnum Wetlands Forebay. They sought out WHPacific, Inc. for recommendations. The vacuum truck used for maintenance weighs 103,000 lbs fully loaded. Grasscrete is a pervious concrete system that is designed to allow water to pass freely through voids while maintaining a structural integrity adequate to support the required vehicles. The perfect choice and fit for the Barnum Wetlands project. The Grasscrete system selected … Read more

The Orange County Great Park is aiming at becoming one of the largest and best metropolitan parks in the world, and is a public-private partnership between the City of Irvine and developer, Five Point Communities.  A large list of in-park amenities includes the Great Park balloon, carousel, kids rock play area, walkable historical timeline, historic Hangar 244, Palm Court, Farm + Food Lab, and the recently opened 53-acre sports complex.  The Orange County Great Park project is the ongoing transformation … Read more

The owners of this grand estate in Essex County, Massachusetts installed several decorative concrete systems throughout their property. The estate contains an indoor swimming pool, BBQ house, several patios and courtyards, a Barn and two garages, plus a full indoor basketball court that doubles as a Hockey Rink.  When it was time to upgrade they needed systems that were not only functional but also augmented the overall design aesthetics and ambiance of the estate. After working with Premier Concrete Construction, LLC on … Read more

Bomanite Licensed contractor, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc. worked with Wolcott Architecture to select the pervious concrete system that would work best with the intended use.  The office complexes at 16845 Von Karman Ave, Irvine California received an emergency vehicle access area that uses the Sustainable Paving Grasscrete System. Access around or to buildings for fire trucks or other emergency vehicles are typically concealed with grass and defined with curbs, bollards or landscaping to complement the design of the structures and … Read more