Potholes are budget busters. They are permanent, unending cost items. Every road gets them sooner or later—usually in the same place. To solve this apparently permanent problem requires a real change. Mechanical Concrete® is simple, inexpensive solution that virtually...
How to create an industrial strength road way on a limited budget. Presenting Mechanical Concrete® as an alternative to conventional road repair and construction in the fast growing shale gas & oil exploration industry, Jeff Labenz-Hough, Associate Vice President,...
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Sam Bonasso, the inventor of the Mechanical Concrete design, is in Texas this week illustrating the tire-derived-geo-cylinder confinement system that has been put to use in West Virginia. Commissioned to find a solution for the millions of old tires, Bonasso, a civil...
County Takes Green Approach to Roadbuilding The Guadalupe County Road and Bridge department is installing a new kind of roadbed on a section of Elm Creek Road using recycled tires to test a road building process that could save thousands in installation and...
City of Westover Goes Green The City of Westover, WV, like most WV cities, has dealt with potholes and road problems for years. Monongahela Avenue, parallels the Monongahela River, famous for its falling banks, has been a unique problem. Traffic from businesses,...
As Seen In WV Living! Sam, Bonasso and his Mechanical Concrete process was featured in a green issue of West Virginia Living Magazine. Read the full article here.
MORGANTOWN, WV (October 3, 2012) – In the Ft. Martin/Maidsville area, over 700,000 coal trucks carrying 80,000 pound loads have used Mechanical Concrete® based industrial roads in the last 22 months with excellent results. “Reduced maintenance and normal surface...
Green Road Celebrates Birthday MORGANTOWN, WV (June 20, 2012) On, West Virginia’s 150th birthday, the rebuilt road at MEPCO’s loading dock on the Monongahela River near Morgantown, WV was just one year old. What makes its birthday worth noting is that this road is...
Simple, Green Construction Technology Improves Roadbed Carrying Capacity,Delivering Outstanding Performance and Value Click for a copy of the presentation slide deck in PDF format. SEVEN SPRINGS RESORT, PA (February 15,2012) – Pennsylvania Independent Oil and...
