Verti-Crete Blog

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The Sound of Silence

The price of progress isn’t always cheap and it can also be a little noisy. At least, that’s what the residence feared when the city proposed an expansion of the E-470 toll road from Parker Road to Quincy Avenue in Aurora, Colorado a suburb east of Denver. Everyone hates traffic but the expansio...

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Verti-Block to The Summit

Set in the lush countryside of Lexington, KY – The Summit at Fritz Farms is the newest state-of-the-art destination for its residents and visitors. Its open-air layout of shops and courtyards denote a sense of community. And with a curated collection of boutiques, restaurants, Class-A offices and ...

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Another Brick in the Verti-Crete Wall

There’s no denying the charm of exposed natural brick.  It’s an elegant balance between modern industrial and rustic chic.  Fired clay brick has been used throughout North America for hundreds of years.  But the cost and maintenance of brick have made it less competitive than precast....

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Verti-Block Half-Steps

Verti-Block’s genius lies in getting more for less.  Larger blocks that weigh less than solid blocks the same size.  Setting more square footage per day by handling fewer blocks.  By including Verti-Block’s Half-Step block series you now get even more for less.  The Half-Step series ...

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The Other Side of Verti-Block

Earning Extra Credit The Kingstec Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College got some extra credit last year with the addition of a new Verti-BlockTM retaining wall.  The college had an existing segmental block wall in the middle of campus that was beginning to fail.  With traffic and salt exposu...

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Verti-Crete Walls Climbing Up & Over

Like most precasters, Verti-Crete’s founders began precasting wall panels in horizontal steel beds. Our process “evolved”, however (excuse the pun) into a vertical position, at first to accommodate customer demands for a double-sided wall. What we developed in the process was a system that no...