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News Release from: Cintec America | Subject: Paratec
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 September 2006
CINTEC parapet wall strengthening with
Paratec
CINTEC offers Paratec a highly versatile method of internal structural reinforcement tailored to meet specific requirements of masonry parapet and retaining walls.
CINTEC America of Baltimore, MD, designer and manufacturer of the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, now offers Paratec (PARApet TEChniques), a highly versatile method of internal structural reinforcement that is tailored to meet the specific requirements of masonry parapet and retaining walls The Paratec system strengthens low parapet masonry walls - such as those found on roofs or balconies, or a low wall that is part of a bridge or an embankment - while remaining sensitive to the original architecture and without narrowing roadways or rebuilding the wall
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Paratec system is backed by extensive research using practical testing as well as advanced computer modeling techniques that simulate the effects of vehicle impact upon a masonry wall.
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At the site, the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, fashioned out of a steel bar enclosed in a mesh fabric sleeve, is inserted into the structure in need of reinforcement.
A specially-developed, non-polymer, cement-like grout is then injected into the sleeve under low pressure.
The grout then fuses with the mesh, expands, and shapes itself around the steel to fit the space.
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