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Peace River Ford Dealership Building - Peace River, AB

Client name: Corpex Construction
Schedule: February – March 2015
Project Value: $80,000

Scope:

Apply Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) indoors at Peace River Ford dealership. Carry out site grading and sub-grade preparation. Project completed by Paradox Access Solutions and Paradox’s engineering partners, Stratum Logics.

Construction Section:

Woven geotextiles
Area: 2000 m2
150 mm Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) complete with gravel in-fill
Gravel base course section between and over top Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)

MD of Provost Municipal Road - Provost, AB

Client name: MD of Provost
Schedule: Summer 2014
Project Value: $125,000

Scope:
MD of Provost needed 2 heavy haul roads built over existing road to handle an average daily traffic of 30 trucks. Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) supply and installation, sand in-fill, and gravel surfacing. Project completed by Paradox Access Solutions and Paradox’s engineering partners, Stratum Logics.

Construction Section:

Non-woven geotextiles
Road 1: 250 m by 8 m wide
Road 2: 400m by 8m wide
150 mm Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) complete with in-fill
40 mm gravel wearing course

In the past two years the MD of Provost has used PRS-Neoweb in two separate projects within the MD.

The projects were to rehabilitation two existing road structures 250 m and 400 m respectively. These sections have now been in place for 2 years and are performing as required. Pot holes and rutting have been kept to a minimum, and the MD is very pleased with the project and the money invested.

The sections of road that have been rebuilt have typically been prone to rutting and pot holes due to the high water table, soft subgrade and proximity to muskeg in the region.

I have been pleased with the performance of both projects and recommend Paradox and the PRS-Neoweb product for consideration on future projects.

Wayne MacLean
Director of Public Works, MD of Provost No 52

Canfor Log Yard, Phases 1-3 - Fort St. John, BC

Client name: Canadian Forest Productions Ltd.

	PHASE 1	PHASE 2	PHASE 3
Schedule	April 2013	November 2013	June to September 2014
Project Value	$900,000	$1.8M	$6M

Scope:

Site grading
Subgrade preparation
Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) supply and installation
Gravel base course section between and over top Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)

Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb) Installation process

Construction Section

PHASE 1: 14,700 m² –600 mm depth total section

Woven and non-woven geotextiles
Two layers of Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)
40 mm granular cover

PHASE 2: 27,900 m² –550 mm depth total section

Woven and non-woven geotextiles
Two layers of Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)
75 mm granular cover

PHASE 3: 57,900 m² –600 mm depth total section

Woven and non-woven geotextiles
Two layers of Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb)
40 mm granular cover

For many years the Canfor’s Fort St. John mill battled extreme muddy and contaminated soil conditions. As a result, 988 Cat mobile loaders were unable to transfer logs to the mill during spring and fall seasons resulting in disruptions to lumber production.

Paradox Access Solutions engineered, supplied, and installed a turn-key reinforcement solution for our log yard storage and transfer areas.

The multi-million dollar project eliminated all downtime related to log supply soil conditions while improving mill production, employee morale, safety and reducing mobile equipment operating costs.

Initial cost savings estimated (yr):
- Fuel savings $50k
- Loader maintenance $125k
- Tires and wearable parts $75k
- Avoided production loss $750k
Mel Jones
Plant Manager, Canfor FSJ

MEG Energy Christina Lake - North of Conklin, AB

Client name: MEG Energy
Location: MEG Energy Facility, Christina Lake, north of Conklin, Alberta
Schedule: July & August, 2012
Project Value: $4M

Construction Section: Total section varied between 325 mm to 695 mm depending on ground conditions.

Woven and non-woven geotextiles
Single and double layers of Touch Cell (PRS-Neoweb) with in-situ sand infill
40 mm gravel wearing course

Highlights:

250,000 ESAL loading
CL-800 trucks
777 Rock truck – 74,000 kg
1,200 Track hoe – 111,000 kg

Scope:
Construct 3.20 km X 8.0 m wide access road within 14 m ROW over top through existing muskeg and poor soil conditions with no disturbance of existing ground. The existing ground conditions had CBR (California Bearing Ratio) values of <1.

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