Dramix® Steel Fibers

GE MAINTENANCE HANGAR & APRONS

Aircraft Hangar
Floor and Apron
Location: Victorville, CA

Contractor: The Haskell Company

Concrete Supplier: Robertson’s Ready Mix
Year: 2003

BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS AND PAVEMENT

This facility will be used by GE to maintain aircraft engines up to a Boeing 747. The Haskell Company is a
design/build contractor who chose Dramix® RC-65/60-BN Steel Fibers for toughness and durability for the
project’s hanger floors and exterior apron pavements. In addition, Haskell wanted to reduce the schedule of slab
construction by eliminating the time and labor required to place conventional rebar mats. The project’s plan was
“fast-tracked” so all slab placements would need to be completed in a condensed time frame - approximately 6
months.

The project included an 82,000 ft2 hangar floor that was

7-inches thick and sloped toward two large trench drains
running east to west. The slab between the trench drains
was 11-inches thick. The 200,000 ft2 exterior apron
pavement is 11-inches thick. All slabs on this project
used 33 lb/yd3 of Dramix® RC-65/60-BN steel fibers.
Upon completion of the hanger floor an epoxy floor
coating was applied. The exterior pavement was broom
finished.

The concrete mix was 5,000 psi compressive strength

and 700 psi flexural strength per The Haskell Company’s
requirement. The concrete was supplied by Robertson
Engine maintenance is performed at the facility for a number
ready mix and the Dramix® fibers were added at the of carriers.
jobsite.

Challenge:
To strengthen slabs and
North America:
Bekaert Corporation improve project scheduling
1395 S Marietta Pkwy
Marietta, Georgia 30067

Solution:
Tel. (800) 372-6940
Fax (770) 426-8107

Other countries: Dramix® RC-65/60-BN

N.V. Bekaert S.A.
Bekaertstraat 2 - 8550 Floor Thickness: 7 & 11-inch floor
Zwevegem, Belgium
Tel. (0) 56/76 69 86 11-inch paving
Fax.(0) 56/76 79 47 Concrete Strength: 5,000 psi
Fiber Dose: 33 lb/yd3
www.bekaert.com/building
dramix@bekaert.com The hangar is large enough for a Boeing 747

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May 2007, Editor: Jeff Rodencal, Marietta 2006; All Bekaert company names are trademarks owned by NV Bekaert SA Zwevegem - Belgium