PileMedic™ is a patent-pending recently developed innovative product by QuakeWrap, Inc. president, Professor Mo Ehsani for repair, strengthening and encapsulation of steel, concrete and wood or timber piles.
Applications include bridges, buildings, industrial plants, utility poles, piers, underwater piles, timber piles used in railroad bridges, etc.
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PILEMEDIC ADVANTAGES:
- The only product approved by FEMA and the US Army Corps of Engineers
- 3-4 times stronger than steel
- Fastest repair & strengthening system with no traffic control!
- Increase axial capacity beyond original strength of column
- No weak seams along height offers uniform confining pressure (360°)
- Provides structural confinement
- No costly divers for underwater repair
- Does not corrode
- No metallic parts
- Grout or resin can be pressurized to penetrate all cracks and crevices
- Available in carbon or glass
- Works equally well on concrete, steel and wood or timber piles and columns
- One size fits all piles (no delays for customized jackets)