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Site Monitoring #1: The RibRaft® X-Pod™ 1500 type

Site Monitoring #1: In the first video I am providing information about the RibRaft® X-Pod™ 1500 type.

cresco, design, foundations, Innovation, innovative foundation, ribraft, Ribraft xpod

Cutting-edge slab revealed by drone

Watch a professional drone footage of a Christchurch building site…

Armadillo, cresco, fabio parodi, foundation, foundations, Innovation, innovative foundation, new zealand foundation, siteworks, slab, tc3 slab

How to get control of expansive soils in the Auckland Region

In New Zealand and especially in the Auckland region, expansive soils can be detrimental for the durability of buildings constructed with the traditional methodologies.

cresco, design, expansive clays, expansive soil, expansive soils in Auckland, foundation, foundations, new zealand

Cutting-edge foundation technology explained from a building site

September 2017, Christchurch New Zealand – We have been at a building site with a trained installer…

Armadillo, building site, commercial, concrete, construction, cresco, foundations, Innovation

10 reasons for choosing a Firth RibRaft® X-Pod™

Despite that I had introduced this technology four years ago with the Armadillo™ System, it took nearly 18 months to … More

design, ecofriendly, engineering, firth, foundation, foundations, Innovation, new zealand, ribraft, sustainable, x-pod, xpod

Cardboard void formers for foundations

It has been a hard an exciting challenge. It was 2012. An alternative to materials made from petrochemicals to be … More

Armadillo, cardboard, design, ecofriendly, engineering, foundation, foundations, Innovation, new zealand, sustainable

Plastic void formers for foundations

Plastic void former’s can be produced from recycled raw materials, most of the time they are stack-able for easy transport … More

Armadillo, cupolex, design, firth, foundation, foundations, Innovation, new zealand, ribraft, sustainable, x-pod, xpod

5 Good reasons for not using Polystyrene in your foundation

12,500 people in a queue, each carrying a block of polystyrene as big as a coffee table and one by one throwing their block of polystyrene into the sea.

foundation, foundations, new zealand, pollution, polystyrene, sustainable
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