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TARGET'S MACHINE BASE GROUT - DELTA PORT - BRITISH COLUMBIA 

DELTA, British Columbia 

February 2009 and Levelton Consultants were looking at a grout specification for grouting under the crane rails for the new third berth at DeltaPort.

They needed a high strength grout that would be subject to heavy cyclical loads as the new cranes would be able to lift larger loads than their other cranes. Though scrutinizing many products, many would not meet the tight specification.

In discussion with Jack Torok of Target Products/Quikrete, TARGET Machine Base Grout was selected but not before under going analysis by various test methods. Throughout April and into May, the tests were analyzed and TARGET Machine Base Grout not only met the requirements but well exceeded them.

Grouting commenced in earnest in late April and was completed by June 2009. From all final testing that was conducted on site, the product performed admirably.  Deltaport's Third Berth opened to much fanfare and business on January 18, 2010

Existing Delta Port Terminal - 2009                                                        Setting the plate for the Rail 

                    Pumping TARGET Machine Base Grout under crane rail

For further information on this product, TARGET Machine Base Grout,  contact Jack Torok @ 1.800.575.7700

TARGET'S 1121 CABLE DUCT GROUT - THE WILLIAM R BENNETT BRIDGE - KELOWNA 

KELOWNA, British Columbia 

The William R Bennett Bridge was constructed to be a center piece of the Okanagan’s busy transportation infrastructure. Its workload would consist of greater than 50,000 vehicles daily. With the selection of SNC Lavalin to design, build, finance and operate the new bridge, immense pressure was placed upon the group of the many contractors to complete the bridge on time, on budget and with emphasis on quality construction to allow the new bridge to perform a long time in service.

With this in mind, one of the key components of the design was to have a high quality Post Tension Cable Duct Grout utilized for grouting in the duct work as well as tendons in each of the pre cast concrete sections. To qualify the various manufacturers’ grouts that existed in the market place, testing had to be conducted.

After reducing the list to three quality manufacturers, the grout was tested in real world trials. Harris Rebar, in co-operation with Target’s Jack Torok and Richard Atkinson, commenced testing at Vancouver Wharves in North Vancouver . Harris Rebar was responsible for grouting and was therefore responsible for full testing of the final selected grout. Target’s 1121 Cable Duct Grout not only showed superior flowability characteristics, but was the only grout that could completely fill the ducts without leaving any void space as well as fully encapsulating the steel strands it also or showed no sign of bleed water, even under high pressure grouting.

Kelowna Floating Bridge Construction - Sept 2007        Viewing Outflow Valves on Pontoon 7 

William R. Bennett Bridge in use September 2008 

In the myriad of different products used for the construction of this bridge, the Target Brands included: Target Portland Expanding Grout, Target Aquaplug, Target Sacking Mix, Target Silica Sand, and Target 1121 Cable Duct Grout. For further information on any of these products, contact Jack Torok @ 1.800.575.7700

ACQUISITION OF TARGET PRODUCTS ENABLES THE QUIKRETE® COMPANIES TO EXPAND INTO WESTERN CANADA

ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia (Feb. 8, 2008) – Target Products, Ltd., the leading producer of dry mix concrete and cement related products in Western Canada, announced today that it has been acquired by The QUIKRETE® Companies, North America’s largest manufacturers of packaged concrete.

INDUSTRIAL MORTAR DIVISION 

For more information, contact:

Target British Columbia -  Jack Torok @ 1.800.575.7700 

Target Alberta - Tom Bartley  @ 1.800.661.8482

NEW USE FOR PROVEN PRODUCT - PORTLAND EXPANDING GROUT

International Construction Services, contracted by the Sonora Lodge in Campbell River BC were working on a deck for their resort.  After speaking with Target's Jack Torok, the product Portland Expanding Grout was recommended for the tops of the columns (as a leveling base) and also between the pre-cast panels to fill the space between the panels. Installation was successful and progressed slightly ahead of schedule. Portland Expanding Grout is working very well for International Construction Services. Here are some photographs of the completed project. 

NEW PRODUCT - VERTICAL OVERHEAD (V/O) REPAIR MORTAR

A long awaited product, Target’s new Vertical/Overhead Repair Mortar has been in formulation and testing for over three years. Helen Zeng (R& D Senior Materials Engineer) had managed to formulate a product that was sticky enough to be applied overhead yet still be workable that it could be troweled and finished to a smooth appearance. The question…were there enough sales to justify it’s existence? 

The answer came by way of a phone call from Phil Beedle, Senior Construction Engineer from BC Hydro to Jack Torok (Target's Industrial Sales Technical Representative). BC Hydro’s power station, The Cheakamus Power Generating Station, 10 kilometers west of Squamish, was constructed in 1959 to supply the timber mills of Squamish and send excess power to Vancouver. By 2005 it had grown to supply power to the entire communities of Squamish, Whistler and still send excess power to Vancouver. Unfortunately the exterior of the plant was left largely neglected and was in bad need of refinishing. BC Hydro originally bantered around Shotcreting the wall, but this would be next to impossible considering they are situated on a salmon spawning river. The V/O Repair Mortar made perfect sense. The first trial of the V/O Repair Mortar was done in October of 2004 on an exposed concrete wall at the plant to determine if the product could withstand a cold winter along with the varying temperatures that occur in that valley. After a site visit in January and again in May, the product came through with flying colours. BC Hydro was sold on using the V/O Repair Mortar. They ordered up 5 pallets of the material and began and completed the entire job in little over a week. The application crew stated that they have never used a product that mixed up as easy and was as quick to use with excellent results as Target’s V/O Repair Mortar.

TARGET SOLVES UNDERWATER GROUTING PROBLEMS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY

Target started supplying material in September of 2001 and will continue until this phase of the project is complete, probably in 2004.