Event: 2021 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Date: October 13, 2021 (4:00 pm – 8:30 pm) Location: Phoenix, AZ Description: We are proud to announce that QuakeWrap has received the Governor’s 2021 Innovator of the Year Small Company Award! Prof. Mo Ehsani will be attending this event which will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona. We…
Jim Nash, Oakland County water resources commissioner, and Candice S. Miller, Macomb County public works commissioner, announced that portions of the Oakland-Macomb Interceptor Drain Drainage District’s (OMIDDD) Northeast Sewage Pumping station were reinforced with a carbon fiber polymer lining called Wet Layup Liner from QuakeWrap Inc. based in Tuscon, Ariz. The lining is estimated to…
TUCSON (KVOA) – Weeks before a deadly Florida condo collapse, the building’s board president wrote that structural problems noted in a 2018 report had become significantly worse. The letter hinted at condo owners being reluctant to pay for repair costs for the building estimated at over $15-million. With technology developed by a Tucson infrastructure company,…
Troubling photographs taken by a contractor in the basement garage of the Champlain Towers South condo 36 hours before it collapsed reveal cracked concrete, exposed and severely corroded rebar and pools of water on the floor. “There was standing water all over the parking garage,” the commercial pool contractor, who snapped the startling images, told the Miami Herald….
A team of 13 Sailors took over the project from a previous Seabee battalion in late September 2020 and completed the project ahead of schedule. “This project was designed to significantly increase the lifespan of the pier. The project was originally based off of an assessment performed by one of our dive teams two years…
A new technique for in-place application of a carbon fiber pipe reinforcement has restored the structural integrity of a stormwater tunnel system under Interstate 35W and Interstate 94 in Minneapolis. The tunnels, which run through the sandstone soil at depths of 50 to 130 feet, often flood during heavy storms. The volume of water is…
It was reported on Dec. 3 that the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA, Memphis, Tenn., U.S.) is immediately deploying new service ramps on its rail trolley cars that are made carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), traditionally used to reinforce concrete buildings and bridges. More than 60% lighter and three times stronger than metal ramps, the new…
QuakeWrap’s story begins with its founder, Dr. Mo Ehsani, a former professor of civil engineering at the University of Arizona. He was inspired by two earthquakes in the California area: the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which collectively claimed 120 lives and caused untold billions in damage. With an engineer’s professional…
Form-A-Tube™ is the latest product developed by Prof. Mo Ehsani that can greatly simplify some of the tasks regularly encountered in the construction industry. Unlike conventional forms that are made with cardboard and must be discarded in landfills after one use, Form-A-Tube™ is made from recycled products and can be used many times — making…
