Todays demanding conditions on our infrastructure require a material that can stand up to those conditions.  Manholes, pump stations and pipe are a susceptible part of the infrastructure.   Until now that solution has been to apply short term coatings or linings to our current building materials or lower the life expectancy of the structures.

The real solution for today's challagening conditions is steel reinforced polymer concrete.  Polymer concrete is similar to conventional concrete in that is contains selected blends of aggregates and fillers which are held together utilizing a binder.  The binder is a high strength, corrosion resistant, thermosetting resin.  This resin system requires a curing agent (catalyst) which when combined with the resin, transfers the resin and curing agent from a liquid to a solid (thermoset polymer) which bonds to the aggregate, various fillers and internal reinforcement.  Polymer concrete has superior performance characteristics.  It can be used in a ph range of 1-13.  The material itself is it's own protection from corrosion.  There is no need to coat or line polymer concrete.  Being a steel reinforced concrete product, it can also handle severe loading, whether it is live load, backfill dead load, or microtunnel pipe applications.