Lightweight concrete barriers move anywhere

The Idaho National Guard recently acquired 3,000 linear feet of movable concrete barrier panels for its training facility near Boise, Idaho. The panel system can be configured to create several different training scenarios for Guard troops and is easily moveable by forklift since each 6x10-foot panel weighs only 2,100 lb.

Developed by Ecolite Concrete of Carlsbad, Calif., the hybrid wall system uses lightweight cellular concrete with panelized steel-stud framing that simplifies critical phases of in-plant production and on-site building construction. Using cellular concrete allows each panel to weigh 35 lb. per sf, whereas conventional concrete with a support system would weigh at least 90 lb. per sf. Modified Jersey barriers would weigh even more.

Because the production process of cellular concrete is also faster than traditional preparation, the entire order of 300 units was shipped to the Idaho National Guard in three weeks from producer, EcoWall, Las Vegas.

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