Woodward Corporation
Rockford, IL
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Woodward Inc. chose to build a new $200 million manufacturing campus just north of Rockford, IL, to house their aerospace business unit. The campus includes a 300,000 square foot production plant and office center on over 60 acres of real estate. Woodward prides themselves on delivering solutions that are an essential part of the technology that changes the world. Their hope was that this new facility would be an obvious reflection of their mission.
THE OUTCOME
The finished floor is 306,000 square feet. CFS 100-2 steel fibers were used to extend the joints out to 120’x 125’ with armored joints at all the construction joints. With all members of the construction team working toward a goal of the best industrial floor possible, a high quality and durable floor was produced for Woodward. There are no cracks and there is no visible curling. Plus, no fibers are visible on the surface and the hardener used provided a uniform color throughout.
Under construction to finished floor
““I’ve been in construction for over 30 years but had not used steel fibers in a floor until this project - one of the biggest we’ve ever done. The experience and expertise of the CFS team was critical throughout the project as it gave not only us, but also the owner, the confidence that we’d get the quality and results we needed. The finished product exceeded everyone’s expectations and we’ve already started work with CFS on our next project.”