Looking to reduce project costs on a critical light-rail expansion project, Valley Metro – the regional public transit agency serving the Phoenix metropolitan area – adopted dozens of value engineering approaches. Among them was the use of fiber-reinforced concrete instead of concrete reinforced with traditional steel bars, or rebar, for the track slabs.
Use of FRC significantly reduced the required slab thickness and resulted in a much less labor-intensive construction process, decreasing construction time and costs and increasing project sustainability.
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