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FlexLock®
Wall SystemsThe FlexLock Wall
System is a complete loadbearing structure that is uniquely mortarless
and groutless.
Through the use of parallel
interlocking mating surfaces and post-tensioned tendons, the wall
system’s patented
design offers significant over standard concrete block construction.
Useful for residential, commercial and industrial applications, the
FlexLock system integrates two sub-systems consisting of masonry and
hardware components. Together, these combine to produce a solid
structure with the unique capacity to systematically absorb external
forces. This
revolutionary technology radially disperses seismic forces
by allowing the structure to flex slightly and then lock up as a solid
interconnected mass.
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Cost
Comparison
(in
US dollars) |
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CMU |
FlexLock |
| Block |
$5265 |
$7371 |
| Mortar |
997 |
106 |
| Sand |
212 |
50 |
| Re-Bar |
540 |
200 |
| Tendons |
0 |
2164 |
| Insulation |
430 |
430 |
| Cap |
195 |
195 |
| Labor |
12,320 |
3564 |
| Total |
$19,959 |
$14,080 |
*Information taken from "An Incremental Cost Analysis Between the
FlexLock Wall System and CMU Construction." conducted by InterAct
Solutions Group, Inc., Michael Welker, professor of business and
economics, revised January 2002
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