2021 California Tire Workshop Series and Presenters

KBI FLEXI™-TWALL INTRODUCTION WITH 20 YEARS OF PROVEN KBI FLEXI™-PROCESS MATERIAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH THE ORIGINAL FLEXIBLE POROUS PAVEMENT “FLEXI™-PAVE” KBI HAS TAKEN THIS SUCCESS AND CREATED THE WORLDS FIRST POROUS RETAINING WALL SYSTEM MADE OUT OF RECYCLED SCRAP TIRE GRANULE . IMAGINE ? THE WHOLE SURFACE AREA OF THE WALL BEING POROUS ELLIMINATING HYDROSTATIC WATER FORCES THAT WOULD BE CONTINUALLY EXERTING PRESSURE AT THE BACK OF TRADITIONAL RETAINING WALL STRUCTURES, AND FURTHER ENHANCED WITH THE INHERRANT FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF THE KBI FLEXI™-PROCESS MATERIAL. THE NEW KBI FLEXI™-TWALL CLEARLY FALLS INTO THE SCRAP TIRE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIVISION (STCP) OF KBI WITH ITS; “SMARTER MATERIALS FOR NEXT GENERATION INFRASTRUCTURE ™” THE STRENTH OF KBI FLEXI™-TWALL IS TREMENDOUS AND DOES NOT NEED THE STEEL REBAR AS IS COMMONLY USED IN THE TRADITIONAL RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS THEREFORE REDUCING THE CHANCE OF ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE OR RUSTING STEEL IN ITS CONSTRUCTION. THE KBI FLEXI™-TWALL IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WHERE SOILS OR AGGREGATES NEED TO BE HELD BACK VERTICALLY WHILST GIVING THE LEAST PATH OF RESISTANCE FOR WATER, AND RELEASE OF ANY ACCUMULATIVE WATER HYDRAULIC PRESSURES CONSTANTLY THROUGH THE NATURAL PORISITY OF THE TOTAL VERTICAL FACE OF THE KBI FLEXI™-TWALL . 5 Flexi Process 2020