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Environmentally Sound  ::  Eco-Friendly  ::  User-Friendly
Paving Alternatives | Soil Stabilization Systems | Ground Reinforcement Products
12 June 2007
FROM ::   Mark Rector
   Director, Product Development
TO ::         A web site visitor, requesting "information, pricing, delivery details or catalogues" without suppying: which product, for what use, how much, where to, what for, and so on ...
INSTRUCTIONS ::   For the PDF Brochures and documents, you may wish to "Right Click" and select "Save Target As..."
Sample Installations 
SOUTHEN OREGON: Research Parameters, Green Streets and Parking
      Planting Plan for this project
IOWA:  USDA/NRCS Pilot Project, eco-friendly pervious paving, trailhead parking lot
MISSOURI:  Tilles Park in St. Louis County, green grass parking area -just installed a few days ago, grass not yet seeded  Click >> www.ecoterr.com/tilles_park
AUSTRIA, WASHINGTON, GERMANY ...  Worldwide demos of Livestock Stalls, City Parks, Farmers Markets, County Fairgrounds, Exercise Areas, Public Playgrounds, etc.  Click >> www.ecoterr.com/jlaengle

Helpful Info, a good place to start . . . 
(for PDF brochures, please "RIGHT CLICK" and select "Save Target As ...")

HOW-TO, installation recommendations (PDF) >> Installation Recommendations for HomeGrid and StabiliGrid
TECH/DATA ::    Product Specifications Comparison Chart (PDF) >>  www.ecoterr.com/product-comparison.pdf

Sample Photographs 
 May I also suggest that you consider installing it yourself?  Or, any competent landscaping company should be able to perform a correct installation - if they will follow a few simple instructions.  Many persons have considered installing our systems to be a Do-it-yourself or "a couple of guys with a wheelbarrow and some shovels" type of project.

I am not sure exactly what type of structure or roadway you want to create.  We have several different soil stabilization systems sizes and grades, which may each be used in a multitude of ways.  Some would be more appropriate for certain uses than others, and this will be affected by the local ground and climate as well.
Please reply with a few details about your project, that we may respond with project-specific product suggestions, instructions, pricing, etc.
 
Below: Grass Parking Areas (which serve double-duty as healthy grassy lawns when not needed for parking).
 
Below: Commercial or Public Parking Green Parking Lots.
Notice above: the absence of storm drains, gutters, infiltrations ponds, etc.
The green parking stalls function as infiltration assets - the rainfall is diverted to the grass parking stalls, which allows rainfall to percolate into the ground and replenish our aquifiers - instead of diverting Stormwater Runoff into our storm sewers and on into our rivers, lakes and streams.
 
Below:  Commercial sloped trafic ramp
    (the grass doesn't look real good ONLY because they don't perform proper lawn maintenance: "water it and fertilize it")
  
Below: Green Parking Construction examples.
    (please remember these were taken only a few days after installation, the grass had not yet fully developed)
 
Other typical uses of StabiliGrid:
Below Left: A city-center public commons, which is used almost daily during the summer for
    Farmers' Markets, Concerts in the Park, Conventions and Expos, etc.
Below right: the same city center when not in use.
Below: the same city center pictured above, during winter (the grass is in its winter dormancy phase, which allows you to see the edges of the grids, which are just barely visible)
 
Below: Waterways, Riverbanks, Highway Embankments and Slopes erosion control
 
Below: StabiliGrid used for Green Roofing,
    abating the UHIE effect in cities ("Urban Heat Island Effect").

Below: before the slopes are seeded.

Best regards,
Mark Rector
Director, Product Development  
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======== HoofGrid, StabiliGrid and HomeGrid =======
============== Soil Stabilization Systems ============
============= Perfect Footing Arena Surfaces ===========
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Online Information about our Products and Services 
Prescriptive Applications:
GRID - Shipping and volume price breaks:  We cannot provide shipping costs without knowing the quantity and shipping address (we cannot ship to "Box 235").
Unfortunately, these are not flat-rate items such as postal letters.  They are bulk commodity materials that are shipped via commercial common carriers, truckers or railways, on shrink-wrapped pallets requiring a forklift or similar off-loading equipment/facility at the shipping destination.  
Each order quantity and destination requires the generation of a custom shipping quote.

Metric CONVERSION TOOLS: Conversion from US Standard into Metric, Two-way conversions
Opportunities 
We are actively recruiting qualified dealers or resellers for HoofGrid, the original equine footing and flooring grid system.
DEALER, Sales Representative or RESELLER INFO - about becoming a Dealer or Reseller (different types of participation):
Agricultural/Equine Products 
HoofGrid - the original agricultural & equine footing & flooring grid system
    [You may read a little online at the following web pages, you may already have seen these]

HoofGrid Web Pages:
Brochures - English:  (Right Click & Save As...)
Magazine Article: - German (translated into English):
(CLICK) >> www.ecoterr.com/hoof_grid_1.html  (8 pages, Printer-Friendly also)

Material Specifications & Technical Data Sheets 
Other Specifications, Technical Data and Certifications:
(Information provided by the manufacturer)
European testing and product information:

        (i) PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - From BECETEL, the Belgian Research Centre for Pipes and Fittings

      (ii) ENVIRONMENTAL compatibility: Suitability for Public Roadways | Non-toxicity to plants and animals and microbes etc, | Public Roadways Expected lifespan = "indefinite" | TÜV/NORD certification, valid through July 2009
     (iii) RECYCLED German Text certification of recycled content:  "AUSSCHREIBUNGSTEXTE: Ecoraster Kunststoff-Gitterelemente || Standardisierte Leistungsbeschreibung für den Hochbau (LB-H) | Leistungsgruppe (LG) 13. AUSSENANLAGEN || 131.C Pflasterungen mit Rasengitter aus Recycling - Kunststoff"     ||    

    (iv) Information for the US market:
        ~ 100% recycled content (PE)
        ~ 100% Recycled Content
        ~ 100% non-toxic to animals, plants and micro-organisms (100% biologically inert, does not decay into toxins, groundwater neutral, etc.)
        ~ UV-Stabilized, resistant to salt (including marine or street salts), leaching compounds (acids, ammonia, etc.) solvents (alcohol, petroleum derivatives, etc.)

Perfect Footing 
Surface treatment for Dressage, Hunting/Jumping Arenas, Racetrack and Training/Practice Tracks
Two page PDF brochure:
 About:
Europe's annual "Fest der Pferde", last November in Vienna: You may also visit the Pro-Equus web site and click on the "Fest der Pferde" link in the left column.  Click >> www.pro-equus.at (we import and distribute these world-class Pro-Equus products in the USA).

Reference Sheets etc:  German text of events where Perfect Footing was used at High-Profile dressage/hunting/jumping locations:
    Dressage Arena Construction with Perfect Footing
    The Current Reining CSIO Reining Horse  Champion's Arena  
    May 15 2005 CSIO Championship Pictures:
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Non-Equine Products and Services 
Lease-To-Own Business Equipment Leasing (our Grids are already qualified for "non-tax business lease" program):
Key Benefits of leasing over capitalization:
StabiliGrid & HomeGrid 
Other German-Imported non-equine products and services
    Either of these provide superior alternatives to Asphalt that are also environmentally sound and UV/Heat Resistant - either gravel or Live Green Grass roadways & parking
StabiliGrid - Commercial, Civil and Development - Roads & Drives, Parking
    This is used in building roadways/driveways and parking areas: as well as landscaping, waterway erosion control, etc.
Web Pages: Click >> www.stabiligrid.com
Brochures - English:
Pictures: You will find these the most informative, simply click on the link, and close that window to return to this email.
 (these will open in our web site, to return to this email close that window)

Asphalt was steamrolled into StabiliGrid, creating a natural berm ...

~ HomeGrid ~
Residential or Do-it-Yourself Soil Stabilization Systems
Web Pages: Click >> www.eco-friendlyhome.com