Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Deck Systems Buyer’s Guide

Lightweight insulating concrete is a strong and versatile material that can be used as an alternative to traditional ISO boards to create high-performance roof deck systems.  Nettles Construction Solutions is a trusted contractor and installer of lightweight insulating concrete (LWIC) roof deck systems across the United States, with decades of experience. In this buyer’s guide, […]

Featured Project: Phillips 66 – Kansas City, Kansas

Project Overview Facility: Phillips 66 #1 Owner: Phillips 66 Location: Kansas City, KS Services: Engineered flowable fill Project Summary Nettles Construction Solutions was hired as an engineered flowable fill contractor to fill an abandoned pipe and sump inlet. The Problem A drainage pipe near the Phillips 66 in Kansas City, Kansas, had a void that […]

Featured Project: Waco Family Medicine Central Campus – Waco, Texas

Project Overview Facility: Waco Family Medicine General Contractor: Beck Architect: HKS Owner: Waco Family Medicine Services: Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Deck System Project Summary Waco Family Medicine hired Beck as the general contractor to build a new central medical office building that would enable them to care for patients in the Waco region. The building was four […]

Flowable Fill Buyer’s Guide

Slip Lined Pipe with LDCC Engineered Fill

Engineered flowable fill, also called lightweight cellular concrete, cellular grout, low-density cellular concrete (LDCC), or controlled low-strength material (CLSM), is a robust and versatile material ideal for a variety of geotechnical applications. Nettles Construction Solutions is one of the largest and most well-respected contractors and installers of flowable fill in the country. We have decades […]

Smoke Curtains Buyer’s Guide

DSI Elevator Smoke Curtain

The safest and most effective way to protect people and infrastructure in the event of a fire is the use of fire curtains or elevator smoke curtains. These smoke containment systems enclose an elevator, escalator, atrium, or other part of a building to keep the smoke trapped in a specific area and prevent it from […]

How to Find the Right Metal Deck Supplier and Distributor

Finding the right metal deck supplier is essential to ensuring the success of your construction or renovation project. But do you know what to look for in a metal deck supplier and distributor? In this article, we’ll discuss what metal deck is, how it’s used, and the questions you should ask prospective suppliers to select […]

Featured Project: Giglio Warehouse Re-Roofing – Beaumont, Texas

Project Overview Application: LWIC Roof Deck for Giglio Warehouse General Contractor: Perkins Roofing Services Provided: Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Deck System Project Summary Giglio Distributing Company, a wholesale beverage distributor located in Beaumont, Texas, needed a new roof for their warehouse. The warehouse roof had run the full course of its lifecycle, and needed to […]

Featured Project: CECO Utility Trench Fill with Flowable Fill – Katy, Texas

Project Overview Application: Utility Trench Fill General Contractor: CECO Pipeline Services Services Provided: Elastizell Low-Density Cellular Concrete Flowable Fill Project Summary CECO Pipeline Services Company, an industrial services company focusing on new line lays, take up and relay, pipeline integrity work, fabrication, coating applications, corrosion remediation services, erosion control, mechanical services, compliance work, and more, […]

Pan decking, composite decking and concrete decking materials

Nettles Construction Solutions is a distributor of composite deck materials for clients throughout the Midwest and South Central US with a focus on Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. What’s the difference between pan decking, composite decking and concrete decking? Actually, all of those terms mean the same thing. Every manufacturer calls […]

Commercial Form Decking

Nettles Construction Solutions is a wholesaler and distributor of commercial form decking for clients throughout the Midwest and South Central US with a focus on Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. What is commercial form decking? Form decking (or form deck) is a permanent base for poured concrete slabs. Normally made of […]