Flowable Fill Buyer’s Guide
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
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, […]
WestPro and Nettles Construction Solutions Have Combined Forces
WestPro and Nettles Construction Solutions are officially uniting under the Nettles brand. For years now, these two companies have shared the same ownership and management team, so this transition will be seamless for our customers and business partners. As individual companies, each has a long and proud history. WestPro (formerly Western Fireproofing) has been in continuous […]
Top 15 Advantages of Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Decks Compared To Traditional Roof Decks
Lightweight Insulating Concrete Roof Decks (LWIC) are not just a little better than traditional roofing systems – they are significantly better. Traditional roof insulation systems such as polyiso (polyisocyanurate) and polystyrene are simply not as durable, fire resistant, wind resistant, or cost-effective over the long-term as LWIC. The following are the top 15 ways Lightweight […]
Everything You Need to Know About Using Sound Mats for Sound Control
Beginning with the 2003 Universal Building Code, all multifamily residential projects are required to meet a minimum STC/IIC sound rating of 50. The team at Nettles Construction can install high-performing and cost-effective sound mats as part of an underlayment system to meet and exceed those requirements. Since sound deadening systems are so ubiquitous given […]
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 […]