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Good News for Landscape Contractors06-17-08 | News

Good News for Landscape Contractors

CMillenia wall units are manufactured in recycled resins and weigh just five pounds, compared to 60 to 100 pounds for concrete blocks. Photos courtesy of Millenia Wall Solutions

Good News for Landscape Contractors: Millenia Wall Solutions Lifts the Heavy Burden from Retaining Wall Construction

Millenia Replaces Stone and Concrete with Lightweight Units Made of Polymeric Resin – The Most Dramatic Innovation in Retaining Wall Technology in More than 20 Years

Minneapolis (PRWEB) According to Paul Forsberg, president of Millenia Wall Solutions, every landscape contractor knows that constructing retaining walls with large stones or manufactured concrete blocks is tough work. As an industry expert, Forsberg should know. He built his first large boulder wall when he was a teenager. In the 1980s, after creating mortar-less concrete blocks, he founded Keystone Retaining Wall Systems and helped launch the segmental retaining wall (SRW) industry. “The typical worker on a crew installing a retaining wall with conventional materials may lift a cumulative total of some 15,000 pounds per day,” said Forsberg. “Back injuries are an occupational hazard, and installers can suffer other injuries – ranging from bruises, abrasions and cuts to crushed fingers and toes.”

The beauty of natural stone achieved with recycled, lightweight materials that are easier to install.

Welcome news for contractors and retaining wall installation crews: the weight is over. Millenia Wall Solutions has solved the weight problem and relieved the burden. Millenia makes SRW installation easier and faster.

“Instead of installers hauling and lifting heavy rocks or blocks into place, a front-end loader carries crushed stone fill to deliver the weight of a Millenia wall to the wall,” said Robert Race, P.E., chief technology officer, Millenia Wall Solutions.

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How do walls constructed with the Millenia system look? “The natural look of stone in the Millenia units is remarkable,” said Jeremy Banken, owner, Structures Hardscapes Specialists, Inc. “The detail and even the feel of the faces are impressive.”

Source: David Aquilina, news@milleniawalls.com.