Energy

Saving

Thermal Insulator

Durable

Fortress Lightweight Concrete Board

Lightweight

The Green Revolu-on Lightweight Concrete Panel

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Advantages of using Fortress

Board
1. Environmental Friendly
The Fortress Board does not
contain any chemical that is harmful
to the human body

2. Fire Resistant
The Fortress Board has been
tested to withstand re within 4
hours at 1000C. And during the
burning process, it will not emit any
harmful gas

3. Increase Useable Space

Compare to CHB which is about 6
inches thick (including plastering),
the Fortress Board occupies only
half of the walls thickness which is 3
inches, translaPng to more useable
space for the occupant

4. Quick Install
Since Fortress Board is
manufactured in precast, installaPon
is a lot quicker, and saves Pme used
instead for hauling sand and cement

5. Water and Moisture Resistant

Without any need for further
waterproong, Fortress Board can
resist water and moisture. It can
also be used on frequently wet areas
such as kitchen and bathroom

6. BeVer Sound InsulaPon

The Fortress Board has a good sound
insulaPon characterisPc. For a 90mm
thick wall, it can eecPvely reduce sound
travel from the other side of the room by
as much as 43 dB -assuming that the room
is enclosed

7. Easy to Install
The Fortress Board is very
lightweight that it can be carried by 2
persons. Installing it is very easy and the
working area is relaPvely clean since there
is no need for massive mixing of sand and
cement.

8. Thermal InsulaPon
The pellets inside the Fortress Board
serves as good thermal insulators thereby
reducing energy costs parPcularly on air
condiPoning units

9. Can be Nailed or Bolted thru

The Fortress Board is durable
enough to be nailed or bolted upon even
with the use of expansion bolt. It can
carry the weight of wall mounted
appliance such as LCD screens, and other
wall decoraPons

10. Lightweight
The weight of the Fortress Board is
only 20% of that of tradiPonal concrete
method, and will translate to a signicant
amount of savings on structural costs

Background and Technical Specica4ons

DDue to the ever increasing demand for livable space, the construcPon industry is determined to
address it by providing fast and ecient living quarters. It is for this reason that our company has
invested a lot of eort on research and development on coming up with a product that will suitably
cater to that need. While adopPng the German technology and making some modicaPons, our
company was able to come up with our own lightweight concrete precast which can either be used
on walls, oors, or as roong material.

Installa4on Guidelines

1. InstallaPon markings

2. Cueng preparaPon

3. Joining applicaPon

4. Layout

Determining the proper verPcal

plumbness and alignment of the
wall is necessary prior to
installaPon. One piece of board
about 1.48 square meter can be
handled by 2 person

Hand tools with diamond blade

cuVer can be used to cut the
Fortress board for site eng

Wet both sides of the surface

where the board is going to be
joined together before applying
cement, sand, and adhesive
mixture

Bring the Fortress Board to its

designated area

5. AVachment

6. Fieng

7. Reinforcement

8. Slab/oor Reinforcement

Imbed a rebar to the adjacent

column and aVach it to the board.

Press the board to squeeze out the

excess cement mixture in between
the joint. As you lay-out the
remaining board on the wall, use
a temporary support to keep it
steady in place while it is being
cured. Then remove the squeezed
out excess cement mixture from
the walls surface

Use an L-type rebar to connect the

beam to the board

Use an L-type rebar to connect the

oor to the board

9. Board to Board connecPon

10. Electrical provision

11. Filling

12. PainPng and Finishing

Using a 45 degree angle, you can

nail both Fortress board using a
rebar

Cut a groove on the Fortress board

using cueng handtools to lay the
electrical pipe and the outlets as
well

Use Cement-Adhesive mixture to

ll up the grooves where the pipes
and outlets were imbedded.

Put a mesh tape on all the joints

where the Fortress board were
connected prior to painPng

Detail Drawings

Cement mixture
Wall thickness

Front View

Rebar imbed

Panel to panel connecPon

Beam

Wall panel

Wall to Beam connecPon

Side View
Beam/ Slab

Rebar imbed
One imbed for every 2 panel

Wall panel

Cement mix
Cement mix
Rebar imbed

Floor

One imbed for every 2 panel

Floor to wall connecPon detail

Wall thickness

Wall to Beam connecPon

Rebar imbed

Fortress Board

Baseboard
Rebar imbed

Fortress Board

One imbed for every 2 panel

Removed support aler cured
Floor Finishing

Temporary triangular support

Floor plastering
slab

Floor to wall connecPon

slab

Floor to wall connecPon

Detail Drawings

Rebar connecPon to Fortress Board

Cement mixture

rebar

Wall thickness

Structure

plastering
Corner cement plastering

Top view connecPon detail

Wall Panel to wall panel connecPon detail

4.5 Mtr and below

structure
45 rebar imbed
Rebar imbed
rebar
1 rebar imbed for every 1.2Mtr to 1.8Mtr

1 rebar imbed for every 1.2Mtr to 1.8Mtr

Wall panel front view with

Horizontal connecPon

Wall panel front view

45 rebar imbed
200mm rebar length

Wall panel front view

200mm rebar
length

Detail Drawings

6 or 8mm rebar imbed

Wall panel

Door opening

6 or 8mm rebar imbed

Door opening detail

Wall panel

Wall panel
window

6 or 8mm rebar imbed

Window opening detail

Wall panel

Wall panel

Double door detail

Transport and Applica4on

Without the necessity of applying surface

plastering, a skilled worker can install 35
square meters a day. ComparaPvely to brick
laying or CHB method, the use of Fortress
Board is a lot quicker and cost saving

As shown on the picture on the lelmost,

the use of Fortress Board which is
lightweight material does not necessitate
it being laid directly on top of a beam
which gives the construcPon designers
greater exibility

Basing on the picture at the right, since
CHB installa-on is 5X heavier, it has to
be installed on top of a beam to support
its weight

Floor plan of a sample layout

Illustra4on on how addi4onal

space can be created
In this illustraPon, the tradiPonal CHB
laying method occupies 9.1% of the unit
area, while the Fortress Board occupies
only 4.26% of the area. Based on a 100
square meter area, an addi-onal 4.26
square meter of useable space is created
without adding cost