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A premier provider of precast concrete boardwalk systems - engineered for design flexibility, durability, ease of
installation and no maintenance.
Boardwalk Background
The PermaTrak System
Installation Process
Applications
Topics
Aussie Roots !
Franek Savarton
Landscape Architect, Inventor of PermaTrak
Life Cycle Structure Costs
We looked at life-cycle costs, and the heavy-duty nature of the PermaTrak is
going to long outlast wood or other materials we could have used. It gives
us the look we wanted but with a much more durable material.
Bruce Rankin
Senior Landscape Architect, Woolpert
Life Cycle Structure Costs
McMullen Greenway, Charlotte, NC
Timber boardwalk installed 2009, PermaTrak installed 2012
The PermaTrak System
Connectors
Polyurethane
Mushroom and Barrel pins as
alignment guides
H Connectors for uplift forces
Site Specific Design Features
Horizontal Alignment
Curved alignments achieved by skewed tread components
ADA-compliant boardwalk systems
Slope requirements for ramps and landings
Precast concrete stair risers and treads
Vertical Alignment
Tie-Down H-Connectors
Available for use in floodplains & rising
water
Colors
Integral colors
Sandblast Broom
Timber
Textures
Curbs
Precast concrete curbs
Enhance walkway safety
Hidden connectors
Railings
Timber vertical picket
Timber upright posts with SS cable strands
Railings
Aluminum vertical
picket railing
Railings
Galvanized steel upright posts with SS cable strands
SS upright posts with SS cable strands
Railings
All rail designs adaptable to PermaTrak system
Simplified Boardwalk Construction
Steel Forms
Experience
Quality Control
Lifting Equipment
Mini excavator or small Bobcat recommended to
handle precast components
Installation: Abutments
Beginning/ending precast component
Standard widths are 39 nominally
Installation: Shallow Foundations
Installation: Deep Foundations
Cast-in-place concrete caissons
Steel
H piles
Foundations: Cap to Pile Connection Detail
Pinned connection
Sealed with epoxy to prevent entry of corrosive elements
Spherical connecting pins fit precast
slots in bottom of beams
Installation: PermaTrak Beams
Main load bearing element
Installation: PermaTrak Beams
Installation: PermaTrak Beams
Installation: PermaTrak Treads
Shown here using Bobcat with slings
Treads spaced with 1/8 gap on bottom
Walking surface provides consistent 3/8 gap
between treads
Installation: PermaTrak Treads
Installation: Curbs
Fastened to tread with epoxy adhesive
Flexibility and speed of construction
Aluminum railing
Installation: Railings
Improved Quality of Life
Durable and consistent performance for park
visitors, cyclists & runners
Boardwalk Challenges and Solutions!
Riverwalks/Promenades
Riverwalks/Promenades
Boardwalks
Coastal
Coastal
Ponds/Lagoons
Lakes/Fishing Deck
Sand Dunes
Lack of trip hazards
No more splinters
Remains ADA-compliant
Stream Crossings
Stream Crossings
Stream Crossings
Pedestrian Bridges
Trails/Greenway Systems
Urban
Urban
Urban
Urban Greenspace
Sensitive Sites
Consistent walking surface for decades
Eliminate warping, twisting, splitting
Viewing Platforms
Wildlife Observation
Elevated Platform
River Floodplain
Wet/dry cycle expedites deterioration of timber or composite products
Wetland/Floodplains
Sandblast texture preferred by owners
Wetland/Floodplains
Wetland/Floodplains
Prescribed Fires/Arson
Precast concrete does not support combustion
Consideration for prescribed fire areas or
arson problems
Jason Philbin
(980) 229-3036