Concrete Drainage Pipe Box Culverts

Save time and labor by using Welded Wire Reinforcement in Box Culvert Construction. The hydraulic characteristics and aesthetic considerations are two reasons that engineers select Box Culverts for their drainage solutions. Box Culverts may be precast or cast-in-place, both types can be economically reinforced with Welded Wire Reinforcement.

Precast Concrete Box Culverts

The use of precast concrete box culverts has grown in recent years because they provide a quick and economical solution to your drainage problems. The design of precast concrete box culverts is covered by specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials and the LFRD requirements of AASHTO. Most State and Municipal Officials accept these designs. Designed to carry highway truck loadings, these specifications lead to high quality precast boxes that are used throughout the country.

Ivy Steel and Wire Company provides Welded Wire Reinforcement that meet or exceed the ASTM specifications and can be supplied to precasters in either sheets or rolls, depending on what best suites his needs. The reduction of waste and minimum cost is achieved by using properly designed styles of WWR. The savings in labor in the assembly of reinforcement plus the ability to meet tight dimensional tolerances in the placing of the reinforcement, make the use of WWR the best solution.

Cast-In-Place Concrete Box Culverts

When conditions dictate that cast-in-place Box Culverts are the best solution, the use of Welded Wire Reinforcement by Ivy Steel and Wire can save you time and money. Our ability to make large sheets of WWR with large diameter wire at variable spacing and higher yield strength, gives the capability to provide the steel required.

Multiple cell boxes several hundred feet long have been reinforced with WWR from Ivy Steel and Wire. Some of these boxes have been used as continuous bridges.