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Block USA and LEED®

Block USA is your local partner for products to help attain LEED points for your project:

Inspection Block

Inspection Block

I nspection block from Block USA are important component of USA HL#1, a high-lift grouting system from The USA Family of Companies.

This specially designed concrete masonry unit features an opening for a plastic clean-out cover. When the wall is being grouted, these transparent windows give inspectors a clear view of the grout flowing thru the cells in the wall.

Benefits USA HL#1 Include:

  • Ability to build walls up to 24 feet high without stopping every 4 to 5 feet to grout.
  • Ready mix trucks arrive full and unload in a third of the time.
  • Less trucks and traffic on the job site.
  • Speedy installation provides competitive advantage to masonry contractor.

For two years, USA worked to redevelop and improve a grout placement method known as “high-lift grouting”. A committee made up of architects, engineers, masonry contractors and representatives from the National Concrete Masonry Association worked with USA to review the High Lift Grout process. Together, they examined how today’s advanced admixtures could improve High Lift grout and bring additional value to concrete masonry projects.

To learn more, watch this short video presentation on how The USA Family of Companies worked to bring this construction method to the marketplace.

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