Hardwire and Cold Spring to jointly-market Hardwire ArmorStone building reinforcement system
System incorporates Hardwire’s high-tensile steel reinforcement and blast-protective products with Cold Spring Granite Company’s granite; combination is augmented with proprietary coupling systems and chemistries; creating strong but beautiful buildings a major post-9/11 challenge, business opportunity
The 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Ohlahoma City, followed by the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, ushered in a new architectural movement focused on designing buildings that are safe, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. The last is more important than one might imagine. During the cold war, architects became quite expert at putting up structures that could resist a nuclear attack, but these were unattractive hunks of concrete that nobody other than Dr. Strangelove could appreciate. Courthouses and government buildings, most of which are located in urban areas, demand better, and an industry has developed to help building designers meet security needs without sacrificing utility or beauty. Two companies, Pokomoke City, Maryland-based Hardwire, and Cold Spring, Minnesota-based Cold Spring Granite, lend a hand with their Hardwire ArmorStone granite and steel reinforcement system. The system incorporates Hardwire’s high-tensile steel reinforcement and blast-protective products with Cold Spring Granite Company’s granite. The combination is augmented with proprietary coupling systems and chemistries.
Cold Spring is a new company for us, but we know Hardwire well. The company was recently awarded $15 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue research into its HD Armor vehicle protection systems. The company’s key charge is to create lighter weight protection than is currently available by developing a hybrid metallic-composite that can be fitted into tanks and infantry carriers.
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