Prof. Mo Ehsani pioneered the repair and strengthening of structures with FRP in the late 1980s and founded the company in 1994. Renamed QuakeWrap® in 2003, it develops, manufactures and supports patented FRP repair products used on more than 1,000 projects in 28 countries.
Prof. Mo Ehsani and his University of Arizona colleagues introduce the wet layup method of strengthening structures with FRP. Their first paper on it appears in Concrete International in 1990.
1994
Company founded
After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Prof. Ehsani founds Structural Rehabilitation Group, renamed QuakeWrap, Inc. in 2003. Its products strengthen two buildings in southern California.
2009
Trenchless Technology honorable mention
Honorable mention for Trenchless Technology Project of the Year, for the emergency repair of a mile-long, 7 ft diameter pipeline in Costa Rica.
2011
Trenchless Technology Project of the Year
PipeMedic® laminates bridge a 2 ft gap in a leaking high-pressure gas main in Paterson, New Jersey, the Rehabilitation Project of the Year.
2016
ASCE Innovation Award
StifPipe® wins the ASCE 2016 Innovation Award as the world's first green and sustainable pipe.
2017
U.S. Commerce model exporter
The U.S. Department of Commerce recognizes QuakeWrap® as a model exporter.
2018
Selected by the Army Corps
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers PIER Spiral 1 report selects PileMedic® for expedient repair of port piles. PipeMedic® laminates also reinforce part of the 2018 Trenchless Technology Project of the Year, a 36 in. gas main in New Jersey.
Today
1,000+ projects in 28 countries
More than 20 patented technologies, used by the U.S. military, departments of transportation, ports and private industry worldwide.
Award-winning. Tested by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Caltrans and Texas DOT.
Trenchless Technology Project of the Year2011 winner, a 2009 honorable mention, and PipeMedic® on the 2018 winning project
4 ICRI AwardsExcellence and Merit awards from the International Concrete Repair Institute, 2006 to 2010
SEAoA Structural Engineering AwardsStructural Engineers Association of Arizona, incl. a 2010 U.S. Army blast retrofit
Selected by the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersPileMedic® chosen for expedient port pile repair in the PIER program
$1M U.S. DOT SBIR GrantPhase II funding in 2022 for internal repair of steel oil and gas pipelines
U.S. Commerce Model ExporterRecognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2017
Our client American Battle Monuments Commission and our firm are very pleased with the entire QuakeWrap experience. The product itself is an excellent way to rejuvenate aging structures, and the company was with us every step of the way. As a lead design professional, I will not hesitate to specify QuakeWrap again in the future.
GKGary KayePresident, Gary Kaye Design, Phoenix, Arizona
FREEWAY BRIDGE REPAIR“
The FRP repairs were completed in just two weeks, improving all 4 bridges to a Satisfactory Condition Rating (NBI rating of 6). All of this was affordable enough to be funded with the region's operations budget and happened on one of the busiest highways in Missouri without causing any delays or distractions to the traveling public.
MCMark Croarkin, PESt. Louis District Bridge Engineer, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) (co-author, "A Novel Solution for Restoration of Deteriorated Piles", Government Engineering, 2011)
CAMPUS UTILITY TUNNEL“
Fixing the tunnel from the inside with QuakeWrap not only saves us money but is minimally invasive to our busy campus. We think it's a green solution, too…
PDPeter DourleinAssistant Vice President for Planning, Design and Construction at the University of Arizona
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