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High Tensile Strength Grids Provide New Options for Carbon Fiber Crack Repair
Over the last decade, carbon fiber has become more prevalent among contractors and engineers involved with various foundation repairs. Emecole Metro, with its manufacturing partner Fortress Stabilization Systems, has been at the forefront of bringing the best in carbon fiber technology to basement repair contractors. Through that time, our carbon fiber products have continually evolved [...]
Emecole Metro Update & Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Updated May 1, 2020 To our customers, vendors and end users, Emecole Metro, with our parent company Metropolitan Industries, is doing what we can to minimize the spread of COVID-19 while remaining available to support the needs of our customers. We have asked our employees to cancel unnecessary in-person meetings and have postponed all on-site [...]
Celebrating World Water Day and the Active Preservation of Water With Metropolitan Industries
While we all understand that water is essential, it’s easy to take such a precious commodity for granted. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water. That is an average of 1 in 3 people. To raise awareness against this, the United Nations has [...]
Fulfilling an Entrepreneurial Dream:
Lou Cole’s Pioneering of Low Pressure Crack Injection and its Lasting Impact
Emecole founder Lou Cole speaking on low pressure crack injection at a company hosted seminar (Aug. 14, 2008). In the spirit of Peculiar People Day, which falls on January 10th, we use this opportunity to reflect on the founder of our company, Lou Cole. Peculiar People Day is described as a celebration of individuals who [...]
Waterproofing Efforts in the Basement and Crawl Space May Help Combat Against the Entry of Radon
This has been quite the unusual winter throughout much of the United States. Average temperatures throughout the Midwest and East Coast have hovered significantly above average. In the Chicagoland area, for example, Christmas Day reached a high of 57 degrees. While you will be pressed to find anyone complaining about this unusual weather, we do [...]
Emecole Metro’s Spring 2020 Contractor Training Workshop Schedule
The schedule for Emecole Metro's Spring 2020 Contractor Training Workshops have been finalized. February 27- 28 (Thursday and Friday) March 5-6 (Thursday and Friday) Our two-day block sessions, held in Romeoville, IL, just 35 miles southwest of Chicago, are perfect for contractors looking to expand their concrete crack repair and basement waterproofing repair capabilities. Our [...]