http://www.invisiblestructures.com/ Recent news articles en-us http://www.invisiblestructures.com/continuing_education.html Please join us for a free product presentation on Wednesday, March 17th, at 12 pm Mountain Time (2pm Eastern). We will start granting access 10 minutes before the presentation at http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/. IMPORTANT - Call 800-233-1510, prior to the presentation, for information on receiving a One Personal Development Hour certificate. 3/03/2010 9:47:50 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcNF4N1qDoA A video, prepared by Terrafix Geosynthetics, shows a unique Rainstore3 installation. The water harvesting chamber was built directly below a water feature at Lakehead University, Orillia, ON. View the project profile here http://projectprofiles.invisiblestructures.com/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form%20View&-action=browse&-recid=763 and take a look at the video here. 3/03/2010 9:46:36 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/gravelpave2_design_details.html Want automatic snow melt for a driveway? Consider using Gravelpave2 with a subsurface heating system embedded in Draincore2 for protection. Download our design detail in pdf or AutoCAD and reduce your snow shoveling and backaches. 3/03/2010 9:45:42 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/white_papers/honoluluapproval.pdf Gravelpave2 has joined Grasspave2 as an "All Weather Surface" for the City of Honolulu. Approval means Gravelpave2 can be used in Residential Driveways and Parking Areas without a variance or any additional adjustments. 3/03/2010 9:44:19 AM http://projectprofiles.invisiblestructures.com/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form%20View&-action=browse&-recid=762 Beachrings2 was used to provide pedestrian access over sand at the 18th Annual Polar Plunge benefiting Special Olympics Virginia. More than 3,200 thrill-seekers braved the chilly Atlantic Ocean wearing nothing but swimsuits and zany costumes. Proceeds from the Plunge benefited Special Olympics Virginia. http://www.invisiblestructures.com/beachrings2.html 9/02/2010 2:43:36 PM http://projectprofiles.invisiblestructures.com/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form%20View&-action=browse&-recid=761 Gravelpave2 Permeable Paving was used in The Museum of Northern Arizona Easton Collection Center. Engineering News Record has chosen the building as its "Best of the Best Green Building" winner for 2009. 3/02/2010 9:56:55 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/sales_support.html Please join us in welcoming Getsco as our new partner in North Carolina. Please contact Getsco for all your Invisible Structures products in North Carolina. 3/02/2010 9:55:52 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/sales_support.html Please welcome Overall Development and Maintenance Services as our new partner for Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. 3/02/2010 9:53:05 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/white_papers/Beachrings2vsBeachWheelchair.pdf Beach wheelchairs can cost from $1200 to $3600 – Beachrings2 beach access mats are an economical alternative. Beachrings2 has many other advantages – view the new comparison criteria sheet to compare for yourself. 3/02/2010 9:52:04 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/newsletters/2010/february2010.html Please join us for a free product presentation on Wednesday, February 17th, at 12 pm Mountain Time (2pm Eastern). We will start granting access 10 minutes before the presentation at http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/. IMPORTANT - Call 800-233-1510, prior to the presentation, for information on receiving a One Personal Development Hour certificate. 3/02/2010 9:51:02 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/brochures/StateoftheEarthBrochure.pdf You can download our updated State of the Earth Innovation! brochure with the newly included LEED™ v3 product information. See how our enitre product line can help your project get LEED™ points. 6/01/2010 11:35:14 AM http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/ Please join us for a free product presentation on Wednesday, January 20th, at 12 pm Mountain Time (2pm Eastern). We will start granting access 10 minutes before the presentation at http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/. Important - Call 800-233-1510, prior to the presentation, for information on receiving a One Personal Development Hour certificate. 6/01/2010 11:34:12 AM http://www.edcmag.com/Articles/Featured_Special_Sections/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000708853 Environmental Design and Construction Magazine has picked Gravelpave2 as one of it's top 15 Green Products for 2009. Gravelpave2 filters & stores stormwater, provides urban heat island mitigation, provides for tree growth, reduces erosion, recharges groundwater, and is made from 100% recycled content. Visit http://www.invisiblestructures.com/gravelpave2.html for more information on Gravelpave2. 17/12/2009 10:07:05 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/grasspave2_grass_driveways.html Adding green space and being "green": a turf covered driveway is a great way to enhance the look of your home or business and add environmental benefits. Invisible Structures has been doing green/turf driveways since 1982. Visit http://www.invisiblestructures.com/grasspave2_grass_driveways.html for infomation on the finest 100% grass covered driveways available. 7/12/2009 4:21:43 PM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/contact.html Yearly maintenance on our equipment will occur from December 24th, 2008 to Jan 4th, 2009. This, unfortunately, will shut down all new production. We will have a limited amount of product in stock to for existing orders and projected sales orders. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will be back up to full production capabilities, on January 5th. Call 800-233-1510 for more details. 2/12/2009 9:32:10 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/sales_support.html Please join us in welcoming Engineered Earth Systems as our newest partner in Indiana. Invisible Structures has been working with EES for nearly 7 years in other areas. Please call or email Ted Dzierzbicki at 847-639-0123, TDzierzbicki@aol.com for Invisible Structure's product line in Illinois, Indiana, and Southern Wisconsin. 2/12/2009 9:31:16 AM http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/ Please join us for a free product presentation on Wednesday, November 11th, at 12 pm Mountain Time (2pm Eastern). We will start granting access 10 minutes before the presentation at http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/. NEW - Call 800-233-1510, prior to the presentation, for information on receiving a One Personal Development Hour certificate. 2/12/2009 9:30:15 AM http://www.aececobuild.com/index.html Come visit our booth (#436) December 9-10th, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. See how our product line fits with "Sustainable, Green and High-Performance Solutions for the Built Environment." 2/12/2009 9:27:20 AM http://projectprofiles.invisiblestructures.com/project_profile/findrecords.php? Invisible Structures is proud to announce our 500th (and more) project profile. Check out http://projectprofiles.invisiblestructures.com/project_profile/findrecords.php? for grass porous pavement, gravel porous pavement, stormwater detention/harvesting, erosion control, drainage, and wheelchair access projects. Choose locations near you, unique product uses, or just peruse the list. 2/12/2009 9:24:23 AM http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/ Please join us for a free product presentation on Wednesday, November 11th, at 12 pm Mountain Time (2pm Eastern). We will start granting access 10 minutes before the presentation at http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/. NEW - Call 800-233-1510, prior to the presentation, for information on receiving a One Personal Development Hour certificate. 3/11/2009 11:12:55 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/leed.html Now that the USGBC has implemented the new LEED™ v 3 criteria , we've updated how our product line fits. Visit our LEED™ page to see how each product can help provide points for your site. You may also download a pdf of the LEED™ Execution by category, or by product. 3/11/2009 11:12:12 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/ Call us now at 800-233-1510 for information on free passes to the GreenBuild Expo, Phoenix, AZ, November 10-12. Hurry, we have a limited number to give out. Visit us at the show in booth #2265 for information on porous paving - grass and gravel, stormwater detention, erosion control, drainage, and portable boardwalk systems. 3/11/2009 11:11:21 AM http://stormh2o.com/october-2009/permeable-pavers-bmp.aspx The second in the series of popular articles from Stormwater Magazine's October issue. Read about a cost saving Gravelpave2 installation in Dallas, TX and other permeable paver applications. 3/11/2009 11:10:34 AM http://www.hawaiihomeandremodeling.com/articles/2009/September/outdoor_living Draincore2 is used as a green roof drainage system and Grasspave2 on top of that for extra parking at a Honolulu Home. Read about this and other landscaping/outdoor tips in this Hawaii Home Remodeling article. 3/11/2009 11:08:46 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/leed.html See how our product line can impact your site in earning LEED™ Version 3.0 points. Our porous pavers, stormwater storage system, erosion control mats, drainage systems, and access mats, can impact your site's potential points through recycled content, uhi mitigation, stormwater management, and much more. We have updated our information to reflect the change form LEED™ 2 to LEED™ version 3. You can download our category specific or product specific pdfs. 16/10/2009 10:21:46 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/white_papers/EffectiveImperviousnessandISI.pdf The Urban Drainage and Flood District has updated it's Effective Percentage Imperviousness information on porous pavements. Using this updated information, Invisible Structures has written a new white paper regarding Grasspave2 and Gravelapve2's effective percentage of imperviousness, effect of imperviousness on the rational method, effective imperviousness and TR-55, and how it relates to run-off coeffeicients. You can use this information when designing for stormwater managment. 12/10/2009 3:32:38 PM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/enews.html Please join us for a free product presentation on Wednesday, October 14th, at 12 pm Mountain Time (2pm Eastern). Set your browser to http://isi.acrobat.com/entireline/ We will start granting access 10 minutes before the presentation. 6/10/2009 9:53:05 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/gravelpave2_comparison_chart.html Use the NEW Gravelpave2 competitive analysis sheet and the updated Grasspave2 competitive analysis sheet, to see how we beat the competition, hands down. http://www.invisiblestructures.com/grasspave2_comparison_chart.html 6/10/2009 9:51:51 AM http://64.207.55.2/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form%20View&-action=browse&-recid=754 Church members of all sizes lay sod on the newly installed Grasspave2 porous parking lot in Cape Cod, MA. Learn to install Grasspave2 from our Technical Specifications, our video, and our install tutorial. Read about the church project here. 6/10/2009 9:50:57 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/enews.html Call 800-233-1510 for your free pass to the GreenBuild Expo, Phoenix, November 10-12. We at Invisible Structures, only have a limited number of passes, so hurry. Visit us at Booth #2265 , while at the show. 6/10/2009 9:45:27 AM http://www.invisiblestructures.com/newsletters/images/2009_final_expo_pass.pdf Join Invisible Structures at our booth, #1210, for the American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting & Expo, September 18 – 21, 2009, Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, Chicago. Download your FREE PASS and visit our booth for the best in porous paving - grass and gravel, stormwater detention, erosion control, drainage, and portable boardwalk systems. 2/09/2009 9:01:09 AM http://64.207.55.2/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form View&-action=browse&-recid=661 The City of Denver, Colorado installed two chambers of Rainstore3 to reduce the burden of runoff on it's combined storm-sewer system. Runoff is captured and then infiltrates to the ground water supply. Rainstore3 was chosen for it modular design, shallow cross-section, and one meter width. 2/09/2009 8:59:26 AM http://64.207.55.2/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form View&-action=browse&-recid=663 To combat mud, ice, snow and a general mess, the University of Colorado's Andrew's Hall installed Gravelpave2 porous aggregate containment pavers under two sets of bike racks. Gravelpave2 is filled with clean stone to reduce mud and porous pavers are better at melting snow and ice to prevent injury. 2/09/2009 8:54:42 AM http://64.207.55.2/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form View&-action=browse&-recid=658 Porous driveways and walkways made from Gravelpave2 add to the modern rustic look of a condominium complex in Boulder, Colorado. 2/09/2009 8:50:50 AM http://64.207.55.2/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form%20View&-action=browse&-recid=656 Grasspave2 porous paving, was installed as the fire lane at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Firefighters and the Fire Marshall viewed in disbelief as Grasspave2 supported the fully loaded outrigger with extended ladder. The Grasspave2 fire lane was the field test for the Klamath Falls Fire Marshall. Grasspave2 porous paving can and does support the weight of a fire truck. 28/07/2009 4:01:48 PM http://64.207.55.2/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form%20View&-action=browse&-recid=655 Jason Paez purchased Grasspave2 and says "Of course, there are competing products to Grasspave2 but I did my research before purchasing. Grasspave2 was the only product that allowed ample space for the grass roots to grow unlike competing products. Too, I have a neighbor who put this in a few years back and his lawn looks great. If you have any worries about growing lawn over sand, don't. Also, Grasspave2 was more affordable and easier to install. A better product at a lower cost, how can you beat that?" 10/07/2009 2:45:12 PM http://www.invisiblestructures.com Invisible Structure has launched its new, easy to navigate web site. The new site will have you viewing and downloading the prime information on porous paving, stormwater storage, drainage, erosion control, and access mats. 1/07/2009 12:55:19 PM Mark Cuban – owner of the Dallas Mavericks has refurbished an old YWCA building. This facility is going to be for high School basketball players, so they can have a place to go and practice and have a safe place. 24/04/2009 4:14:14 PM http://invisiblestructures.com/GreenBuilding1/GreenBuilding1.htm Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. Invisible Structures philosophy fits right into the Earth Day principles with recycled content, water management and re-use, and many, many sustainable site design practices. 21/04/2009 11:56:57 AM http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=485 Invisible Structures will again participate in Take Your Child to Work Day, Thursday, April 23rd. Invisible Structures is committed to showing the next generation of workers, that environmentally friendly companies can survive and thrive. 20/04/2009 11:56:57 AM http://www.mapyourshow.com/shows/index.cfm;jsessionid=f0306d050b33829ae3d8277e793b64623a45?show_id=aia09&exhid=invis3&booth=2632&userid=&hallid=&object_type= Come visit our booth at the American Institute of Architects National Convention and Design Exposition at the Mascone Center in San Francisco, April 30 - May 2. We will be exhibiting in the South Hall at Booth # 2632. 17/04/2009 11:56:57 AM http://64.207.55.2/project_profile/browserecord.php?-lay=Form%20View&-action=browse&-recid=652 Grasspave2, porous paving, was installed at the Louisiana National Guard Multi Unit Readiness Center in Hammond, LA. Grasspave2 provides the military vehicle parking area an environmentally friendly and stormwater mitigating surface. 10/04/2009 11:56:57 AM