CULTEC Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Storm Water Chambers
CULTEC announced that it has marked 25 years since the introduction of its first plastic storm water chamber. CULTEC specializes in manufacturing storm water and septic chambers and providing solutions to help integrate its products into engineers’ design plans.
A second-generation, family-owned company, CULTEC can trace the development of its first plastic septic chamber to 1986. At that time, CULTEC was involved in excavation, building and the precast concrete business, supplying, among other products, concrete leaching galleries. CULTEC founder Robert DiTullio, Sr., conceived the idea of a structurally sound plastic chamber after observing how heavy and labor-intensive these galleries were.
After the septic chamber was introduced to the market, CULTEC quickly realized its potential for the storm water industry. As the first manufacturer to apply this technology to managing storm water runoff, CULTEC played a role in introducing subsurface chamber systems to a market that had predominantly relied on metal and concrete structures. The company tested its products to ensure that they met traffic load requirements and educated engineers and contractors about the benefits of retention/detention infiltration and storage chamber systems.
In addition to supplying products for 25 years, CULTEC has helped industry professionals solve various design and installation challenges.
“We have always focused on the needs of engineers and contractors,” said Fred Dotson, vice president of CULTEC. “We offer a variety of chamber sizes to accommodate any site restrictions and have developed our own conveyance headers that simplify installation and reduce costs. Additionally, we offer accompanying products such as water quality devices to be able to provide a complete storm water management package.”
The company also initiated collaboration with modeling software providers to include CULTEC chambers in their software, assisting engineers in the task of design and specification.
The company continues to invest resources in ongoing research and product development. CULTEC’s team offers free design assistance, including preliminary calculations and job-specific CAD details, and its representatives often go out to project sites to oversee system installations.
Source: CULTEC
