MAS™ Acronyms
- MAS™ – Modern Arch Structures, Ltd.
- ADELS Fee – ADELS Architecture, Design, Engineering, Logistics & Support Fee. The ADELS Fee covers the engineering, architecture, system plans, inspections, technical support, logistical support, Southern Utah University (SUU) royalty fee and warranty.
- MIQ – MAS interactive query (MIQ). A tool available to Contractors to search for other Contractors or personel who hold a MAS Proficiency Certificate or 3rd parties that can provide, forms, equipment, support, expertise or personnel.
- PFAD – (P)roject, (F)ield, (A)rea, (Department) designator used within MAS™ Certifications
- MD – MAS™ Distributor (Project Coordinator). A company under contract with MAS™ to market and coordinate MAS™ construction in their own respective territories.
- MAS-570™ – The approximately 570 sq. ft. version of the MAS™ system.
- MAS-1300™ – The approximately 1300 sq. ft. version of the MAS™ system.
- Type – Configurations of MAS™ systems – (A)partment, (B)unker, (G)arage, (R)esidential, (S)pecial
- CQAF – Certification Questionnaire Area Form. This is the form an MAS Distributor must attach to their application that outlines the type of certification they are requesting.
- FFT – Form Failure Time
- FRT – Form Removal Time
- FRFT – Form Removal to Fabrication Time
- CBFT – Cure Before Finish Time
- WFAB – Weighted Flap Air Bypass (used to regulate air form pressure typically built into the blower/fan manifold)
- SPiFolding – A proprietary & custom designed scaffolding system using bent arched tubing that is quickly erected over the MAS™ forming system to facilitate construction without the use of lifts.
- Magic Platform – A self leveling rotary based platform that attaches at any location on a SPiFolding system to provide a safe and stable platform for workers to operate from.MASTronic™
- MASTronic™ – Stands for MAS™ (T)racking, (R)adio, (O)n-board, (N)on-counterfeitable, (I)dentifying, (C)ode and is a sophisticated RFID module that is embedded in the MAS™ system’s wet shotcrete to identify each licensed MAS™ sytem to prevent the theft of the MAS™ intellectual property, registrations, and patents (pending and issued).
- MASFacFos™ – The line of MAS™ exterior facade form sets used to construct exterior facades such as the “PARAPET” or “SOFFIT”. These MASFacFos™ forms are used to provide for an entirely different architectural look with little incremental cost and NO forming waste.
MAS™ Definitions
- CQAF Review Board: A collection of MAS™ personnel who review MAS Distributor CQAFs and make a recommendation to the CEO/President for approval or denial. The CQAF Review Board also handles MAS Distributor application denial appeals and is made up three executive members of the CQAF Review Board of which one is always the CEO/President of MAS.
- Cage System: A collapsible forming system used to create the corners of the MAS-1300™ system and the sides of the MAS-570™ system.
- Inflatable Form: A balloon like spherical form that is inflated with low pressure fans (that must remain running) and holds provides the base to form the structural arches used on the MAS-570™ and MAS-1300™ systems.
- Shotcrete: A method used to pneumatically project concrete or morar at a high velocity onto a receiving surface.
- Setting: Is the stiffening of the concrete after it has been placed. A concrete can be ‘set’ in that it is no longer fluid, but it may still be very weak; you may not be able to walk on it, for example. Setting is due to early-stage calcium silicate hydrate formation and to ettringite formation. The terms ‘initial set’ and ‘final set’ are arbitrary definitions of early and later set; there are laboratory procedures for determining these us
- Hardening: Is the process of strength growth and may continue for weeks or months after the concrete has been mixed and placed. Hardening is due largely to the formation of calcium silicate hydrate as the cement continues to hydrate. The rate at which concrete sets is independent of the rate at which it hardens. Rapid-hardening cement may have similar setting times to ordinary Portland cement.
- Curing Time: The time specified by the engineer for concrete to reach a specific strength. Cure Time is a function of temperature and increases as temperature decreases. Concrete, wheter it is pumped, placed or pneumatically applied by the wet or dry-mix shotcrete process, requires the same amount of curing time as conventional concrete.
- Curing Process: The Curing Process is designed to prevent the concrete from losing moisture too quickly, thus minimizing shrinkage and cracking. Also, for concrete to achieve its design strength and durability.
- Form Failure Time (FFT): This is the time/temperature specified by the engineer that should a form fail to remain property pressurized the MAS™ system shotcrete application will support itself, BUT no additional work can be done until the proper pressurization is re-established.
- Form Removal Time (FRT): This is the time/temperature specified by the engineer where the form(s) can be removed WITHOUT additional exterior fabrication taking place.
- From Removal to Fabrication Time (FRFT): This is the time/temperature specified by the engineer where the form(s) can be removed AND allowing for additional exterior fabrication to take place.
- Cure Before Finish Time (CBFT): This is the time/temperature specified by the engineer that must be elapse before any exterior or interior finish work takes place.
- Producibility: A term used to describe the ability of contractors to bid on a project proposal. Although the MAS™ system is new to many contractors, MAS™ provides a “T2” training class that is specifically designed to educate a contractor on the MAS™ system and all aspects necessary to prepare a qualified, responsive and financially viable bid.
- MAS-HELIX™: This is a micro re-bar required that is required as part of the MAS™ system. MAS-HELIX™ is manufactured in the United States and is available world wide.
- Blue-Talon™: This is formulation of MAS-HELIX™ and concrete add-mixes that are used to allow shotcrete to be applied in a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions. Blue-Talon™ also contains components to provide for an early set of the concrete to decrease the air-form inflation time, as well as components that help the shotcrete stay in place during application and prior to concrete setup.