2 - Please bookmark
("add to favorites") the permanent, maintained location of this valuable
informational resource.
Then: select in your web browser (Internet Explorer,
Netscape, AOL, Foxfire, Opera, Safari, etc.) either
"Bookmark"
or "Add to Favorites"
Once you have "bookmarked" the web page:
1 - whenever you need to refer to this online resource,
2 - you may access it directly from your web
browser.
Best regards,
Mark Rector
dir/ prod. dev.
mit freundlichen grüßen / Best
regards,
Mark
Rector
Director, International Product
Development
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Postal
Address:
Eco-Terr
Distributing Inc. (a Washington State
Corporation)
3020 Iss-Pn Lk
Rd PMB
202
Sammamish, WA 98075
USA
Phone: (425)
657-7958
Message-Voice Mail: (425)
657-7959
CELLULAR: (425) 864-1393 <<
Use this number
FAX: (425)
391-4890
"If we always do what we have always done, we may only expect to achieve what we
already have achieved."
Added 28 June 2008:
This may be an extremely valuable tool, in developing your
business.
The single-page list of wholesalers, retailers, installers, and
representatives has been replaced with a "click on the map" type of
directory.
ADVANCED FEATURES:
Please notice that a few dealers have provided us with
examples/testimonials about their projects, or about their business.
Example 1: Tennessee dealer
(a) click on TN or Tennessee
(b) Notice that E3 Innovate has provided a company
logo, which we have added to his listing
(c) Notice within the E3 Innovate listing, there is a
...
more» button.
Click on ...
more»
(d) When web visitors want so see "more" about this
dealership, E3 Innovate has provided more.
You may do the same ...
Example 2: Louisiana Dealer
(a) click on LA or Louisiana
(b) Notice that Southern Enviro has provided
a company logo, which we have added to his listing
(c) Notice within the Southern Enviro listing, there
is a ...
more» button.
Click on ...
more»
(d) When web visitors want so see "more" about this
dealership, Southern Enviro has provided more: an example of one of their
installations.
You may do the same ...
Example 3: Iowa Dealer
(b) Notice that there is no dealer or
representation in the state of Iowa.
> therefore, we have
added this example in Iowa.
If any existing dealer has
photos + words (or video) describing a local project, which they wish to
share
we will be happy to provide similar "example" support
for their listing.
You will find that, when web visitors see that your company has some
experience working with this system,
they will CONTACT YOU, when they need these
products.
On the other hand, if your listing has no examples, and if they click on
your WEB listing and do not see anything about our systems,
they may presume that you would not be the
correct people to call, about the Eco-Terr products and systems
...
Which dealership would you call, if you were a customer?
~ The one with lots of examples, videos, etc. (such as
the Greenway Environmental Services web site, at
www.gesenvironmental.net)?
~ Or a dealership who has no "examples" or
testimonials, and no obvious expertise using the Eco-Terr products and
services?
CSI sheet
template typical installation (Construction
Specifications Institute - current 2004 MasterFormat)
Helpful examples, which you may download and print, or
send via email:
Commercial Parking Lots Clients - This
also contains the mathematical profile, demonstrating that StabiliGrid
exceeds commonly referenced AASHTO H-20 (M-18) loading (see
also separate document containing AASHTO loading profile,
below):
PDF » www.ecoterr.com/charlie_guzman/Charlie-Guzman_Your_presentaton_to_the_mall-v2.pdf
An environmentally sound vehicular traffic project (pervious
parking lot construction) from a Campus Parking Lot project:
Residential driveways/parking areas - in Critical
Areas with restrictions concerning impervious structures and roadways
(municipalities, zoning
boards, planning commissions, and so forth)
The following PDF example will also prove informative and helpful for
your clients (and their dealings with local administrative authorities)
Other examples are available online at:
NOTE: If you or a client has
an example they wish to share with the world, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Technical Support - Associates with clients requiring
"veteran engineering or design support":
Clemens Kuchera (with AsFinAG,
the public entity which constructs/maintains the Autobahn> www.asfinag.at) has generously offered to
provide information and design assistance to his American Colleagues.
An example of Clemens' plan - erosion control on
steep slopes + in situ mitigation of NSP/SWR, utilizing
Infiltration-based SWR management
Dr. Klaus Koenig (with the
Austrian version of our EPA) for clients who require environmental information
concerning agricultural/equine/dairy operations.
Dr. Koenig has offered to share his considerable knowledge/research
concerning HoofGrid, with his American Colleagues.
DR. KLAUS KOENIG
RESEARCH: All original,
unedited text, provided directly to us by Dr. Koenig.
ABOUT: Dr. Koenig is an engineer, employed by the Austrian water
quality bureau "Umweltinstitut des Landes Vorarlberg" (the Austrian version of
our Washington Department of Ecology - mandated to preserve the land and water
quality).
Dr. Koenig either
performed - or directly supervised/confirmed - the results appearing in the
following documents.
28 New Technical Data sheets (seven brands times four data
sheets/brand = 28 data sheets)
Created four PDF's (Overhead
View & Sizes, Typical
Installations, Material Specifications, and
Pre-Assembled Layers)
* for each of the seven brands (HoofGrid, HoofGrid-40, HoofGrid HD,
StabiliGrid HD, StabiliGrid-40,
StabiliGrid-S50, and HomeGrid)
* total 28 PDF files, all
day
THEN: Created ZIP files for each of the
brand names (total of 7 ZIP files, named "HomeGrid...," "StabiliGrid-S50...,"
HoofGrid-HD..." etc.)
where they may download above ZIP files,
and extract each into 4 separate PDF sheets,
depending upon which brand/grades they require.
Added 18 May 2008:
Tools: feel free to use any of these documents
At the request of several dealers, we have added some
new online calculators. See "TOOLS" below.
Please notice also that some dealers have provided custom
logos, to place next to their listings at the "Locations and
Stores" web page:
If you wish to provide one as well, please:
1) send it to me with a
WHITE background
2) Please do NOT send it to me in any
proprietary format (such as Adobe or Draw or AutoCAD etc.)
3) Please use only non-proprietary
image formats such as JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF, and so
on...
While you are looking at your listing, please verify that the information
is accurate.
We will be providing a fancier listing web site, in the
near future.
Each dealer or retailer or installer etc. will have
their own web page.
On that web page, if you wish to have your
logo, or any specific pictures or any words about your business,
included, then:
Please send me those
logos, pictures and words.
best regards,
mark rector
M: 425 864-1393
SKYPE id/name: LazyRRanch (
www.skype.com) << this has saved us
a lot of money on phone calls, especially on international conferencing (which
we get for free)
you may wish to look into using Skype yourself - no
we don't make any money off this, just trying to help you guys out.
see also:
- HoofGrid™
- StabiliGrid™
- TurfTrack™ Grass
Track Sports Fields, Horse Race Tracks, etc.
- New international partnership agreement with StrathAyr of Australia
- www.TurfTrack.US
- ProEquus© of America™
Uploaded a revised version of this email to
NOTE: you may always bookmark THIS email, or refer to it online, for
reference materials ...
Recent update: 14 May
2008
Don't assume your
clients patronize Microsoft, or use the Ms products and
services
NEW: if you send file
attachments in Microsoft Word "DOC" format to your clients
...
ALWAYS include the link to the Free Word Reader (similar to "Adobe Reader" for
Adobe PDF documents)
REASON: unless
your customer has already told you that they have Ms Word installed on their
computer,
>>
there is a good chance that they will not be able to open and read the Word DOC
that you send to them.
NEWER:
TurfTrack grasstrack horse racing tracks = Safety + Environmentally Sound + LONG
proven and approved/documented alternative
NEWEST: All the Equestrian products
available to our dealers and resellers
Public web
site: This is very similar to the above, but more for
"public consumption"
>>>
We will maintain the following web site, demonstrating some of the many
equestrian products you are able to offer to your customers.
Remember: you want to keep YOUR
customers in YOUR store.
>>>
We have no way of knowing if "your customers" find "our web site" - and contact
us directly.
1) We will always refer them
back to the nearest retail source, if they are near an established retail
source.
2) IF:
(a) you
want to service other customers in your area, for these other Equestrian
Products and Services
(all Original-Manufacturers, from
Germany, Austria and/or Australia only, we do not do the "cheap
knockoffs")
(b) THEN: let us know that you are interested in this ...
RECENT: although we do not commonly
advise that you refer your customers to ECOTERR (you want to keep your customers
in YOUR store)
We have provided some "Summary
Web Sites" for the convenience of our dealers and resellers.
These are Single-page web sites, just:
1) scroll up and down the
page
2) Read it (or watch the
videos)
3) download some
information
IMPORTANT
NOTE: IF you download and save any of
these documents,
THEN
>>> please remember that we can NOT
keep those downloaded documents updated (when they are
stored on your personal computer)
Therefore: if you wish to share our documents with
YOUR customers,
>>>
please check back for updates BEFORE sending them an old document (which has
been stored on your computer for a long period of time).
DEMOS:
We have also published a few "customer's projects" as
demonstrations.
>>>
If YOU have any
customer's demonstration or "reference/testimonials" that you would like to
share,
please
send a request.
We will include
a link to YOUR business, or
provide your CONTACT INFO,
on this "demo web page"
(we will include your customer, with
the customer's approval/permission - upon THEIR
request-permission)
This is a way to use OUR web
sites, to promote YOUR business (and to send web visitors to your web
site, as you may wish)
TOOLS:
(1) Calculate the Cubic
Yards ( yd³ )
Use it to:
calculate how much gravel or sand you need, etc.
How to use it: enter
in your area's dimensions (Width in FT x Length in FT x Depth in INCHES = Cubic
YARDS required)
NOTE: it is not possible
to calculate "tons" - because the tonnage-density of different LOCAL mediums
(gravel, sand, aggregates) varies from one quarry to the next.
Therefore: calculate the
CUBIC YARDS you require, and tell the local quarries this amount. They can
tell you how many TONS this quantity of THEIR medium weighs.
(2) Metric Converter
Been there a
while: Metric-to-Standard (British/American) units of
measure:
Use it to:
convert any area, length, or weight/mass back and forth, to and from:
Metric,
British Units (feet, pounds, miles, acres, etc.) AND Scientific/engineering
terminology.
How to use it: enter
in your measurement in the correct field (feet or meters or inches or pounds or
metric tonnes and so on...)
As you type, this will
convert into multiple OTHER measurements.
Presentations, Download and use:
SLIDESHOWS - PRESENTATION
VIDEOS: (for shows, booths, meetings, etc.
"Run Anywhere" - slideshows will run on
any computer since 1995
(1) "The Bainbridge Show" - mostly NOT horses,
but a real eye-catcher
(2) for horse
applications: "The Mane Event
Show" (mostly horses)
If you will save this email to your desktop, you
will always be able to locate the files below, and download them directly
whenever you need them.
mar
CSI Worksheet
Templates:
Construction Specifications Institute - 2004 MasterFormat
(technical instructions for architects/engineers/
general contractors, etc.)
BASIC INFORMATION:
Autobahn - Erosion Control (and Roadside Stormwater
Runoff mitigation)
AGSTAR PDF'S: (Leasing our grid
products)
Suggested:
HOOFGRID
Info:
SLIDESHOWS - PRESENTATION
VIDEOS: (for shows, booths, meetings, etc.
"Run
Anywhere" will run on any computer since 1995
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
(requires Ms PowerPoint to run this show)
If you have high-speed internet
connection, and have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer, please
download and review the following presentation, prepared for
the OQHA Members Annual
Congress, Ohio State
Fairgrounds:
To
Download:
1) on the link below, "right
click" and select "Save Target As.."
2) select a place on your
computer to download it to.
3) after downloading, open the
file using Microsoft PowerPoint
4) To run the slide
show:
either
>> Press the F5 function key at the top of your
keyboard
or >>
Select from the menu "Slide Show" | "View Show"
NOTE: to go to the next
page, please click your mouse or use keyboard Right Arrow
button.
Here is the
link:
No
PowerPoint? Our installer in Washington
has easier videos to watch: (they run inside the web page, do not
have to own PowerPoint to watch it).
MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL
DATA:
Markus Duenser, European Champion "reining horses" -
non-professional:
Markus'
Arena (Brochure)
Markus' Letter of Recommendation
Arena 2 :: Reiiterverein Kloster Mehrerau (an
esteemed Austrian Riding Academy)
Photographs of Installation
Reiterverein
Kloster Mehrerau's Letter of
Recommendation:
(See
Also "Other European References" below)
ProEquus: Permanent Riding Arena/Hall and
Temporary/Portable Event
Riding Bases
PERFECT FOOTING:
~ Other
European References ~
ABOUT PERFECT
FOOTING AND HOOFGRID: You may have seen HoofGrid and Perfect Footing at
the Americana Reidsport in Augsburg, Germany. The previous year (2005),
both were also used exclusively at the Annual Fest der Pferde, held in Vienna
to commemorate the centennial of Mozart's passing (a "hometown boy," his
concertos are favorite music for competitions and shows worldwide). This
spring at the Equitana, . . . and just last week in Austria at the
FEI-sponsored competition: they had 72 hours of torrential rainfall,
right up to the morning of the first day. The outdoor arena as "perfect"
within an hour of the torrent stopping.
The FEI
officials were "shocked and dumbfounded," expecting to cancel the opening day
events or postpone for 24 hours. Instead, they used the best riding
surface available in the world. Letters, articles & TV News videos
to follow . . .
When I asked Joachim Laengle, the
owner of Pro-Equus in Austria, "Joe, do you have anyone in Europe
that would give us a letter-of-recommendation for the grids, as well as for
the Perfect Footing? You know, somebody that Americans might have heard of, or
read about?"
Joe started rattling off "a few
respected horsemen in Europe," that he assured us would give a
product recommendation to any American who telephoned them. Here are the
ones I could scribble down, do you recognize any of them?
Joe
suggested, "Call any of the following, and ask any of them about
Pro-Equus, Ecoraster, or Pro-Flex, etc. They will provide a
recommendation over the telephone. Call Christine or George Wahl, or
Vanja Babic, Tina, or call Kronsteiner if you can find him at
home." (Rudi happens to be the 2005 International
Champion of the NRHA - rodeo's "National Reining Horse Association"), and so
on . . .
George Wahl: Joe's neighbor in Austria (now in his
80's, he also is the Former Director of the most-prestigious Spanish Riding
School, Retired)
About George: "George Wahl should be
blessed for life. If his knowledge disappears, the equestrian world and
Belgium will suffer a great
loss."
Source: Dressage Daily at
>> http://www.dressagedaily.com/1998/dd_199810/dd_19981014.html About his clinics: http://www.junior-riders.com/news/belgium/2000/wahl_april.htmlChristine Stückelberger: a regular visitor at
George's place down the road (George Wahl is Christine's mentor).
Christine is also, a 5-time Olympic medalist in
Equestrian Events, and 4-time world championship
medalist.
WEB: http://www.dressurhengste.ch/ also read her short-bio at:
"Great Olympians - Biographies" http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/biost.htm#UCC
Christine Stückelberger
Born: 1947-05-22, Switzerland
Olympic Equestrianism - Dressage (1
gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
Individual Olympics
Medals:
Gold in
1976
Bronze in
1988
Vanja
Babic: a good friend of Joe's (also, the
supervisor/trainer at a Lipizzan breeding and training center, "about 300 head
of Lip's" Joe said).
WEB: www.vanjababic.ihorse.de/
~ Western
Reining Horses in Europe ~
TINA
KÜNSTNER: Member of the Austrian National Team (also,
owns a QH breeding ranch in Oregon, where she spends "about one month per
year" Joe said). Tina's Jac-Point Quarters dominate
the NRHA rankings in Europe.
WEB: article -
www.jac-point.com/artikel-9-55-254-8.html Pictures of Tina
in action: www.jac-point.com/artikel-9-55-253-8.html Austrian Contact info:
Jac Point Quarters - Tina Künstner-Mantl und Klaus
Mantl - A-6631 Lermoos / Tirol - Tel +43(0)664-3223819 - Fax
+43(0)5673-4101
STABILIGRID - HOMEGRID:
FRENCH
BROCHURES: (Featuring Greenroofing
technology)
CERTIFICATES:
(showing both the physical characteristics and the environmental compatibility
of our systems)
German Regulatory Compliance (environmental, public
roadways certifications, etc)
SPEC
SHEETS:
OURS:
INSTRUCTION SHEETS:
~ ENVIRONMENTAL
~
NEMO = Nonpoint
Education for Municipal
Officials
Please
feel free to refer to the following URL, which has abundant information about
the NEMO project and its application.
Nonpoint Source Pollution Education for Municipal
Officials
Through various
projects and funding sources, BRPC is providing education to municipal
officials regarding polluted runoff or "nonpoint" source pollution. The
program identifies the different types of pollutants associated with different
land uses. The goal of the education program is to help municipal officials
recognize the environmental impacts of land use planning decisions. NEMO
presentations are available to all communities upon request.
<SOURCE
= http://www.berkshireplanning.org/4/1/>
MASS / GOV
also has plenty of information about NEMO, and the necessity that Municipal
Employees discontinue specifying construction standards or materials which
create NONPOINT water pollution.
(SOURCE = http://www.mass.gov/dep/service/others02.htm) >>
The importance
and "how to's" of eliminating and/or reducing NONPOINT water
pollution: