GOMACO Corporation: Stringless Application Photos

11 Years Of Stringless

March 10, 1999
Northport, Alabama

The first stringless concrete curb and gutter radius was slipformed using a stringless guidance system. The technology of the GOMACO control systems makes it possible to adapt a stringless guidance system to GOMACO pavers.

The historical first radius was slipformed by a GOMACO GT-3600 curb and gutter machine.


September 20, 1999 Ida Grove, Iowa Forrest Avenue was the first city street in the U.S. to be paved with a stringless system. It was slipformed with a GOMACO two-track GP-2600 paver.

This GT-3600 concrete curb and gutter machine slipformed parking lot radii with a stringless system on a project in St. Louis, Missouri.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 37.2.

A 24 foot, 10 inch (7.6 m) wide slab that was 18 inches (457 mm) deep was slipformed stringless by a four-track GHP-2800 on the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This concrete safety barrier was slipformed by a three-track Commander III equipped with a stringless system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

This GP-4000 with two-lift paving system, IDBI and stringless control system slipformed a new highway in the Czech Republic.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 35.2.

A GOMACO three-track Commander III concrete paver slipformed curb and gutter without the use of stringline in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A GT-3600 slipformed a 2.5 mile (4 km) long section of barrier wall on Slovakia's Motorway D1 without the use of stringline.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 35.2.

A four-track GHP-2800 concrete slipform paver, equipped with a stringless 3D guidance package, paved passes 21.7 inches (550 mm) thick with a female keyway in the side of the slab on the London Heathrow T5 runway project.

The GOMACO four-track Commander III was used to slipform the floor and two evacuation walkways in the Channel Tunnel Rail Link connecting London, England, to Europe.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 33.1.


This contractor slipformed 7728 cubic yards (5908 m³) of concrete in a 12.5-hour day at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. The PS-2600 placer/spreader and GHP-2800 paver were equipped with a 3D stringless system. Read more about this project in GOMACO World 37.2.	Two total stations are used on the Interstate 64 project in St. Louis, Missouri. One controls the GOMACO 9500 trimmer while the other one is used for grade accuracy checks. Read more about this project in GOMACO World 36.3.

This contractor used their GHP-2800, equipped with a 3D stringless guidance system, to slipform the new terminal and apron at the Indianapolis Airport in Indiana.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 34.1.

A Commander III slipformed stringless curb and gutter with a 3D system on a project in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A total station tracked the progress of a 9500 trimmer as it worked on a project in St. Louis, Missouri.

This GHP-2800, equipped with a stringless guidance system, slipformed 10.3 miles (16.6 km) of continuously reinforced concrete pavement on the C40/A10 freeway connecting Brussels to Ostend, Belgium.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 32.1.

The 9500, equipped with stringless technology, trimmed the cement-treated base down to the six inch (152 mm) specification on this project in Ohio.

Read more about this project in GOMACO World 33.1.


A stringless GP-4000 slipformed a 24 inch (610 mm) thick slab at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.	Barrier wall on Highway E411 in Belgium was slipformed with a 3D stringless guidance system.


The 9500 trimmer and GP-2600 slipform paver were equipped with the stringless system on this Albuquerque, New Mexico, project. Read more about this project in GOMACO World 29.2.	This GHP-2800 two-track slipformed stringless on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. The project was 18.75 feet (5.7 m) wide and 15 inches (381 mm) thick. Read more about this project in GOMACO World 33.1.


The grades on these projects (Sydney, Australia - left; and Albuquerque, New Mexico - right) were trimmed to exacting specifications with 9500s equipped with a stringless system. Read more about the New Mexico project in GOMACO World 29.2.


This contractor used a GOMACO 9500 trimmer with a stringless system on a project in Scottsdale, Arizona.	A GHP-2800, equipped with a stringless system, slipformed slabs 21.7 inches (550 mm) thick on the T5 project at London Heathrow Airport. Read more about this project in GOMACO World 32.1.