Better than ever. Over half a century ago, the husband and wife team of Carl and Bertha Burkhart founded Arrow Concrete in Connecticut. Today, not only is Arrow still managed by the Burkhart clan, they’ve grown bigger than ever. And with a little help from ACT, more productive than ever, too. Arrow Concrete Project
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Growing in an expanding market. With an expanding market and a tapped-out production facility in New Jersey, the 30 year old Concrete Stone & Tile, a manufacturer of interlocking paving stones and Versa-Lok retaining wall systems, had no choice but to expand. So operations manager Bill McGuire, a longtime veteran of the industry, knew just
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Northeast Precast Concrete Association (NEPCA) held their summer open house at the Michie Corporation in Henniker, NH. The open house was attended by several ACT representatives, including President Max Hoene and Vice President Erik Johansen. See the gallery here
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A couple of years ago . . . Rob Dalmaray, President of Dalmaray Concrete Products, set out to install a new plant in his Janesville, WI operation. Twenty years after he joined the company his father started, Rob decided it was time to make the move from truck-delivered ready-mix concrete to on-site self-compacting concrete. The
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The plant will produce thousands of individual segments to meet the need for more than 1,400 complete reinforcement rings. The total volume of concrete required by the tunnel liner will amount to approximately 118,000 cubic yards. The plant expansion includes nearly 41,100 additional square feet of enclosed space, a rail-based carousel production line and flying
Increasing output while maintaining quality standards . . . ACT was brought in to Hanson Pipe & Products; El Mirage, Arizona facility to design and install a mixing batching plant that had to significantly boost production and make the most of previously installed equip-ment from another vendor. Hanson El Mirage Project
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Organized by the Homes of Hope program and Youth With a Mission (YWAM) in Tijuana, the home build project brought together 22 people including Rosetta manufacturers, vendors, and staff. Read the full article here.
Old Castle realized . . . The Ramsey, MN plant needed to move away from ready-mix concrete. “The costs of a ready-mix operation were just eating into our profits too much”, says plant engineer Jeff Lazar. “We really wanted to migrate to self–compacting concrete, but we knew how intricate and detailed the process was. Fortunately
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Back in October of 2001 . . . The Oldcastle Precast plant of Concord, NC was devastated by a fire that swept through the entire facility. But in the face of misfortune, Oldcastle decided to rebuild immediately. And they decided to take full advantage of the situation by upgrading with the best in the industry
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