Finfrock reinforces South Florida presence with new $36M plant

Sources: Finfrock, Apopka, Fla.; CP staff Design-build and precast, prestressed specialist Finfrock expects to invest upward of $40 million in production facilities and administrative offices at Glades Gateway Commerce Park in Belle Glade, Fla. An advanced satellite to the producer’s flagship located just north of Orlando, the 140,000-sq.-ft. operation will better serve commercial developers in Palm Beach, Dade and Broward counties as…

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Eagle Roofing eyes second Florida concrete tile plant

Sources: Eagle Roofing Products, Rialto, Calif.; CP staff  Eagle Roofing Products Florida, LLC has engaged a national commercial real estate broker to locate a Sunshine State property for a satellite to its Sumterville concrete tile plant, with both operations supporting a Palm Beach warehouse and stocking facility opened earlier this year. 

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GCC completes $100M, 450M-mt Dacotah mill expansion

Sources: Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, S.A.B. de C.V., Mexico; CP staff 

GCC of America is ramping up new equipment at its Rapid City, S.D., Dacotah cement plant, where work on a $100 million capacity expansion began in 2016. Upgrades increase annual capacity to 1,167,000 metric tonnes and are expected to reduce variable costs. Overall production suspended during a late-2018 tie-in phase for new equipment has resumed.

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Bayshore Concrete commits to $4 million flagship plant, harbor upgrade

In conjunction with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Bayshore Concrete Products has announced expansion of its Cape Charles headquarters operation, along with infrastructure improvements in the harbor connecting the site to the Chesapeake Bay. The $4 million undertaking was subject to competition with Maryland, New York and New Jersey, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership working with Cape Charles and Northampton County to secure the project for Virginia. Governor McAuliffe approved a $150,000 grant from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund to assist Northampton County and Cape Charles with the project.

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