High Concrete Group, LLC has begun a major production capacity upgrade at its 148-acre headquarters campus in Denver, Pa. An investment up to $8 million in new equipment, processes and facility construction will completely overhaul operations in a bid to extend the producer’s growing presence and influence in architectural precast concrete, including structural and non-structural wall elements, cladding and panels for commercial and institutional building enclosures.
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High Concrete budgets $8M for architectural precast overhaul
Sources: High Concrete Group LLC, Denver, Pa.; CP staff
High Concrete has begun a major production capacity upgrade at its 148-acre headquarters campus in eastern Pennsylvania. An investment up to $8 million in new equipment, processes and facility construction will completely overhaul operations in a bid to extend the producer’s growing presence and influence in architectural precast concrete, including structural and non-structural wall elements, cladding and panels for commercial and institutional building enclosures.
Read MoreMetromont to consolidate Carolinas precast/prestressed operations
Sources: Metromont Corp., Greenville, S.C.; CP staff
Metromont will cap a nearly $9 million investment in architectural and structural product capacity with the transfer of fabrication from a Charlotte, N.C., plant to expanded Greenville County, S.C., operations. “While we’ve seen much success with our Charlotte plant over the years, we feel that consolidating our North and South Carolina operations will allow us to improve our production efficiency and quality control and ultimately, better serve our customers,” says Metromont Carolinas Vice President & General Manager Chuck Gantt.
Read MoreASTM C09 publishes ultra-high performance concrete testing standard
Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff
The new ASTM C1856/C1856M–17 Standard Practice for Fabricating and Testing Specimens of Ultra-High Performance Concrete covers requisite procedures for a material increasingly specified in bridge deck closures, thin-section architectural precast concrete elements, and high-end, decorative furnishings or components.
Read MoreCalculated Stewardship
2016 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Chairman Chuck Prussack looks to the next generation
By Josephine Smith
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