Sources: AmeriTex Holdings LLC, Seguin, Texas; CP staff The Lone Star State’s top concrete pipe, box culvert and precast concrete drainage structures producer recently closed a $155 million credit facility with Bank of America to combine with $530 million in senior notes raised with BofA Securites in October 2023. The financing leeway positions AmeriTex to grow capacity and product offerings for…
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Thinking Outside the Box Culvert
The American Concrete Pipe Association concluded Concrete Pipe Week 2020 last month with a graphic-rich blog posting.
Read MoreBesser integrates AMG box culvert equipment offerings
Since acquiring the AMG Rubber Gasketed Adjustable Box Culvert equipment more than a year ago, Besser Co. has been assisting precast producers across North America in lowering the costs and increasing the efficiency of box fabrication. The Besser/AMG equipment line provides ease of adjustment to seamlessly produce box culverts in a multitude of sizes, each exceeding market quality targets. The unique production method eliminates the need for continuous purchasing and storage of multiple, excess box forms.
Read MoreBesser adds box culvert form capacity in American Manufacturing deal
Sources: Besser Co., Alpena, Mich.; CP staff
Besser has acquired the product lines of Jonesboro, Ark.-based American Manufacturing Group and named company founder L. Paul Fergeson as sales consultant and box culvert specialist.
Read MoreASTM C09, C13 schedule BIM/Materials, Pipe and Culvert symposia
Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff
ASTM Committees C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and C13 on Concrete Pipe have scheduled one-day technical programs in conjunction with December meetings in Orlando.
Read MoreASTM C13 issues premier precast segmental box culvert standard
Newly published ASTM C1786, Specification for Segmental Precast Reinforced Concrete Box Sections for Culverts, Storm Drains and Sewers Designed According to AASHTO LRFD relieves producers and engineers from having to refer to ASTM standards for similar structures lacking segmental culvert design and fabrication specifics.
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