You wouldn’t think a commercial fisherman would know much about slipforming, unless you’ve met Greg Brock. “I fished in the Bering Sea for seven seasons up in Alaska,” Greg says. “In my seasons off, I would work for an old concrete contractor that taught me a lot. Becoming a concrete contractor… Read More »
Location: Interstate 26, east of Columbia, SC Customer: Southern Concrete & Construction, Inc., Anderson, SC Project: Construction of new highway safety barrier Application: 30,000 linear feet (9,144 m) of barrier on existing interstate with narrow work zone and sensors running under machine in parapet setup Specifications: 56″ (1.4… Read More »
The Power Paver SF-2700 was recognized by Roads & Bridges Magazine as a 2015 Contractor’s Choice Award winner. Each year, the readers of Roads & Bridges vote for equipment in specific categories; the SF-2700 won the Silver award in the Concrete Pavers category for the second year in a row. The… Read More »
Congratulations to Power Pavers customers Streb Construction Co., Inc. and Metro Pavers, Inc. on being honored by the Iowa Concrete Paving Association (ICPA) at its 51st Annual Concrete Paving Workshop. Streb Construction received special recognition for their work on Taxiway Echo at the Cedar Rapids airport. Metro Pavers won recognition… Read More »
It didn’t take Sam Craghead long in the slipform industry to realize that the first curb machine he owned wasn’t good for his business. Of that non-Power Curber machine, Craghead says, “We didn’t like it from the moment we purchased it. It was hard to load on a transport – big and… Read More »
W.O.E. Construction Inc. knows a lot about concrete. They’ve spent over 10 years doing concrete sawing, coring, sealing, stamping, staining, and more. But they regularly had customers ask them about slipforming barrier walls, something the crew at W.O.E. had never done. Their philosophy on adding work and equipment is simple: match high-quality… Read More »
Be sure to join us in Las Vegas February 3-6 for World of Concrete 2015. Our booth will be located in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth number C5412. We will be displaying the number one selling concrete curb & gutter machine in the world, the Power Curber… Read More »
Power Curbers and Topcon Positioning Systems presented the Millimeter GPS 3D Expo on December 3 & 4 at the Power Curbers Headquarters in Salisbury, NC. This joint event highlighted the features of Topcon’s Millimeter GPS machine controls on a Power Curber 5700-C slipform machine. Attendees had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with… Read More »
From a young age, Barry Schlouch wanted to be the best at the task at hand. “I grew up on a farm and wanted to be the best farmer I could be. Now, I’m not farming today, but I got a lot out of it,” he says. Barry started Schlouch Incorporated in… Read More »
Nation Wide Slipforming of Sydney, Australia, recently used their 5700-C-MAX to complete a unique and complicated 6 km (3.73 mile) slotted drain pour as part of the M5 West widening project in Sydney. Slotted drains are a relatively simple concept, poured using an inflated polymer-based tube that is fed into the front… Read More »
