Imagine how helpful it would be to win a complex, 18,000 linear foot (5,500m) job where you expect to hand form roughly 200 feet (61m) per day, but then you find a way to slipform that job at 1,500 feet (457m) per day. Mark Bartholomew, Superintendent of A&K Slip Forming, Inc. did precisely… Read More »
Highland Park, Pittsburgh’s water reservoir is 4,700’ (1,433m) in circumference and last winter the concrete wall surrounding it was in disrepair. Bazella Group Concrete & Masonry was contracted to tear out and replace 1,500’ (457m) of the wall. But after studying the project, company president Justin Bazella approached the general contractor with the… Read More »
3D or stringless control systems for concrete slipforming equipment are becoming more popular by the season. Labor shortages, competitive bidding, and scheduling flexibility are some of the most common reasons companies choose to go stringless. Elliot Jones, Managing Partner of 3D Concrete Solutions, has a different perspective, “I looked at it as training… Read More »
Five years ago, Danielle Williams didn’t know the difference between precast curb and slipformed curb. Williams was focusing on her three boys and her interior design firm. Meanwhile, her high school sweetheart, Richard Williams, led his own asphalt maintenance company, Williams Brothers Paving, which he founded in 2000. Things were going well for… Read More »
Opened for traffic in October 2020, the 5.6-mile (9 km) Atal Tunnel in India became the world’s longest tunnel at an elevation higher than 10,000 feet (3,048 m). Connecting Manali and Keylong cities in the Himalayan mountain range, this tunnel cut travel time from six to seven hours down to two. Previously, the… Read More »
Eight miles downriver from Niagara Falls, Grand Island Senior High School suffered from forced athletic forfeits. Surrounded by the Niagara River on the United States/Canadian border, parts of Grand Island, New York, have a high water table and poor drainage. Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Brian Graham, describes how it affects their athletics, “The… Read More »
Adam Hopkins has been a Power Curber believer since “Day 1” of his introduction into the concrete business. His reasoning? Productivity. He is the Concrete Division Manager of Florida Asphalt & Concrete (FAC), a high-production curb contractor headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The concrete division of the specialty company is “all curb, all day,… Read More »
Slipformed barrier is not a common sight in British Columbia, says Power Curber 5700-C owner Dan LePoidevin, CEO of Central Interior Concrete Services Ltd. (CICS) of Williams Lake, BC. In fact, CICS is the only company in British Columbia doing slipform barriers for racetracks and the only one he knows of in Canada…. Read More »
Seven years ago, Chelcia and Jerod Lawrimore founded their paving business in Cocoa, Florida, about halfway down its Atlantic coastline. They named it Brevard Concrete Paving, after their home county, and they pride themselves on serving people and companies throughout Brevard County. They started small, with one truck and trailer, and their initial… Read More »
Three Month’s Ahead of Schedule The North-South Express Highway (NSEH) Project is a critical thoroughfare in central Vietnam that will link over 32 cities from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh. It is Vietnam’s most important transportation corridor, and road contractor Son Hai is responsible for paving the highway and slipforming a 55km (34… Read More »
