General contractor Devon Industrial Group, Detroit, Mich., brought in operators and equipment from pumping contractor Cross Concrete Pumping, Melvindale, Mich., to complete the foundation for a 10-story residence hall on the Wayne State University Campus in Detroit. “The excavation is L-shaped,” said Frank Ferretti, Vice President of Operations for Cross. “From the bend outward, each […]
“To formalize the guideline for the design, manufacture, testing, safe use, inspection and maintenance of concrete pumps for the North American market.” “The CPMA was organized not only to establish industry safety standards, but to promote those minimum standards to the extent that they become regulation,” says CPMA President Tom Anderson, also President of Schwing […]
Most concrete pump owners consider boom inspections a voluntary part of maintaining their fleet. But insuring the safety of a pumping fleet is priceless for crews, operators and owners. According to the Concrete Pump Manufacturers Association (CPMA) Safety Standards Section 27-2.1 a boom inspection falls under the “frequent inspections” category. This denotes that a qualified […]
Over the last thirty years, contractors have embraced the convenience, quality and efficiency a concrete pump brings to the job. Along the way, concrete pump manufacturers pushed the envelope by developing state-of-the-art technology to meet the needs of industrial, commercial and state-owned projects. Schwing America, Inc., White Bear, MN, developed the S 61 SX. Once […]
Since construction began in 2002, four concrete pumps have played significant roles in erecting the substructure and creating precast roadway segments for the Skyway portion of the new San-Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Project owners call the new $2.6 billion, 2.18-mile structure a combination of bridges: the signature suspension bridge, the Skyway viaduct, the Oakland Touchdown and […]
Since April of 2003, Denver-based Brundage-Bone has supplied a KVM 39 separate placing boom and an innovative application of a standard Schwing mounting system to the site of the new, $369 million bond-funded Hyatt Hotel. Previously teamed on the construction of the Colorado Convention Center Expansion in downtown Denver, the concrete pumper and general contractor […]
Extensive pre-pour planning and refurbished pumping equipment helped achieve the efficient completion of a 6,000-yard monolithic mat in Daytona Beach Shores, FL in April. Construction Manager John T. Callahan & Sons, Inc., Daytona Beach Shores, FL, and general contractor W.G Yates & Sons Construction Co., Atlanta, GA, awarded the pumping work to C & C […]
Concrete boom pumps with enormous reach are typically attributed to enormous projects posing near-impossible challenges. In truth, concrete pumps equipped with long booms have a place on every project requiring a little extra reach. For example, since March Allen Concrete Pumping, Naples, FL, has utilized an extraordinary boom pump on a seemingly ordinary project. The […]
Cross Concrete Pumping, operating from their Melvindale, MI plant, is a year and three months into a two-year contract on a retention basin project commissioned by Oakland County, MI. The George W. Kuhn Drain project will require a total of 108,000 cubic yards of pumped concrete, including one giant 4-foot thick mat, 600 20-foot high […]
George Brock 1932-2004 It was with great sadness that the industry mourned the death of George Brock in Richton, MS on February 11, 2004. As the owner of Hercules Concrete Pumping, headquartered in Houston, TX, Brock was one of the pioneers in the pumping business with innumerable achievements that helped establish concrete pumps as a […]
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