The success of the Cleveland Clinic is causing rapid growth on its campus in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Recent rankings by US News and World Report place the medical facility in the top three out of 5200 hospitals studied. A new support center being built with several methods of concrete pumping combines an underground 227,000 square […]
A unique telescopic boom concrete pump is helping to speed the $750 million expansion of New England’s Foxwoods Casino. In a first-ever arrangement, MGM has agreed to license its name to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation for the addition to this existing casino near Hartford, Connecticut. Independent Concrete Pumping, Wakefield, Massachusetts is working extensively on […]
Putting the pieces back together after the devastation of a hurricane like Katrina could mean boom or bust depending on your attitude. For Eric Kuntz, owner of SMECO, the adversity of running a business from a remote location right after the storm has turned into business as usual on the two year anniversary of Hurricane […]
There are no equipment dealers on Madeline Island, located 2.5 miles off the northern coast of Wisconsin in Lake Superior. At 14 miles long by three miles wide the island of 200 year round inhabitants had no concrete pumping service until Jim Dobson, owner of Dobson’s Elk River Construction, decided to do something about it. […]
How do you go from being a start-up company six years ago to the exclusive pumping contractor on the largest ethanol plant in the United States? “Well, my wife doesn’t see much of me and I used to think my kids slept all the time, since they would be sleeping when I left in the […]
A prototype of the new Mack TerraPro Series arrived at Schwing America recently. Since this model will also usher in the 2007 EPA certified engines there is considerable interest in the replacement for the venerable MR Macks that have been the standard for concrete pump applications. The 2007 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations regarding the […]
In a well coordinated strategy using boom pumps and separate placing booms, Big Johnson, Palm City, FL is applying the first octagonal placing boom masts used in the U.S. on the City Palms condo project in West Palm Beach. The eight-sided masts were introduced to the pumping industry by Schwing at World of Concrete 2007 […]
In the rush to build and market condominium towers it was inevitable that the term “mansion” would be applied to one of these high rise structures. And where better than Atlanta, the home of southern style and stately mansions. Here is where AJ Concrete Pumping with headquarters in Atlanta is helping to build the Mansion […]
“We just love it,” explains Rick Borowitcz, owner of R&S Concrete Pumping, Baldwin, Wisconsin with his wife Shirley. Rick is referring to the tilt-up method of concrete construction – a relative rarity in the Midwest. “It’s easy on the pumps and usually tilt-up is used on bigger structures which means more concrete pumping for big […]
A long and successful history with General Contractors Opus Corporation, Minneapolis, MN helped Twin Cities based producer/pumper Apple Valley Ready-Mix (AVR/AME) secure the concrete supply and pumping for a new campus in the northern suburb of Mounds View. The owner, Medtronics, Inc. – a rapidly expanding medical device company based in Minnesota – is building […]
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