For those not familiar with Atlanta, Georgia, Buckhead is a community that covers approximately 20-percent of the northern metropolitan area. Comprising some of the wealthiest neighborhoods, the area acquired its name from a tavern, long since gone, that prominently displayed a large stuffed buck’s head. Located along the prestigious Peachtree Corridor, a new development called […]
Self-sufficiency is a source of pride in rural Minnesota and sometimes it just makes good business sense. For commercial and residential general contractors Wilcon Construction located in St. James, Minnesota, about 100 miles southwest of the Twin Cities, self-sufficiency means self performing as much of the construction process as possible. The purchase of a new […]
The Fontainebleau is coming to Las Vegas. The legendary hotel first opened its doors in Miami Beach in 1954. Designed by famed architect Morris Lapidus, it reigned as the top resort in one of the nation’s most popular destinations for more than half a century. In 2005, Turnberry Associates, headquartered in Aventura FL, purchased the […]
Featuring high quality designer and name brands, the Houston Premium Outlets is being built on a 25 acre site in Cypress, Texas. High quality also applies to the concrete contractor on the job. TAS Commercial Concrete is a Texas place and finish firm established in 1980 that has grown to be one of the top […]
Proving that concrete pumpers still need to be ready to educate the market, Champion Concrete Pumping, Inc. convinced a skeptical general contractor to let them use a separate placing boom and pump combination on the second tallest structure in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Parkside is a recently topped out 20 story condominium tower with views of […]
One of the design challenges of the Station Place Project in Washington DC is to relate a series of new office buildings with historic Union Station on Capital Hill. Besides being a thriving retail and restaurant venue, Union Station is very much a working hub for trains on the busy Eastern Corridor. With trains come […]
Chris Reynolds’ grandfather wakes up everyday and marvels at the current state of concrete pumping technology. “We are a third generation company and when my grandfather started in the business after the war, the company specialized in concrete pre-cast products, residential and eventually commercial concrete placement, “according to Chris. In the late 1960s, the company […]
The centerpiece at the 2007 Schwing World of Concrete Booth was an innovative octagonal mast for separate placing booms. “I saw the modular design of the mast and thought it had potential for the right project, “recalls George King, owner of Modern Concrete Pumping, Newington, Connecticut. Little did he know that the right project was […]
In what will be the tallest condominium highrise in Miami, concrete contractor Form Works, Inc. Fort Lauderdale, FL has joined forces with Cherokee Pumping of Florida, West Palm Beach, FL to take it to the top on the 67-story structure. More than a contractor/pumper relationship, Form Works is using their own separate placing boom on […]
“The season is short but the hours are long.” That’s how R.J. Stevens describes pumping concrete in Alaska. And the company can work well into the night when summer daylight is a 24 hour proposition. His company, McKinley Concrete Pumping, Wasilla, Alaska is currently pumping the largest parking structure in the state using a separate […]
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