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Assurance Committee created the event to broaden the recognition of top-scoring plants. The Top 25 list represents the top 10 percent of the scores in the plant certification program (companies are presented in alphabetical order): A.C. Miller Concrete Products Inc., Blairsville, Pa. Bethlehem Precast Inc., Bethlehem, Pa. By-Crete, Lebanon, Pa. C.R. Barger & Sons Inc., Kingston, Tenn. Dutchland Inc., Gap, Pa. H2 Pre-Cast Inc., East Wenatchee, Wash. Hanson Pipe & Precast, Jackson, Miss. Hanson Pipe & Precast, Kissimmee, Fla. Hanson Pipe & Precast, Summerville, S.C. J.E. Hill Precast, Leesburg, Fla. Kistner Concrete Products Inc., Lockport and Springville plants, Lockport, N.Y. Mack Vault of Toledo Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio Marsh Products, Durand, Mich. Michie Corp., Henniker, N.H. Midwest Tile & Concrete, Woodburn, Ind. Modern Precast Concrete, Ottsville, Pa. Oldcastle Precast Inc. dba Afco Precast, Middle Island, N.Y. Permatile Concrete Products Co., Bristol, Va. Precon Products, Simi Valley, Calif. Pro-Cast Products Inc., Highland, Calif. Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries Inc., Dayton, Ohio Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries Inc., Knoxville, Tenn. Southern Precast Inc., Alachua, Fla. Standard Traffic Controls Inc., Spokane, Wash. Wieser Concrete Products Inc., Maiden Rock, Wis. SMITH-MIDLAND'S FIRST-PLACE CUP AWARD PROJECT FEATURED 106,000 SQUARE FEET OF PRECAST CLADDING ON THIS LUXURY HIGH-RISE. ABOVE GROUND CATEGORY First Place: Smith-Midland Corp. Jefferson at Inigo’s Crossing Jefferson at Inigo’s Crossing is a luxury apartment complex that is strong, functional and cost-effective with the exterior clad entirely with precast concrete – all 106,000 square feet of it. Using its Slenderwall system of precast panels detailed with brick and limestone finishes, Smith-Midland created a look that blends in perfectly with the surrounding neighborhood. The panels at the top of the building are load-bearing to accommodate the roof loadings. In addition to the cost and time savings, the use of Slenderwall panels allowed for significantly upgraded architectural detailing at an economical price. Creative Use of Precast Awards showcase possibilities of precast One look at the winning projects in the 2007 Creative Use of Precast award program shows the almost infinite range of possibilities for designing and building with precast concrete products. The CUP Awards were presented Feb. 9 at NPCA’s Salute to Excellence. An independent panel of precast experts judged the entries in Above Ground and Underground categories. This year’s winning projects range from a luxury high-rise apartment complex to a tornado shelter for a mobile home in the Above Ground category, and from a sewer diversion that protects a fish habitat to a double three-sided box culvert bridge design in the Underground category. Here’s a summary of the winning projects: 60 MARCH/APRIL 2008 | PRECAST INC. Second Place (tie): Barbour Concrete Co. Mobile Tornado Steps Barbour Concrete’s mobile home step tornado shelter is a heavy precast product that is unaffected by a mobile home’s skirting and non-airtight underpinnings. Weighing in at 4,000 pounds, the four-step model anchors securely to the ground from the inside of the steps, eliminating chances for air to pressurize beneath the structure and, in some instances, flipping the structure up and over. The steps’ concrete is fiber-reinforced with a cast-in steel cage. Much like a typical staircase, the shelter is used for ingress and egress from the mobile home. A heavy-gauge steel door opens and latches from both sides.

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