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There is a change in leadership in the Quality Control department at the Dunn precast plant! On July 1st, Anthony Jackson assumed responsibility for the QC program in the North Carolina plant! Terry Rowland, who has been the QC Manager for many years, is moving into a new role that will have her working on...

As part of the Isle of Palms Phase 3 Drainage Project in Charleston County, SC, Thomas & Hutton designed a storm drain system at the intersection of 30th Ave and Waterway Blvd. The system included several drainage inlets and manholes, a run of triple 48” Diameter Concrete Pipe that connected to a run of 87...

Mark Thurston – Director of Continuous Improvement Mark is full of life!! He enjoys meeting new people and is very energetic and passionate about his work. While he started in manufacturing, he found his calling training and coaching others on continuous improvement. Mark firmly believes in developing “roadmaps” for success and is always learning new...

The Charleston Pipe plant team enjoyed a Celebration of Safety on May 19 at The Alley in downtown Charleston, SC. The activity recognized the plant passing 2 years without a recordable injury. That feat takes a lot of caring and attention, and it was time to acknowledge that and celebrate. Congratulations Team Charleston!

On May 16th and 17th the Platinum Safety Team conducted the 2nd Safety Audit of the year, and this time they were at Martinsburg Precast plant in West Virginia. We started the day off attending a well led safety meeting with the Martinsburg team that included an introduction of our new Continuous Improvement leader, Mark...

As part of the multi-million dollar renovation to the Albert Simons Center for the Arts, located on St. Philip Street in the heart of the College of Charleston campus, CP&P’s Summerville Precast plant provided a Box Culvert style “Storm-Pass” system to Gulf Stream Construction for the project’s underground storm water management. Because of the very...

Ed Eagle, Director of HSE & HR at Concrete Pipe & Precast was presented Robert Woodward Memorial Career Safety Award on April 19 in Chantilly, Virginia at the Heavy Construction Contractors Association (HCCA) Safety Night. This award is presented annually to recognize the career success of an exemplary safety professional each year. The award recognizes...

In a combined effort to protect the underwater ecosystem, encourage fishing and grow tourism, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Santee Cooper Country and concrete companies have partnered to create artificial reefs for lakes Marion and Moultrie in SC. On Tuesday, April 11, the last 110 concrete pipe sections (provided by CP&P) were dropped...

The Martinsburg Precast plant recently provided 54 Liner Feet of 10’ x 6’ precast box culvert for Carr Construction LLC to upsize an existing culvert at Fort AP Hill in Caroline County, VA. The run included precast parapets, grade beams and special precast wing walls. Each precast box culvert section weighed over 21,000 pounds.

Tidal Construction, Inc. recently installed 356 Linear Feet of 6’ x 3’ precast box culvert for the City of Virginia Beach Department of Public Utilities. The precast box culvert sections were designed for 0-2’ fill and included Corrosion Resistant Reinforcing (CRR) steel as per VDOT specifications. Each of the 59 sections weighed just under 6...