Why Tour a Concrete Pipe and Precast Plant?
Seeing first-hand how concrete pipe, precast manhole structures and box culverts are made is a great way to better understand the process of designing, specifying and installing/inspecting concrete drainage products.
What Will You See?
- Reinforcing steel fabrication and placement in the forms
- Concrete mixing and filling of the forms
- Consolidation, vibration of forms
- Kiln curing process
- Tour of completed concrete products storage (shipping staging area)
- Quality control (QC) lab and demonstration of QC procedures
- Short presentation on concrete pipe and precast manufacturing process
Let’s Schedule a Tour!
Give us a call or email to set something up for you and your office colleagues.
Tours are customizable, lasting as little as 1 hour, or as long as 3 or 4 hours depending on your availability and interest in seeing the finer points of concrete pipe manufacturing.
Additional info
- PDH certificates: We’ll issue PDH continuing education certificates to PE’s and others requesting them.
- Lunch: We typically provide lunch (or coffee/donuts if it’s an earlier morning tour).
- Safety gear: We’ll confirm what’s needed prior to your tour, but appropriate footwear is definitely needed. We typically provide hard hat, safety vest and goggles.
