Office of Carl E. Woodward

New Orleans, Louisiana

Carl E Woodward is in the construction stage for its new home office on the corner of Jefferson Davis Parkway and Earhart Boulevard in New Orleans.  Woodward is the general contractor for this 18 million dollar job.  The first product sold on this job was geotextile fabric (Terratex GS) for the sub grade.

Zinsel Glass was awarded the contract for all glass going into the building. I sold Zinsel Dow Corning 795 Gray in sausage rolls, 7/8’’ soft type backer rod, 1 1/8’’ soft type backer rod and accessories for caulking and glazing.

Coast Concrete Services from Lacombe, LA received the contract for the paving and miscellaneous concrete on the job. CMC CS is supplying all paving accessories such as 6’’x12’’ 0/1 welded wire fabric, 5 ½’’ Dayton Superior screed key, 6’’ merch grade redwood, dowel bars, tie bars, curing compound, and all other accessories.

The office building is scheduled to be finished by the beginning of November.  As a whole, CMC CS has supplied the majority of materials for the project.

Huey P. Long Bridge Widening

Louisiana

The Huey P. Long Bridge opened in 1935 and was the first crossing over the Mississippi River. The bridge allowed for both car and railroad traffic through New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, in 2006, the state of Louisiana embarked on a seven-year project to widen the bridge. The project will add an additional travel lane and inside and outside shoulders on each side.

John Humbrecht (43) is working with Kiewitt Massman Traylor Constructors on this project and has sold slab and beam bolsters, form release, curing compound, joint sealants, epoxies, forming hardware, bonding agents, grouts, overhang brackets, geotextiles, and power equipment on this project.

Houston Dynamo Stadium

Houston, Texas

The Houston Dynamo Soccer team will be moving into a new 22,000-seat stadium next spring. The one concourse stadium will give fans a close view of the action with only 8 rows of seats separating the suite level from the field. This will give fans the closest view from the suite level in Houston and in the country.

Manhattan Construction is the General Contractor and JLG Structures is the concrete subcontractor. This project includes both poured in place and tilt-up elements. CMC Construction Services has provided products for the slab package which include expansion joint material, vapor barrier and cure as well as several other products. CMC Construction Services is also providing Power Shep Lift inserts, brace inserts, bondbreaker and engineering services (both embed layout and lift & brace design for the tilt-up panels. The panel engineering on this project is very complex since some of the panels are set at different angles and the reveal in the face of the panels also runs in random lengths and angles. Once the wall panels are lifted the reveal pattern will simulate a soccer ball.

Spanky Boutell (51) is working with JLG Structures on this project and Carlos Duarte (Houston – Engineering) is involved with the engineering and is in direct contact with the project manager and superintendent on site.

Click Houston Dynamo Live Webcam to see a live feed of this project.

Thanks to Jimmie Ballard for providing this story.

Memorial Drive Improvements

Bixby, Oklahoma

 The City of Bixby contracted 2000 ft. of sidewalk with a colored border. The specs for the project specified color hardener being thrown to create the colored border. Steve Roberts and Dana Todd, Tulsa location, held a hands-on demonstration of integral color and stamps to show Tri-Star Construction it was a better solution than using powdered color hardener.

Once the job was complete the Superintendent was pleased with how quick, easy and less messy the product was compared to using bagged powdered integral color. Dana Todd also sold expansion joint, Visqueen and sealant on this project.

Tom Brown (Area Manager) said, “This hands on service after the sale is what our competitors do  not do for customers and that is why we are beating them!”

Thanks to Dana Todd and Steve Roberts for their hard work and commitment.

Amarillo Branch Open House

Amarillo, Texas

Our Amarillo branch held an Open House on August 25^th for area contractors, engineers and architects. More than 100 industry affiliates attended the event which featured a barbeque lunch, vendor demonstrations and giveaways. Some of the prize winners included Jason Ashby with Wiley Hicks, Casey King with Old Pal and Travis Bourne with Kiewit.

Thanks to Reid Harmon (22), Alex Cristan (14), Greg Krause (14) and all the employees from the Amarillo location (17) for making this event a success.

Knights Cross Elementary

San Antonio, Texas

Summit Builders is constructing Knights Cross in San Antonio, Texas.  Texcon is the acting concrete subcontractor on the 125,500-square-foot campus that will feature 55 classrooms and will have the capacity of 1,200 students. This campus will be a LEED certified facility.

This is an elevated deck job with 8 sections (footprints)(A-H). This has been a joint effort with James Beaird (51) and Carlos de la Santos (02) selling a complete package of products including generators, Shep Tube, several performance products, plywood, vapor barrier, rebar etc.

Two Medicine River Bridge

Browning, Montana

The Two Medicine River Bridge is currently under construction in Browning, Montana.   R.L. Wadsworth Construction is replacing the existing bridge that is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete with a new structure. The bridge is located in Montana near the East Glacier National Park. The new bridge will be 761-feet long and cross 150-feet above the Two Medicine River.

Jona Salas (76-Engineering) designed a system using Meva Imperial and Symons Soldier Beam to construct the new bridge and Dennis Lewis (76) sold the forming products. Our Houston Engineering department assisted with stamping the drawings upon completion.

I-244 Double Decker Bridge

Tulsa, Oklahoma

A new double-decker bridge is being constructed over the Arkansas River by Manhattan Road & Bridge. The bridge will incorporate highway lanes on the top with two dedicated future rail lines and an area for bicycle and pedestrian traffic underneath.

Dana Todd (26) has sold pier boots, concrete cage rollers, compaction equipment, bar ties, chain come-a-long and concrete vibrators on this $78 million project. Finally, form lumber, ties and slab bother will be sold to provide a complete package of bridge supplies to Manhattan.

MAPEI Technical Training

Garland, Texas

MAPEI is a new product line for CMC that is being introduced into the Houston market. MAPEI specializes in the production of adhesives and complimentary products for the installation of all types of floor and wall coverings. MAPEI offers technical training for distributors through its Technical Institute providing information on surface preparation, tile and stone installation, floor-coving installation and concrete restoration.

This week Warren Stapleton (51) and James Beaird (51) attended the concrete restoration classes in Garland, TX. The training provided information on levelers, toppings, moisture mitigation, waterproofing and concrete repair products.

The American Institute of Architects 2011 Conference

New Orleans, Louisiana

On May 12-14, the AIA hosted its national convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Commercial Metals participated with a booth that represented CMC divisions from throughout the company.  Jimmie Ballard, National Tilt-Up Product Manager, represented CRP and educated architects & engineers about the benefits of CMC’s tilt-up products and services.

The (3) day event brought in the top design professionals and more than 800 exhibitors from around the country.  Along with the expo there were 200+ planned program offerings, including pre-convention workshops, theme presentations and continuing education learning units (CEUs).  AIA is the leading professional membership association for licensed architects, emerging professions and allied partners and has nearly 300 state and local chapters.