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• Degrees of resiliency, p. 6
• Jensen Precast @ 50, p. 24
• Argos’ closed CO2 loop, p. 35
• PCI Chairman’s Report, p. 38
• ACPA Chairman’s report, p. 42
• Precast pavement panels, p. 46
• Fine calcium carbonates, p. 60
CONCRETEPRODUCTS.COM
APRIL 2018
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NEWS SCOPEPRODUCERS
One of the largest family owned operators in underground products for
commercial building and local, state or federal agency infrastructure
celebrated five decades in business earlier this year.
“We started as a one-man operation and now employ more than
800 workers throughout Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada,”
says Donald Jensen, founder and chief executive officer of Sparks,
Nev.-based Jensen Precast. “As we celebrate our milestone 50th anni-
versary, my personal thanks to every employee, customer, and vendor
who help make Jensen Precast a thriving success.”
The producer engineers and fabricates highly durable products
or structures for water, energy, transportation, and telecommunica-
tion markets. Among a robust portfolio, it delivers precast concrete
manhole structures, septic tanks, utility vaults, water pipelines,
stormwater management systems, highway barriers and bridge com-
ponents—all designed for expedient and precise installation.
“For five decades Jensen Precast has provided high quality
products and services for customers ranging from residential neigh-
borhoods to multinational corporations,” affirms President Eric
Jensen. “We’re a family owned company that constantly engages
next generation skills and expertise. We work hard to help set the
standards that move the industry forward.”
Jensen Precast marks 50 years in operation
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Donald Jensen began casting concrete parking curbs as a teen-
ager and Reno High School student. After founding the business
in 1968 with a single facility in Reno, he expanded operations
10 years later with a Las Vegas plant and forged a solid template
for future business opportunities. Over the next four decades,
Jensen Precast grew in scale and reputation, opening branches
across California, Hawaii, and Arizona. The company continues
to introduce new products in step with market demands, includ-
ing stormwater and onsite wastewater management systems to
help address increasing environmental considerations. — www.
JensenPrecast.com/50th
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NEWS SCOPEPRODUCERS
A HOLE-IN-ONE FOR PRECAST ARCHES
Twenty Jensen Precast arch culverts were installed during phase
one of a golf cart tunnel for Copper Canyon Golf Club at the Sun
City Festival, an age-restricted community in Buckeye, Ariz.
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INNOVATIONSPIPE & PRECAST
Con Cast, Jensen premier Schlusselbauer’s HDPE lining technology
Perfect Pipe is serving users in Ontario and Arizona, thanks to Con Cast Pipe and Jensen Precast.
Schlusselbauer North America has
recently introduced The Perfect Tech-
nology for wet cast concrete pipe and
manholes, enabling U.S. and Cana-
dian drainage structure producers to
add high density polyethyene-lined
offerings for sanitary sewer and
aggressive applications. The manufac-
turer presents Perfect Pipe as an ideal
combination of HDPE conduit and high
strength concrete structure, fulfilling
essential demands for effluent dis-
posal. Lined pipe exhibits resistance to
chemical attack; static load capacity,
including in vehicle traffic conditions;
and, ease of handling on site.
Perfect Pipe sewer lines can be con-
structed with or without integrated
gaskets and reinforced or plain con-
crete. Thanks to the Perfect Connector,
no field welding of the liner is required
during installation. The connector also
protects the line against infiltration
and exfiltration. The 1.65- to 3-mm
thick Perfect liner is abrasion resis-
tant; equal to chemical exposure up
to a pH of 1.0; and, fastened to pipe
walls with anchors rated at 56-lb.
withdrawal resistance.
The premier North American Per-
fect Pipe sources are Ontario’s Con
Cast Pipe and Nevada’s Jensen Pre-
cast. The former delivered 206 meters
of 600-mm diameter product installed
at 9.5-meter depth for a Regional
Municipality of Peel sanitary sewer
line. Jensen Precast delivered 16-in.
diameter Perfect Pipe for a Pima
County, Ariz., sewer line subject to
high flow volume and static loading.
— Schlusselbauer North America,
Nashville, 615/742-7274; www.sbt-na.
biz,www.sbm.at