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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.

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