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Masters of Green: SFO parking garage calls for 33,000 yards of 'green' concrete
Posted by Graniterock on Mar 12, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO – Part of San Francisco International Airport’s strategic plan to better accommodate the ever increasing travel demand is to give travelers more parking options.
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Premier pipe company has deep Croatian roots
Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Feb 21, 2018
WATSONVILLE – Before owning a successful pipe company, 86-year-old Chris Kristich lived in poverty with very little education in former communist Yugoslavia.
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Santa Cruz seawall puts concrete team to the test
Posted by Kyle McLean on Jan 26, 2018
SANTA CRUZ – Graniterock’s Santa Cruz County mixer truck drivers recently wrapped up a 3,500-yard pour in which they parked their trucks on the beach as a specially designed mix was pumped to build a new retaining wall at Twin Lakes Beach.
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Construction and concrete teams pull together for new bridge in Santa Cruz
Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Aug 28, 2017
SANTA CRUZ – The Construction team had to quickly come up with an entirely new plan for a pedestrian/bike bridge over Branciforte Creek when the first pile hole being drilled by a subcontractor – 8 feet wide and 105 feet deep - collapsed due to poor soil conditions.
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Finish line in site for new BART station
Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Aug 7, 2017
SAN JOSE – Successful completion of a new station for BART to extend from Fremont into San Jose, working alongside two other major contracts, doesn’t happen without clearing some pretty high hurdles.
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Green concrete Q & A with Graniterock expert Jon Erskine
Posted by Jon Erskine on Mar 15, 2017
Green building is all the rage across the country, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area where high tech companies seek environmentally-friendly materials and sustainable practices on nearly all new construction projects.Concrete is a major component of green building.
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Dispatchers manage mixer trucks like dominoes
Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Mar 10, 2017
REDWOOD CITY – Graniterock’s concrete dispatchers rarely meet their customers in person.
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Trusted pump operator listens closely
Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Mar 6, 2017
REDWOOD CITY – Martin Hernandez fixates on his teammate 100 feet away, the one holding the end of a hose gushing wet concrete inside a giant hole slated to become an underground parking garage in downtown Redwood City.
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Graniterock joins with Verifi to improve concrete delivery
Posted by Mike McGrath on Jan 25, 2017
West Coast ready-mix concrete producer Graniterock will add Verifi® In-Transit Concrete Management system to its truck fleet, further improving its already exceptional customer service and efficiency.
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Katha Redmon chose concrete over medicine and never looked back
Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Jan 11, 2017
WATSONVILLE – Throughout college at UC Irvine, Katha Redmon planned on attending medical school and becoming a physician.
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