Remote Concrete

Pogo Mine Maintenance Shop

Overview

2007 - ACT drove mixer truck, concrete pump and equipment 400 miles to Pogo Mine, which is 60 miles east of Delta Junction, deep in the Alaska Range, to produce and place close to 100 yards of cellular grout.

The owner supplied cement in super bags and ACT supplied equipment, chemicals, and personnel to produce and inject grout under the maintenance shop floor to fill the void.

Low-density grout was used as an insulation barrier between frozen ground and the warm shop floor. In addition to filling the void, the sinking 12 inch thick reinforced slab was also jacked back up about 6 inches, taking 3 days.

Iliamna Health Center

Overview

2002 - The Fastway plant and mixer truck were driven to Homer, barged, across Cook Inlet to Williamsport, trucked  over the mountains to Pile Bay, and barged across Lake Iliamna to the village of Iliamna to produce 125 yards of concrete for the health center. The contractor supplied local aggregates with cement getting shipped in super bags.

Manakotak Tank Base

Overview

2004 - ACT barged super bags and mixer truck from King Salmon, to Manakotak located on the Igushik River 30 miles from Nushagak Bay, then batched 35 yards for fuel tank base.

New Stuyahok School Construction

Overview

Spring 2007 - ACT shipped Fastway plant and 2 mixer trucks by barge and concrete pump by air to New Stuyahok, 60 miles up the Nushagak River from Dillingham to produce and test 1200+ yards of concrete for a school, some in below freezing conditions. All materials were supplied by contractor.

Mentasta Pass Bridges

Overview

2006-ACT drove a mobile mixer and cement silo 280 miles to Mentasta Pass which is on the Tok Cutoff of the Glenn Hwy 40 miles west of Tok. Aggregates were trucked in 60 miles from Glenallen to produce 600+ yards of State Class A and AA concrete on 2 new bridges.

Whittier Tunnel Expansion

Overview

As manager of Davis Concrete Inc., Terry used a computer-controlled Rex Lo-Go 5 portable batch plant with mixer trucks to produce 2000+ yards of concrete and grout for the tunnel expansion project in 1999. All equipment and materials were brought in by rail and pours had to be done during the night.

Cantwell Bridges

Overview

2003 - ACT provided quality control on batching procedures for silica-fume concrete used on overlays on 3 bridges near Cantwell, on the Parks Hwy. Materials were supplied by super bags and bulk by another ready-mix producer.

Dutch Harbor Bridge Deck

Overview

2006 - ACT provided consulting and quality control services on batching silica fume concrete in near-freezing temps for bridge deck at Dutch Harbor which is on Unalaska Island in the Aleutians. Local aggregates were used with cement getting shipped in super bags. Water had to be heated in a tank truck for batching and admixes with silica-fume were added by hand.  

Sand Point Health Clinic and Community Center

Overview

ACT shipped a Fastway batch plant and 1 mixer truck by ferry from Homer to Sand Pt, on Popof Island, near near the end of the Alaska Peninsula for these 2 projects, about 2 years apart. The Community Center took about 200 yards and the Health Clinic took about 400 yards. The contractors on both projects provided local aggregates, with super bags of cement shipped in along with admixes. ACT provided batching and quality control services.

Atka Hydro-Electric Plant

Overview

2005 - ACT shipped super bags, mixer truck, and concrete pump by barge to Atka Island which is a long way out on the Aleutians, and batched 150 yards of concrete for a hydro-electric plant.

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