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January 2012: Savannah, GA - Oldcastle Precast, currently working with Hunt/Mills, a Joint Venture, is providing unique rear-chase precast concrete prison cells and modular building components for the new $71 million expansion of the Chatham County Detention Center in Georgia.
<p>December 14, 2011: Selkirk, NY- Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. recently awarded the precast concrete building contract for Avalon Natick, a new luxury high-rise apartment community in Massachusetts, to Oldcastle Precast Building Systems, of New York. The new luxury apartment complex is located at 5 Chrysler Road in Natick, a premier location in one of the most desirable MetroWest areas of Boston.</p>
NOVEMBER 2011: San Diego, CA - Oldcastle Precast, a leading U.S. precast concrete manufacturer, is in the process of manufacturing and installing four hundred and sixty one precast concrete manholes and pull boxes for the communication system upgrades at Camp Pendleton, California as part of the United States Marine Corps $103.4 million base wide utilities infrastructure upgrades.
OCTOBER 2011- Douglas County, Oregon: Oldcastle Precast, of Nampa, Idaho supplied 3,000 feet of precast concrete pipe, elbow, transition pieces and manholes for the out-flow pipe and the in-flow pipe of PacifiCorp’s Lemolo No. 2 tailrace re-routing project in Douglas County, Oregon.
AUGUST 2011: Albany, NY - The State University of New York (SUNY) - Albany is constructing a new $60 million, all precast concrete, 500 bed apartment-style dormitory on the southeast portion of the Uptown campus, named "Liberty Terrace". The Liberty Terrace complex will be located east of the pond behind Indian Quad adjacent to the Boor Sculpture Studio.
August 2011: Scottsdale, Arizona — Oldcastle Precast, Inc., a premier provider of precast concrete products, today announced that it has acquired Enviro-Systems Corporation for an undisclosed amount.
AUGUST 2011 – Auburn, WA: Oldcastle Precast, Inc. of Auburn, Washington was awarded the Washington State Safe Fleet of the Year Award presented by the Washington State Patrol and Washington Trucking Association. The Safe Fleet of the Year honor was for private carrier fleets based in Washington State that drive under 5 million miles per year.
JULY 2011: HAZELTON, PA- Oldcastle Precast, Inc. - Croydon is providing all reinforced precast concrete pipe, approximately 15,000 feet and 62 RCP pipe fittings for the large drainage project along Route 93 Broad St., Hazleton, Luzerne County as part of the “Broad Street Betterment Program “.
JULY 2011: NORTHAMPTON, MA – Oldcastle Precast delivered 176 custom designed precast footings to Renewable Sales, LLC., a Massachusetts – based leading wholesale distributor of photovoltaic and solar thermal energy products to complete the construction of the largest photovoltaic solar system to date, in the city of Northampton, at the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School.
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JUNE 2011: Idaho Falls, ID - Oldcastle Precast, Inc. secured a 1.1 million dollar nuclear vault project involving the construction of (36) thirty-six nuclear canister storage vaults for the Department of Energy’s new Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) - Idaho National Laboratory Facility (INL). The nuclear canister storage vaults are part of the $570 million INL Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) which will start turning 900,000 gallons of sodium-bearing liquid waste into a stable granular material ready for permanent disposal.
May 2011: Atlanta, Georgia — Oldcastle Precast, Inc., a premier provider of precast concrete products, today announced that it has acquired select assets of Duratek Precast Technologies, Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
APRIL 2011- Boston, MA: Oldcastle Precast, Inc. was contracted to design, engineer and manufactured the high-level accessible platforms at the Morton Street Station in Boston, MA which required renovation and accessibility upgrades as part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ‘s (MBTA) $ 37 million Fairmount Commuter Rail Rehabilitation Project.
March 2011 - Oldcastle Precast. Inc.‘s patent pending Storm Capture modular stormwater detention system is an underground structural precast concrete system for stormwater management. Storm Capture can be used for infiltration, detention, or retention and reuse, as well as for treatment-train systems.
March 2011 Telford, PA/ Savanna, GA : Oldcastle Precast Modular, currently working with Hunt/Mills, a Joint Venture , will be providing the precast concrete prison cells and building components for the new $71 million - 330,000 square-foot expansion of the Chatham County Detention Center in Georgia.
March 2011 Tampa, FL –- Oldcastle Precast, Inc. had the unique opportunity to manufacture and install one of their cutting-edge precast products-- Storm Capture Module System, a subsurface storm water detention structure, specifically engineered and designed to accommodate both the storm water storage capacity demands and the load-bearing needs of the land use above them, at the new Horizon Bay Congregate Living Facility located in Tampa, Florida.
March 2011 - Eastanollee, GA: The Oldcastle Precast, Inc. Eastanollee plant employees celebrated 10 years without a lost-time accident on Friday February 4, 2011, a streak that began January 22, 2001.
Oldcastle Precast Manufactures Special Precast Sewer Pipes and Fittings for Philadelphia’s Interstate 95 – Cottman / Princeton Ramp Project
Oldcastle Precast announced that it has signed an agreement with Cincinnati Nature Center to install an AlgaePac Packaged Wastewater Treatment System at the Rowe Woods location in Milford, OH.
Oldcastle Precast Provides Special Foundation for Communications Site on top of Red Table Mountain
October 2010 California – Oldcastle Precast was contracted by Synergy Electric to design, engineer and manufacture the precast solar panel ballasted foundations for the more than 6,000 solar panels that cover 6 acres. The $ 9 million NAVFAC solar energy project is located on top of an old landfill on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA, known as the Box Canyon Landfill. The Camp Pendleton solar project is the Navy’s largest photovoltaic system in San Diego County funded by federal stimulus money. The photovoltaic system will provide almost 1.5 mega watts of renewable energy, enough to provide electricity to power 400 homes.
Sept 21, 2010 - CROYDON, Pa./PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Engineers will receive Professional Development Hours at the upcoming Oldcastle Precast plant tour, pipe demonstration and live equipment presentation with featured guest speaker, Jack Lettiere, former New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner.
 www.CNBC.com July 2010 - Innovative new foundations by Oldcastle Precast decrease site preparation and present a high degree of flexibility when determining the location of small-wind installations.
 Modular Foundations for Small Wind.pdf BELLEVUE, WA, USA - July 25 2008 - Ascentium agency would like to publicly thank Oldcastle Precast (OCP), the United States leading manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete and plastic enclosure solutions for nominating their business for the Microsoft Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year Award.
Download Full Release (89.2 KB) Telford, Pa, May, 2002—Oldcastle Precast Modular Group has recently been awarded the contracts to design, manufacture, deliver and erect the jail cells for both the MCI Concord Correctional Facility Expansion in Massachusetts and the Ontario County Jail in Canadaigua, New York.
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By Matthew Phair – Suffolk Construction leads the effort to create a new music and performing arts center at the site of 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
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Monday, May 22, 2006—CRH plc announces the following senior management changes at Oldcastle Inc., the holding company for CRH’s American operations which have annualised sales of approximately US$10 billion. These changes are effective July 1st 2006.
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Habitat for Humanity of Westchester County has broken ground on extraordinary new housing units just north of New York City that feature a next-generation CarbonCast prefabricated concrete technology utilizing embedded carbon fiber grid reinforcement that promises to deliver dramatic improvements in long-term performance and value over conventional wood-framed housing.
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July 23, 2007-Leading Plastics Enclosures Products Company Acquired by CRH plc Division
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February 14, 2008—One week to reconstruct and remodel every room — an entire house — does not allot much time for building a foundation,
let alone a finished basement, which many new homeowners wait years to construct. Enter, stage right: the Oasis Foundation Wall System
donated by Oldcastle Precast, establishes an all-new timetable for build-out.
Download Full Release (252k PDF) Oldcastle Precast in Baltimore, MD, a producer of total precast concrete building systems, has been certified in a proven quality assurance program committed to superior products and service.
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