Hanson Structural Precast Pacific, a division of Hanson Pipe & Precast and the largest manufacturer of structural precast concrete products in California, today announced that it has secured 80 acres of land in Adelanto, Calif., that will be the future site of a new plant. The plant will employ approximately 100 people and produce a variety of structures, including double-tee beams, used in the construction of parking structures, and hollow-core plank, used in various types of housing units.
“This new plant is being built in response to expanding market demand in Southern California and southern Nevada,” said Ed Wopschall, president of Hanson Structural Precast Pacific. “With the new plant, we can increase production by 100 percent and store five times more product, therefore reducing costs.”
The new facility, to be located at Koala Road and Holly Road, will feature state-of-the-art concrete batching and delivery systems. The plant will be completed in the first quarter of 2008.
Hiring for construction and labor workers at the new plant will start in early 2008. Hanson Pipe & Precast has five plants in California and employs 375 workers.
About Hanson Pipe & Precast North America
Founded in 1931, Hanson Pipe & Precast, a division of Hanson PLC, has become North America’s largest manufacturer of concrete pipe and precast concrete products, including residential and commercial building components, bridges, manholes and retaining walls.
Originally founded to provide manufacturing of concrete pipe for sewer and culvert construction, Hanson Pipe & Precast North America has grown and prospered into an organization of more than 7,800 employees and 108 plants with products available throughout the U.S. To learn more about Hanson’s quality products, services and building technology, please visit www.hansonpipeandprecast.com.
About Hanson PLC
Hanson is one of the world’s leading heavy building materials companies. It is one of the largest producers of aggregates — crushed rock, sand and gravel — and also one of the largest
producers of concrete products, clay bricks and ready-mixed concrete in the world. Its other principal products include asphalt and concrete roof tiles, and its operations are in North America, the UK, Australia, Asia Pacific and continental Europe.
Hanson operates through six divisions: Hanson Aggregates North America, Hanson Building Products North America, Hanson Aggregates UK, Hanson Building Products UK, Hanson Australia & Asia Pacific and Hanson Continental Europe.
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