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MCPX 2006 Wrap-Up

With Disneyland down the street, sunny skies overhead and the ocean just a few miles away, the 2006 MCPX carried on its traditional classy show at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.

The Manufactured Concrete Products Exposition brought together 343 exhibitors spread over 103,000 net square feet for about 6,000 attendees.

MCPX is a partnership with NPCA, the American Concrete Pipe Association, the National Concrete Masonry Association, the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute, and joining for the first year the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.

The annual NPCA Convention will move to the fall in conjunction with the Industry Outlook Conference, which will be held in St. Louis Nov. 3-6. This will allow more time to concentrate on education and trade show matters during MCPX. At the annual convention, the Board of Directors will elect new officers, and the Yoakum Award and the Membership Awards will be announced.

Held annually during MCPX, the NPCA Salute to Excellence recognizes precast concrete manufacturers for outstanding projects, innovative ideas, safety and plant certification. The awards were presented by NPCA Chairman of the Board Joan B. Blecha at the gala event Feb. 25 in Anaheim.

PINNACLE AWARDS
Formerly known as Gimmicks, Gadgets & Innovations, the Pinnacle Awards competition recognizes the production inventions, unique management concepts and safety strategies that precasters develop to improve quality and work more efficiently.

The Pinnacle Awards competition, sponsored by Spillman Co., was held at the Anaheim Convention Center with 21 companies making presentations in three categories: Production, Management/Marketing and Safety. The NPCA members who attended the Pinnacle Awards competition served as the judges.

A new twist added this year is the Best of Show award for the highest-scoring entry as judged by the NPCA members who attended the competition from among the three first-place winners. The Best of Show prize, indicated with an asterisk (*), includes the right to own and display a traveling trophy for the next year in the winner’s plant. Along with the trophy comes a catered luncheon for all plant employees.

Production – 1st Place
*Adjustable Pallet Stands, Norwalk Concrete Industries
The adjustable pallet stands cut form pallet set-up time by reducing the number of supports, and eliminating the need to cut steel or wood supports and the clutter they create. One person can fine-adjust elevations with no help. The stands can be used in a variety of form sizes, different types of pallets and wall thicknesses by changing the base plate.

Production – 2nd Place
Spreader Bar Stands, NC Products Oldcastle
The spreader bar stands are used to store spreader bars of all sizes. They are bolted to the floor and elevate the spreader bars about 36 inches off the floor. This eliminated the risk of injuries due to falling spreader bars and also reduced the risk of back injuries and pinches due to hooking up to spreader bars.

Management/Marketing – 1st Place
Fighting FOG Seminar, Mayer Brothers
The Fighting FOG Seminar was an all-day seminar concerning Fats, Oils and Grease with industry experts as speakers. CEU credits were available and regulators, engineers, pretreatment professionals, inspectors and a few others attended. The focus was the use of precast concrete interceptors, and design and sizing were discussed. Mayer Brothers became more widely known as a resource in this market.


Management/ Marketing – 2nd Place
Quote Sheet, Gainey’s Concrete Products
The Quote Sheet is a user-friendly spreadsheet that expedites the quote-to-job order process. Information is entered only once and automatically copied onto subsequent forms. Starting at the quote, the contact information and items are entered. The form references the items’ prices and weights and calculates totals. The fax cover is automatically generated and the yard and price per yards are automatically calculated.

Safety – 1st Place
Safety Calendar, Hy Grade Precast Concrete
The Safety Calendar raises awareness for safety both on the job and off. All employees and their family members were invited to submit pictures and slogans for a safety calendar, and prizes were awarded to the winning entries. The project got all family members involved in safety awareness.

Safety – 2nd Place
High Five Strap Protector Tool, Shea Concrete Products
The High Five Strap Protector Tool is used to hold a strap protector to safely place the protector under the strap from ground level without climbing on the truck deck. With large precast products on fully loaded trucks, it is unsafe to walk around the deck of the truck while placing protectors under the straps. This tool enables the driver to safely tie down his loads without the possibility of falling off the truck.

SAFETY AWARDS

Outstanding Safety Award
The Outstanding Safety Award recognizes the highest level of safety achievement and is presented to NPCA member companies that have zero OSHA reportable injuries during the reporting period.

0 to 40,000 hours category

  • Five Diamond Precast, Draper, Utah
  • Goldens Bridge Unit Step Co., Carmel , N.Y.
  • Hancock Concrete Products Co., Cannon Falls , Minn.
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Rome , Ga.
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, La Place, La.
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Pelham , Ala.
  • Rose Concrete Products, Scott City, Mo.

40,000 to 80,000 hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products – Salem, Salem , Va.
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, San Antonio , Texas
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, West Memphis , Ark.
  • N.C. Products Vander A, Fayetteville , N.C.
  • Southern Concrete Materials – Precast Division, Asheville , N.C.

80,000 to 140,000 hour category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products – Southside, Richmond , Va.
  • Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries, Cullman , Ala.

140,000 to 200,000 hours category

  • Sherman Dixie Concrete Industries, Dayton , Ohio

Distinguished Safety Award
The Distinguished Safety Award recognizes companies that have a zero loss-time rate as defined by OSHA.

0 to 40,000 hour category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Rincon , Ga.

40,000 to 80,000 hour category

  • E.C. Babbert Inc. – Lancaster Plant, Lancaster , Ohio
  • N.C. Products Greensboro, Raleigh , N.C.

140,000 to 200,000 hours category

Utility Vault (Oldcastle), Wilsonville , Ore.

200,000-plus hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Lorena , Texas

Excellence in Safety Gold Award
The 2005 Excellence in Safety Gold Award is presented to the company in each category that achieves the best reportable-incident rate in each category.


0 to 40,000 hours category

  • Husted Concrete Products, New York Mills, N.Y.

40,000 to 80,000 hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Jackson , Miss.

80,000 to 140,000 hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Summerville , S.C.

140,000 to 200,000 hours category

  • Americast – Harrisonburg Plant, Harrisonburg , Va.

200,001-plus hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Green Cove Springs , Fla.

Excellence in Safety Silver Award
The Excellence in Safety Silver Award is presented to the second best reportable-injury rate in each category.

0 to 40,000 hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Columbus , Ga.

40,000 to 80,000 hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Mobile , Ala.

80,000 to 140,000 hours category

  • Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries, Knoxville , Tenn.

140,000 to 200,000 hours category

  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Deland , Fla.

200,000-plus hours category

  • Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries, Hermitage, Tenn.

Excellence in Safety Bronze Award
The Excellence in Safety Bronze award is presented to companies with reportable injuries rates that fall below the Bureau of Labor Statistics average in each category.

40,000 to 80,000 hours category

  • N.C. Products Fuquay, Raleigh N.C.
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Jackson , Miss.

80,000 to 140,000 hours category

  • Amcor Precast (Oldcastle), Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • Christy Concrete Products, Fremont , Calif.
  • Wilbert Precast, Spokane , Wash.

140,000 to 200,000 hours category

  • Amcor Precast (Oldcastle) 12th Street, Ogden , Utah
  • Americast, Ashland , Va.
  • Americast – Halltown Plant, Halltown , W.Va.
  • Chase Precast (Oldcastle), North Brookfield, Mass.
  • E.C. Babbert, Canal Winchester, Ohio
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Houston , Texas
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Gibsonton , Fla.
  • Permatile Concrete, Bristol, Va.
  • Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries, Elizabethtown , Ky.

200,000-plus hours category

  • Concrete Systems, Hudson , N.H.
  • Dutchland Inc., Gap, Pa.
  • Foley Products, Newnan , Ga.
  • Hanson Pipe and Products, Grand Prairie , Texas

PLANT CERTIFICATION AWARDS
Every year the number of certified plants continues to rise, and each year NPCA recognizes the companies that have maintained that standard of excellence continuously for the last five years, the last 10 years and the last 15 years. The Quality Award of Excellence is awarded to the three plants that received the top three scores in the last year’s NPCA Plant Certification inspections.

Plant Certification Quality Award of Excellence

  • A.C. Miller Concrete Products, Blairsville , Pa.
  • Dutchland Inc., Gap, Pa.
  • The Fort Miller Co., Greenwich , N.Y.

Companies certified for 15 consecutive years

  • Barbour Concrete, Independence , Mo.
  • Carr Concrete, Waverly, W.Va.
  • Tindall Corp., Spartanburg , S.C.

Companies certified for 10 consecutive years

  • Atlantic Precast Concrete, Tullytown , Pa.
  • Christy Concrete Products (Oldcastle), Fremont , Calif.
  • Crest Precast, LaCrescent , Minn.
  • Dutchland Inc., Gap, Pa.
  • Kistner Concrete Products, Lockport , N.Y.
  • Shea Concrete Products, Wilmington , Mass.
  • Wieser Concrete Products, Portage , Wis.

Companies certified for five consecutive years

  • Amcor Precast (Oldcastle), Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • Colorado Precast Concrete, Loveland , Colo.
  • Concrete Precast Products, Binghamton , N.Y.
  • Eagle Concrete Products, Somerset , Pa.
  • Jensen Precast, Fontana, Calif.
  • Mack Industries, Valley City , Ohio
  • Mack Vault of Toledo Inc., Bowling Green , Ohio
  • Panhandle Concrete Products, Scottsbluff , Neb.
  • Rinker Materials – Hydro Conduit, Delaware , Ohio
  • Vaughn Concrete Products, Cheyenne , Wyo.
  • Wyoming Concrete Products, Casper , Wyo.

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