There were some familiar faces on the awards stand at the Salute to Excellence in Charlotte, N.C., after the top scores in NPCA’s certified plant program were announced. The winners of the Quality Award of Excellence had all been there before. The award is presented annually at the awards event to the three plants that recorded the highest inspection scores in the previous year. J.E. Hill Precast, headquartered in Leesburg, Fla., earned the award for the fourth straight year, while the Oldcastle Precast plant located in Middle Island, N.Y. picked up the award for the third time in the last four years. The third repeat winner was Modern Precast Concrete of Easton, Pa., which previously won the award in 2006. NPCA also annually honors the top-scoring prestressed plant in its certification program. This year the honor went to Harper Contracting Inc., located in Salt Lake City.
NPCA certified plants earn awards in three categories. The plants that have been continuously certified for 5, 10, 15 and 20 years are honored for their long-term commitment to quality production practices. In addition, every year, the plants that earn the top 25 overall scores in the precast concrete plant certification program are recognized. With nearly 400 plants in the NPCA certification program, the top 25 award, known as the Quality Award of Merit, represents the top 6 percent of all certified plants. The top three overall scores, along with the top prestressed plant score, are presented the Quality Award of Excellence, NPCA’s highest quality award. The Quality Award of Excellence signifies that a plant has placed in the top 1 percent of all NPCA certified plants.
Quality Award of Excellence (top 3, top prestressed)
J.E. Hill Precast, Leesburg, Fla.
Oldcastle Precast Inc., Middle Island, N.Y.
Modern Precast Concrete, Easton, Pa.
Harper Contracting Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah (top prestressed plant)
Quality Award of Merit (top 25)
American Concrete Industries Inc., Fort Pierce, Fla.
American Concrete Products Co., Omaha, Neb.
Camp Precast Concrete Products Inc., Milton, Vt.
Coastal Pipeline Products Corp., Calverton, N.Y.
Concrete Step Units Inc., Scranton, Pa.
Diamond Concrete Products LLC, Guyton, Ga.
Firebaugh Precast Inc., Dacono, Colo.
Gerber Construction Inc., Saint George, Utah
H2 Pre-Cast Inc., East Wenatchee, Wash.
Independent Concrete Pipe Co.-Ohio Division ,Sylvania, Ohio
J.E. Hill Precast, Leesburg, Fla.
Lee’s Precast Concrete Inc., Aberdeen, Miss.
Mack Vault of Toledo Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio
MarCon Precast Inc., Meridian, Idaho
Modern Precast Concrete, Easton, Pa.
Oldcastle Precast Inc., Middle Island, N.Y.
Oldcastle Precast Inc.-Rotondo Precast, Telford, Pa.
Pro-Cast Products Inc., Highland, Calif.
S & M Precast Inc., Henryville, Ind.
Sunnycrest Precast, Auburn, N.Y.
Techo-Bloc Corp., Pen Argyl, Pa.
U.S. Concrete Precast Group – San Diego, Calif.
Utility Concrete Products LLC, Morris, Ill.
Wieser Concrete Products Inc., Portage, Wis.
Zeiser Wilbert Vault Inc., Elmira, N.Y.
Plant Certification Anniversaries
20 Years
Barbour Concrete Co., Independence, Mo.
Tindall Corporation, Fairforest, S.C.
15 Years
Atlantic Precast Concrete Inc. Tullytown, Pa.
Crest Precast Inc., LaCrescent, Minn.
Kistner Concrete Products Inc. Lockport, N.Y.
Shea Concrete Products Inc., Wilmington, Mass.
Wieser Concrete Products Inc., Portage, Wis.
10 Years
Binghamton Precast and Supply, Binghamton, N.Y.
Colorado Precast Concrete Inc., Loveland, Colo.
Cretex Concrete Products West Inc., Casper, Wyo.
Eagle Concrete Products Co., Somerset, Pa.
Jensen Precast, Fontana, Calif.
Mack Industries Inc., Valley city, Ohio
Mack Vault of Toledo Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio
Oldcastle Precast Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho
5 Years
Aguilars Concrete Products, Evans Colo.
American Concrete Industries Inc., Fort Pierce, Fla.
Armtec/Durisol, Mitchell, Ontario
Boughton’s Precast Inc., Pueblo, Colo.
C.R. Barger & Sons Inc., Lenoir City, Tenn.
Cascade Concrete Industries Inc., Burlington, Wash.
Century Group Inc., Sulphur, La.
Concrete Safety Systems LLC, Bethel, Pa.
CONTECH Construction Products Inc., Huber Heights, Ohio
E & M Ready-Mix & Precast Inc., Gower, Miss.
Hanson Pipe & Precast, Summerville, S.C.
Huffcutt Concrete Inc., Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Husted Concrete Products Inc., New York Mills, N.Y.
Idaho Precast Concrete, Nampa, Idaho
Independent Concrete Pipe Co., Maxwell, Ind.
Mayer Brothers Inc., Elkridge, Md.
Monarch Precast Concrete Corp., Allentown, Pa.
Oldcastle Precast Inc., Fredericksburg, Va.
Oldcastle Precast Inc. – Rotondo Precast, Telford, Pa.
Poland Concrete Products Inc., Hillsville, Pa.
PRETECH Corp., Kansas City, Kan.
Scituate Precast Corp., Marshfield, Mass.
SEMA Precast Inc., Brighton, Colo.
Standard Traffic Controls Inc., Spokane, Wash.
Sunnycrest Precast, Auburn, N.Y.
Universal Precast, Theodore, Ala.
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