The Precast Show 2022 Plant Tour includes the option of visiting one, two or three Kansas City-area facilities. All Plant Tour purchases include access to breakfast beginning at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 3.
You may register in advance for a Plant Tour event through the Registration Page.
The Precast Show Plant Tour – Single
Thursday, March 3: 6:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Meet in the Kansas City Marriott Basie Ballroom Foyer at 6:15 a.m.
Member/Non-Member prices
- Full package: $70/$110
- Trade Show only: $145/$225
- Child: $0
Facility: Forterra Pipe & Precast – Independence, Mo.
The Precast Show Plant Tour – Double
Thursday, March 3: 6:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Meet in the Kansas City Marriott Basie Ballroom Foyer at 5:45 a.m.
Member/Non-Member prices
- Full package: $95/$135
- Trade Show only: $170/$250
- Child: $0
Facilities: Forterra Pipe & Precast – Bonner Springs, Kan.; PRETECH Corp.
The Precast Show Plant Tour – Triple
Thursday, March 3: 6:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Meet in the Kansas City Marriott Basie Ballroom Foyer at 5:45 a.m.
Member/Non-Member prices
- Full package: $120/$165
- Trade Show 0nly: $195/$275
- Child: $0
Facilities: Forterra Pipe & Precast – Independence, Mo.; Forterra Pipe & Precast – Bonner Springs, Kan.; PRETECH Corp.
NOTE: This tour is scheduled to return to the hotel at 11:00 a.m. Because of this, Master Precaster graduates should not attend this event because of overlap with graduation ceremonies.
Forterra Pipe & Precast – Independence, Mo.
This facility is included in the Single and Triple packages.
- Location: Independence, Mo.
- Plant host: Tim Jones, director of operations
- Property size: 21.25 acres (70,000 square feet)
- Number of employees: 35
- Years in business: 55
- Products: Circular manhole sections; square and rectangular precast boxes and culverts; concrete utility buildings.
- Mixing and production equipment: Siemen’s 2-yard mixer; precise panel forms; 48-inch to 120-inch round manholes.
- Interesting jobs and projects: Small box concrete buildings used for utility and communication companies.
- Safety equipment needed: Please wear closed-toed shoes (steel-toed preferred). Hard hat, safety vest, safety glasses and hearing protection provided.
- Camera and video equipment are allowed.
Forterra Pipe & Precast – Bonner Springs
This facility is included in the Double and Triple packages.
- Location: Shawnee, Kan.
- Plant host: Tim Jones, director of operations
- Property size: 22.7 acres (47,500 square feet)
- Number of employees: 42
- Years in business: 25
- Products: Concrete pipe and concrete products manufacturing.
- Mixing and production equipment: PH 48 pipe machine; Mid-America precast box; Hawkeye drycast.
- Interesting jobs and projects: Small box concrete buildings used for utility and communication companies.
- Safety equipment needed: Please wear closed-toed shoes (steel-toed preferred). Hard hat, safety vest, safety glasses and hearing protection provided.
- Camera and video equipment are allowed.
PRETECH Corp.
This facility is included in the Double and Triple packages.
- Location: Kansas City, Kan.
- Plant host: Bill Bundschuh, president
- Property size: 20 acres (44,000 square feet)
- Number of employees: 65
- Years in business: 29
- Products: Storm inlets; storm and sanitary manholes; reinforced concrete pipe; utility structures; electrical manholes and vaults; MSE walls; other retaining walls; arched bridges (precast bridge abutments, pier caps, grade beams and wing walls); reinforced concrete box culverts; miscellaneous concrete structures.
- Mixing and production equipment: Turmac batching system with a Haarup Planetary Counter Current Mixer (2250L) and adaptive operating system for the dry cast operation; Con-E-Co Low Pro 5 wet cast batch plant; Schlusselbauer Exact 2500 pipe machine; Zublin/Apilion ASMS 150 AS wire welding cage machine; Weiser wet cast reinforced box culvert forms; New Hampton and other wet cast manhole and pipe forms.
- Interesting jobs and projects
- Army Corp. of Engineers Turkey Creek: Included 6,000 feet of reinforced concrete block from 16-feet- by-9-feet down to 6-feet-by-5-feet along with 1,230 feet of 96-inch Class V jacked concrete pipe. This job also included various storm structures and reinforced concrete pipe.
- Offutt AFB in Omaha, Neb.: Included 10,600 feet of reinforced concrete pipe Class III to V of various sizes from 60 inches down to 15 inches and various large aircraft-rated storm structures.
- Kansas City International Airport expansion: Included 6,000 feet of reinforced concrete box culverts from 10-feet-by-6-feet down to 5-feet-by-5-feet along with 10,000 feet of reinforced concrete pipe from 54 inches down to 15 inches. Also included various aircraft- rated storm structures.
- Safety equipment needed: Please wear closed-toed shoes (steel-toed preferred). Hard-hat and safety glasses.
- Camera and video equipment are allowed.