IIDA Coreslab By Peter Madrid Photography by lillian Reid
Q&A
RON HARMAN Vice President & General Manager
Q: What has Coreslab
Structures done over the past 25 years to keep pace with the challenges in the construction industry and to meet the needs of your clients?
A: Our focus has always been on continuous improvement and to provide a quality product at a competitive price to our clients. We have invested heavily in our production facility over the years and have increased our double tee production to 100,00 SF per week, added a hollowcore production facility, added a new batch plant, and introduced self compacting concrete to the marketplace. Q: In the past 25 years, Coreslab Structures
has grown to 17 production facilities that are located throughout North America. How has the collective construction knowledge and resources of all of those facilities benefitted Coreslab Structures in the Phoenix market?
A: Each one of the 17 production facilities is unique and
diversified to their market area. That range of diversification within the Coreslab family of companies is a huge benefit and allows for sharing of technologies and construction methods. Also, many of our clients also do work in other regions of the country as well and have the benefit of working with a familiar precast supplier who is also located near their project.
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Q: For the past several years, designers
and owners are more focused on sustainability in their building projects. How does Coreslab Structures meet the sustainability requirements that the design community seeks?
A: Precast concrete is specified by designers because it
does have sustainable characteristics that can be used in the calculations for LEED certification of a building. The precast concrete products that we manufacture include a significant amount of recycled material including fly ash, an additive to the concrete mix, and rebar and mesh manufactured from recycled steel.