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Quality Merit Award

Spanish Western Precast would like to congratulate Joe Marin, QC Director, and the entire QC staff for their 2022 Quality Merit Award. This is the

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20 Plus Years Employees

Western Precast wants to congratulate the employees who have 20 years plus of service within the company. Their commitment doesn’t go unnoticed and they are

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My Home

Spanish For our Spring/Summer 2022 issue, Western Precast and staff want to send the warmest wishes to Alex Leyva for his new home. Alex has

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Accidents-WPC

Accidents

Spanish Accidents Accidents aren’t so accidental. If you study an accident closely you will see that it has a cause or causes. A cause might

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Quality Excellence Award

Spanish WesternPrecastDoes “QualityExcellence” again in 2021! It was just a year ago that Western Precast was awarded the Quality Merit Award in 2020, and once

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cracks in concrete

 Cracks in Concrete

Spanish Cracks occur on concrete members no matter if they are being cast on construction sites, cast in place, or in a precast concrete plant.

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Injury Prevention

What is Injury Prevention

Spanish  A combination of our Safety Program, Safety Meetings, Job Safety Analysis and Hazard Assessments are all great contributions to injury prevention. The participation of

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Challenging Projects

Spanish  Looking back at production projects during the past months, one of the more challenging projects was for Smithee Construction. We produced precast concrete structures

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Winter Maintenance

Spanish The Western maintenance shop recently completed the annual maintenance on our batch plant. This consists of replacing damaged or worn parts; the mixer blades

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Big Operation

Spanish  When it comes to big projects it is best to be prepared and when it comes to moving a 60,000-pound box what is better

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Curing Concrete

Curing Concrete Test Specimen

Spanish Curing of concrete test specimens is usually done differently depending on whether the concrete is being placed during construction on site cast in place

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Teamwork

Teamwork

Spanish Teamwork Communication: Good communication improves the relationship between employees and management, creating discussions that enable open communication facilitates the quality of work within the

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Inlet Type B

NmDot Type B Cap Inlet

Spanish After several months of having the Type B Curb Inlet form properly cleaned oiled and placed in storage, it has been put back into

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Forklift Maintenance

Forklift Maintenance

Spanish The Western Precast maintenance department is currently performing scheduled maintenance and replacing damaged and worn parts on our forklifts. This schedule consists of the

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Cranes & Extreme Weather

Spanish Extreme weather can have a negative impact on crane operations. Operators should prepare for drastic weather changes to minimize the risk of accidents. Common

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20 Years and Counting!

Spanish For our Summer 2021 issue, Western Precast and staff wants to congratulate Jose Mejia for achieving his 20 year tenure this year. Jose is

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A Healthy Lifestyle!

Spanish For our Summer 2021 issue, Western Precast wants to congratulate Jorge, Production Manager, for turning his life around and living a healthier lifestyle. Jorge,

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Quality Merit Award

Spanish Congratulations to our QC Director, Dillon Murray, and the entire QC staff. Western Precast was recently awarded, the 2020 Quality Merit Award. This award

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Infrastructure Products

Infrastructure Products

Spanish Here at Western Precast all of our small infrastructure products are just as important as our larger products. One of these items is the

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Platinum award 2021, Western Precast Concrete

Platinum Safety Award

Spanish Western Precast has tallied over 600 days without a lost Anne incident and recently we were honored for our safety record by NPCA. Western

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Crane Maintenance

(Spanish) The Western Precast maintenance department is currently working on general repair and maintenance of the boom crane trucks for our shipping department. These crane

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Exits: Safety First!

(Spanish) Every building designed for human occupancy should be provided with exits that are sufficient to permit the prompt escape of occupants in case of

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Why Rebar Spacing is Crucial - Western Precast Concrete

Why Rebar Spacing is Crucial

(Spanish) Once an engineer designs a reinforced concrete component, the cross-sectional area of reinforcing steel required for every foot of product length must be calculated.

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Proper Crane Usa - Western Precast

Proper Crane Usage

(Spanish) Use Your Crane for the Proper Purpose When cranes are used for something that is not their intended purpose, issues will arise. This is

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Juan Alvarez, Winter Maintenance - Western Precast Concrete

Winter Maintenance

(Spanish) The Western Precast maintenance workshop is preparing for the winter season that is right around the corner. We perform special maintenance for our work

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Equipment Maintenance - Western Precast Concrete

Equipment Maintenance

The Western Precast maintenance workshop at this time is in one of the most important phases of our company’s operations, specifically with respect to the

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Water-Cement Ratio - Western Precast Concrete

What is Water-Cement Ratio?

Water-cement ratio means the ratio between the weight of water to the weight of cement used when preparing concrete mix, and plays an important role

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The Use of Vibration Frequency

Proper consolidation of fresh concrete is a very important component of quality concrete in any precast plant. Fresh concrete must be properly consolidated, to ensure

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Testing for Compressive Strength - Western Precast

Testing for Compressive Strength

One of the most important properties of concrete is its compressive strength. Testing for compressive strength helps determine whether a product meets specified strength requirements,

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Summer Maintenance - Western Precast Concrete

Summer Maintenance

The Western Precast Maintenance workshop has once again completed a summer of minimized breakdowns due to annual preparations that were made for the summer heat.

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Customers Say it Best - Western Precast

CUSTOMERS SAY IT BEST!

FEATURING: Benjamin Steed, Drainage Superintendent at Abrams-Kiewit (from left to right) Amassing over 25 years of collective experience in general contracting and infrastructure, the Abrams-Kiewit

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The Effects of Clay in Concrete - Western Precast Concrete

The Effects of Clay in Concrete

Concrete is a construction material composed of three main materials: cement, water and aggregates (sand, natural gravel or crushed stone). Sometimes an admixture is added

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Luis Castro - Western Precast

Employee Feature: Luis Castro

A near three-year employee, Luis R. Castro provides assistance in production at Western Precast. Initially employed as an Arias Staffer, within a few short months

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Spring 2019: Note from the Office

Recently, Western Precast conducted their annual third-party, unannounced plant inspection. Sebastian Winkler of Hanson Professional Services, an engineering firm, arrived early on April 4th, 2019

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Ahead of the Curve

In November of this year, OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) enacted a new requirement for crane operator certification. This new certification requirement is

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Letter From The Office

Congratulations to the entire staff at Western Precast for a job well done once again! Western recently went through our unannounced annual inspection for NPCA,

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rescue mission | Western Precast El Paso

Rescue Mission Donation

Blake W. Barrow, CEO of the Rescue Mission of El Paso, feels that the recent donation of tables from Western Precast has allowed the creation

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Calctulating sling angles | Wester Precast El Paso

Calculating Sling Angles

When making a lift, one of the first things we should consider is the angle of our rigging, whether it be cable, nylon slings, chains,

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Something New!

Karina Ceniceros is doing something new! “I am now part of the sales team at Western Precast Concrete, Inc. It is a challenge as well

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Julio Esquivel, Wester Precast Concrete

My Dream Is To Be An Architect

Julio Esquivel, an El Paso Community College student, is the newest member of the Drafting team at Western Precast Concrete, Inc., whose responsibilities involve taking

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