Smith-Midland Awarded Contract for I-66 Highways for LIFE Project
October 15, 2009 | Associate / Plant News
MIDLAND, Va. – Smith-Midland Corporation of Midland, Virginia was recently awarded the contract to supply the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Pavement Slab panels for the VDOT Highways for LIFE Project on Interstate 66 in Fairfax County, Virginia. The value of the contract, which is a Lane Construction Corporation project, is valued at $1 million.
Smith-Midland will supply 52,020 square feet of precast/prestressed concrete slabs (306 pieces) with a light broom finish to support the VDOT pavement-rehabilitation project. The prestressed slabs will be post-tensioned together at the site after they are placed on the sub-grade. The project began in August with completion scheduled for November 2009.
Smith-Midland is pleased to be associated with the innovative Highways for LIFE project. “We are excited to be a part of this experimental project for VDOT,” said Matthew Smith, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for Smith-Midland Corporation. “This is an opportunity for Smith-Midland to be involved in the development of cutting-edge highway transportation service.”
Smith-Midland Corporation is a publicly traded company (OTC BB: SMID, SMIWC; Boston Stock Exchange: SMM, SMM/W). Smith-Midland develops, manufactures and sells a broad array of precast concrete products for use primarily in the construction, transportation and utilities industries. Smith-Midland has two manufacturing facilities located in Midland, Virginia and Reidsville, North Carolina. Easi-Set® Industries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smith-Midland Corporation (VA), licenses the production and sale of Easi-Set products and provides diversification opportunities to the precast industry worldwide. View the production and installation video of the highway panels at http://www.youtube.com/user/smithmidland. For more information please call (540) 439-3266 or visit smithmidland.com.
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