Training is an ongoing priority at Smith-Midland. At today's all-operations huddle, Justin Taylor, Quality Technician, presented the correct use of dunnage for storing panels in the yard. The presentation will be used as a tool for new riggers.
The Smith-Columbia plant in Hopkins, South Carolina was awarded full B2 & C1 plant certification by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) on July 18th.
Virginia 1st District US House Representative Rob Wittman stopped by Smith-Midland this morning for a tour of our plant and a long question and answer session with our staff. Rob, thank you for all your efforts to help our district and our local business interest.
Smith-Midland precast manufactures the longest prestressed sound wall column in the company's history for Shirley Contracting's I-95 Route 630 project. 67.5 feet!
MIDLAND, VA – May 31, 2018 - Smith-Midland Corporation (the Company) (SMID), who develops, manufactures, licenses, rents, and sells a broad array of precast concrete products for use primarily in the construction, transportation and utilities industries, today announced the appointment of Ashley B. Smith as Chief Executive Officer, effective May 24, 2018, replacing Rodney I. Smith, who will remain as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
MIDLAND, VA – May 4, 2018 - Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID). Our North Carolina precast concrete plant, Smith-Carolina, will expand in Rockingham County with a larger manufacturing facility on 46 acres in Reidsville. The Company plans to invest more than $3 million in a new 15,000 square-foot building including machinery and equipment, with additional space available for future expansions. Smith-Carolina also plans to create 10 new full-time jobs by the end of 2018. The new facility will be located on Carrot Road in Reidsville, NC.
MIDLAND, VA – April 12, 2018 - Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID) project announcement. FAM Construction, LLC (a Ferrovial Agroman US and Allan Myers joint venture) has awarded Smith-Midland the contract to supply 900,000 square feet of SoftSound noise absorptive precast concrete sound wall panels for the I-66 Outside the Beltway Express Lanes project in Northern Virginia. The 22.5 mile long I-66 project will provide two express lanes alongside three regular lanes from I-495 to Route 29 in Gainesville along with other amenities and space reserved for future transit options. The Midland, Virginia plant will begin production in mid-2018, with final project completion scheduled for 2022.
MIDLAND, VA – March 28, 2018 - Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID). Civil Wall Solutions (a division of Lane Construction) has awarded Smith-Midland the contract to supply SoftSoundTM sound absorptive and reflective noise wall panels for the I-395 Express Lane VDOT project in Northern Virginia. The $336-million I-395 design-build project will extend the Express Lanes along an eight mile section of I-395 in Fairfax and Arlington Counties. The over $3.2 million sound wall contract is a continuation of the project to which Smith-Midland initially provided 23 miles of J-J Hooks precast concrete safety barrier.
Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID) – The Associated General Contractors Association (AGC) has awarded Smith-Midland the 2017 Design-Build Subcontractor Award for its manufacturing of the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park Retaining Wall in Washington, DC. The 850 foot long x 30 foot high simulated stone retaining wall was built to replace existing structures along an extensive drop off on the entrance road above parking lot C. General Contractor Hensel Phelps worked with Smith-Midland to design the precast concrete panels, and to complete the welding and wall erection. Originally designed to be cast in place, Hensel Phelps rethought the process, proposing a value engineering option involving the use of a shotcrete wall and placement of precast concrete panels as a facing. This change allowed the main visitor access road above the wall to remain open throughout the process.
Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID) – Ashley Smith, President and COO of Smith-Midland Corp. in Midland, Va., has been appointed the National Precast Concrete Association’s (NPCA) Chairman of the Board. Ashley has been involved with NPCA on various product committees and task forces throughout his career and has served on the Board since 2011. His one-year term began on October 14 at NPCA’s 52nd Annual Convention in Atlanta, Ga.
Smith-Midland Corp. recently hosted a six-person delegation from one of China’s largest construction companies to discuss a “technology partnership.” Nantong Sijian Construction Group Chairman Geng Yuhua and his team visited Fauquier for two days in mid-April. Based in Jiangsu Province, NSCG has 70,000 employees working in construction, including precast concrete, Smith-Midland’s specialty.
Smith-Columbia project update: In two separate contracts the Smith-Columbia plant has agreed to manufacture nearly a half million square feet of precast concrete sound wall panels and fifty thousand linear feet of precast concrete posts.