MIDLAND, VA – February 24, 2021 – Smith-Midland Corporation (NASDAQ: SMID) today announces that they have further executed on their strategic growth initiatives with expansions into California. Our licensing subsidiary Easi-Set Worldwide is primed to have producers ramp up manufacturing of the J-J Hooks patented barrier system to meet California’s infrastructure needs.
Virginia DOT recently approved the J-J Hooks MASH TL3 tested 12 foot free-standing temporary precast concrete safety barrier. J-J Hooks is now approved in Virginia for both MASH free-standing and restrained applications (bolted/pinned). This approval brings the total number of states allowing the use of J-J Hooks MASH temporary barrier to 35. MASH (Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware) standards are the new federal guideline to improve safety of highway products.
South Carolina DOT recently approved the J-J Hooks MASH TL3 tested free-standing and pinned temporary precast concrete safety barrier. This approval brings the total number of states allowing the use of J-J Hooks MASH temporary barrier to thirty-four.
MIDLAND, VA, September 10, 2019 – Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID). A $2.5 million order has been placed by a long-term Smith-Midland customer for over 16 miles of J-J Hooks precast concrete highway safety barrier.
MIDLAND, VA – January 16, 2018 - Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID) project announcement. FAM Construction, LLC (a Ferrovial Agroman US and Allan Myers partnership) has awarded Smith-Midland the contract to supply up to 245,000 LF of J-J Hooks precast concrete safety barrier for the I-66 Outside the Beltway Express Lanes project in Northern Virginia.
MIDLAND, VA – August 1, 2017 - Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID). The Lane Construction Corporation has awarded Smith-Midland the contract to supply over 124,000 LF of J-J Hooks precast concrete safety barrier for the I-395 Express Lane VDOT project in Northern Virginia. The I-395 design-build project will extend the Express Lanes along an eight mile section of I-395 in Fairfax and Arlington Counties. The work is expected to significantly reduce the congestion of commuter traffic into Washington, DC.
Midland, Va., November 22, 2016: Easi-Set Worldwide, a subsidiary of Smith-Midland Corporation (DE) (OTCQX: SMID) product announcement. Easi-Set Worldwide announces a successful MASH TL3 FREESTANDING crash test of their enhanced J-J Hooks temporary precast concrete barrier design at the Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX.
A Story in Lean Manufacturing: They are called the Águilas Verdes (Green Eagles), a small team of Smith-Midland associates lead by Cesar Montiel and Raul Franco, who oversee the production of one of the company’s core products, J-J Hooks highway safety barrier.
MIDLAND, VA – Nov. 10, 2016 — Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQX: SMID) project update for South Carolina: our Hopkins, SC Smith-Columbia plant recently signed two new production contracts for South Carolina Department of Transportation road infrastructure projects.
Zachry Construction ordered 80,000 linear feet of J-J Hooks precast concrete highway barrier to provide worker and driver safety during the I-20 expansion project. J-J Hooks safety barriers, which incorporate a proprietary J-Hook connection, represent the most widely specified design across North America. Zachry, a leading, privately-owned construction company with 90 years of experience, specializes in constructing large, technically-unique projects around the world.
Smith-Midland Corporation – In a deal contracted at $4M, Smith-Midland will manufacture and deliver all precast concrete aerial guide-way parapet panels and precast concrete manholes, and provide J-J Hooks™ concrete barriers for the Metro Silver Line phase II project. In total, 15,000 tons of concrete will be provided by Smith-Midland for the Metro Silver Line phase II project, through the end of 2016.
“We are delighted to be involved in such a progressive and innovative project,” said Matthew Smith, Smith-Midland’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We have built our company on the promise of quality products and excellent service, and a partnership with Metro illustrates a cooperative trust and shared goal in accomplishing these things.”
Well-received by state DOTs, J-J Hooks anchored barriers passed the demanding MASH TL3 crash test requirements with ease
MIDLAND, Va., August 26, 2014 – Easi-Set Worldwide reports that its MASH-tested J-J Hooks anchored barrier has been approved by 20 state Departments of Transportation and that additional approvals are expected in the near future. MASH presents uniform federal guidelines for crash-testing permanent and temporary highway safety features and recommends evaluation criteria to assess test results.
Lined up end-to-end, J-J Hooks proprietary precast concrete safety barriers would stretch across the country from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles
MIDLAND, Va. – J-J Hooks, North America’s most successful, proprietary precast concrete safety barrier, now surpasses 12 million linear feet of product made and installed in road construction projects and security barrier applications nationwide. Currently selling at an average pace of one million feet annually, the product is the most widely used safety barrier connection design in North America.
According to Rodney Smith, Chairman at Smith-Midland Corporation, which developed and patented J-J Hooks in 1990, the product is designed for quick installation and requires no additional hardware or tools. “A 3-man crew can set or remove more than one mile of J-J Hooks during an 8-hour shift,” Smith added.
