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Smith-Midland Receives VDOT Approvals For Its J-J Hooks Pin-Down And Bolt-Down Mash Tested Safety Barriers
Midland, VA - June 25, 2015 - Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQB: SMID) - Smith-Midland and Easi-Set Worldwide jointly announced MASH approvals have been granted by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for its J-J Hooks ™ pin-down and bolt-down anchored barrier system. The pin-down system received VDOT MASH approval in July of 2013 and has been in use at several Mid-Atlantic area locations, and the bolt-down system received VDOT MASH approval in March of 2015. Both are currently available for rental through Smith-Midland's barrier rental company, Concrete Safety Systems, and for manufacturing through a licensing agreement with Easi-Set Worldwide, a subsidiary of the Smith-Midland Corporation.
Read more240 Linear Feet Of J-J Hooks Mash-Tested Highway Barriers Installed On Major Vermont Bridge Rehabilitation Project
MIDLAND, Va., June 23, 2015 – Easi-Set Worldwide announced today that Cold River Bridges, Inc., of Walpole N.H., is using 240 linear feet of J-J Hooks barriers on a bridge rehabilitation project in Rockingham, Vt. Located on Route 121, the bridge requires a complete reconstruction that's being supported by the contractor's rental of J-J Hooks barriers from Easi-Set® Worldwide licensee S.D. Ireland of Williston, Vt. This represents the first use in Vermont of the new MASH TL3 approved J-J Hooks design.
Read moreOver Seven Miles Of J-J Hooks Barriers Installed On Kentucky Highways To Reduce Accidents
OLDCASTLE PRECAST AND SCOTTY’S CONTRACTING & STONE JOIN FORCES TO COMPLETE LARGE, TIME-SENSITIVE HIGHWAY BARRIER PROJECT IN KENTUCKY
MIDLAND, Va., February 3, 2015 – Over seven miles of J-J Hooks barriers are currently being installed on Interstate 65 in the Kentucky counties of Hardin, Hart, and LaRue. The Kentucky Department of Transportation highway job, which contains over 2,000 precast concrete barrier pieces, was contracted to Scotty’s Contracting & Stone, LLC.
Read moreSmith-Midland Contracts $4m Deal With Dulles Metro Rail
Midland, VA – May 21, 2015 – Smith-Midland Corporation (OTCQB: SMID) – 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.
Read moreJ-J Hooks Mash-tested Anchored Precast Safety Barrier Wins Wide Approval From 20 State Dots
Well-received by state DOTs, J-J Hooks anchored barriers passed the demanding MASH TL3 crash test requirements with ease
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.
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