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Across The Miles: More Than 12 Million Linear Feet Of North America’s Most Successful Precast Concrete Safety Barrier Brand Sold To Date
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
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.
Read moreFirst installation of J-J Hooks MASH TL3 bolt-down safety barrier using Easi-Set/Hilti proprietary anchoring system.
On March 18th, 2013, Shea Concrete Products of Wilmington, MA completed delivery of the new J-J Hooks MASH TL3 bolt-down barriers with Hilti anchoring system to the Larz Anderson Memorial Bridge project in Cambridge. The bridge, listed on both State and National Historic Registers, was built during the late 1800’s and is a vital transportation link connecting the cities of Cambridge and Boston and is the primary connection between two Harvard University campuses.
J-J Hooks Easily Passes Demanding Crash Tests
Midland, Va. - Easi-Set Worldwide announced today that its highly successful J-J Hooks barrier system has successfully passed both bolted-down and pinned-down MASH Test Level 3 crash tests (MASH - Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware) out performing other comparable systems. The tests were performed by the Texas Transportation Institute of College Station, TX - a nationally recognized certified testing facility.
Read moreTrinidad and Tobago becomes latest market for J-J Hooks
The international J-J Hooks safety barrier market is expanding into Trinidad and Tobago with Spancrete Caribbean acquiring a J-J Hooks License. David Williams, Director, has been making a simple barrier for the Trinidad market for some years. The Trinidad government saw the need to have a more secure tested barrier and David presented J-J Hooks as a good solution to their request. Rick Groves will be training their personnel and observing the production of the initial J-J Hooks barrier soon. Spancrete Caribbean is a leading developer of precast and prestressed technology in the Caribbean.
Read moreJ-J Hooks Highway Barrier Approved by New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Midland, Va. -Easi-Set Worldwide recently announced that its J-J Hooks safety barrier received approval from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority for use as a direct substitute for their current standard temporary concrete construction barrier. J-J Hooks is available in 20’ lengths and has a New Jersey shape cross-section. The available configurations match the details shown on NJTA standard drawings TP-24 and TP-25. J-J Hooks is manufactured locally by Jersey Precast Corp. of Hamilton Township, a licensed Easi-Set producer.
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