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Smith-Midland will produce over 23 miles of J-J Hooks safety barrier for major highway project.
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.
Read more$70 Billion Texas Highway Infrastructure Spending Plan bodes well for J-J Hooks Barrier sales
Recently, the Texas Transportation Commission approved a 10-year Unified Transportation Program containing $70 billion worth of projects to help Texas DOT meet the state’s growing transportation demands. The plan is the largest of its kind in the agency’s history, addressing capacity, maintenance and safety needs around state. “The actions today by the Texas Transportation Commission represent a historic investment in our state’s infrastructure,” Governor Greg Abbott said. “The plan presented by the commission will allow Texas roads to keep pace with our population growth, provide much-needed congestion relief for working Texans and put the Lone Star State well on its way towards having a first-in-class highway system for decades to come.”
Read moreJ-J Hooks Provides Physical Security for President Elect’s NYC Home
November 9th, a day after Donald Trump won the hotly contested Presidential election, NYC Police Department installed concrete barriers to protect Trump Tower, the President-elect’s New York City home. Just so happens the NYPD routinely relies on Easi-Set Worldwide’s signature licensed product J-J Hooks precast safety barriers produced by local precast manufacturer, Roman Stone Construction Company of Bayshore, NY.
Read moreJ-J Hooks Freestanding Precast Concrete Safety Barrier Now MASH TL-3 Compliant
Midland, Va., November 22, 2016: 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.
Read moreJ-J Hooks Safety Barrier Plays Supporting Role in Community Beautification Project
MIDLAND, Va., June 1, 2016 – (OTCQX: SMID) - Easi-Set Worldwide, a subsidiary of the Smith-Midland Corporation, project update: The Jamaica Bay, NY Restoration Corps and hundreds of volunteers worked together to design and paint a mural on J-J Hooks barrier provided, under a NYCDOT maintenance contract, by Easi-Set licensed producer Roman Stone Construction of Bay Shore, NY.
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