Press Releases
Smith-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 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 moreAcross 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 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.
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.