Press Releases
J-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 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.
Read moreSmith-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 moreA Growing Number of State DOTs Approve J-J Hooks MASH-Tested Restrained Precast Safety Barriers for Highway Use
MIDLAND, Va., Sept. 29, 2015 -- Easi-Set Worldwide announces that the MASH-tested J-J Hooks anchored highway barrier has now been approved by more than 20 state Departments of Transportation with additional approvals anticipated in the near future. AASHTO's MASH document presents uniform federal guidelines for crash-testing permanent and temporary highway safety hardware and recommends evaluation criteria to assess test results.
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.
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