Precast concrete makes up a large portion of industrial infrastructure, including buildings, roads, retaining walls and bridges. These customized parts form the foundation on which many permanent structures stand, and they are known for their quality, strength and durability. Del Zotto Steel and Concrete Products of Florida is in the business of making these essential components with […]
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How Are Concrete Pouring Buckets Used?
If you are filling forms or doing pre-cast work, one of the biggest time savers can be the addition of concrete pouring buckets to pour large batches of concrete directly. The difference for most contractors is that you can focus on the task at hand instead of worrying about the transport of your material to […]
Tips To Help You Grow Your Precast Concrete Business
Pouring concrete always involves variables that change and multiply as you address bigger projects. There are customers who are never-satisfied, unreliable vendors, and it seems constant issues with holding on to good help, though the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows only 163,360 concrete finishing jobs nationally for 2015. But there are ways to grow your […]
Shake Things Up With Our Concrete Form Vibrator
Precast products are all around us and are a vital part of the infrastructure in our modern lives. From skyscraper floors to septic tanks to innovative concrete architectural details, precast concrete is a basic building block in our world. As a builder of precast products, you know how important consolidation of concrete is during placement […]
Get A Handle On Your Concrete Mixer
Your business is very important to you, and with the competitive landscape getting fiercer each day your business’ economic efficiency starts to become more of a growing concern. For a lot of businesses, an antiquated piece of equipment can become a resource bottleneck that slows processes and wastes materials. Recently, we have seen this to […]
Concrete Hole Forms Made Easy
Using foam to cast holes in precast concrete pipes, walls or other applications is a common practice in the industry. But unless you need a custom form every time, foam concrete hole forms may cost you money. Foam can be relatively cheap, but making a foam form can be a long process. First, the foam […]
Enjoy The Advantages Of A Cement Silo
Making precast concrete can be a dirty job. Using a quality cement silo, however, can make a big difference for your crew and your bottom line. In its simplest form, a cement silo is a holding bin for dry ingredients waiting to be mixed with water to form concrete. But integrated technology has made cement […]
Keep Safe With A Concrete Storm Shelter
With the arrival of Hurricane season in the United States, millions of homeowners in coastal areas and throughout Gulf Coast states turn their attention to preparation, in some cases installing a concrete storm shelter. While hurricanes pack a lot of force and can decimate huge areas of land, this time of year is also ripe for increased tornado […]
U.S. Highway Funding Means More Concrete Road Barriers
The recently signed $305 billion, five-year highway funding law ends a decade of temporary patches and extensions on the previous highway funding law. The new law should spur an uptick in highway projects and increase the need for materials and equipment, including concrete road barriers. The law, titled Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or “FAST […]
Precast Concrete Steps Give You A Leg Up
One of the biggest successes of the precast industry came thanks to the development of precast concrete steps. The steps showed how precast concrete could help save time on a job site and keep a project moving forward without the usual downtime while waiting for concrete to dry and cure. The precast steps, made at […]
Retention Wall Forms Makes Job Easier
Large retention projects require enormous blocks of precast concrete capable of holding back tons of soil. They are made using a specially built mold or retention wall forms. These blocks allow for bridge overpasses and roads, but can be cumbersome and expensive to transport long distances. Del Zotto Products offers your precast concrete business the […]
Lift Stations Keep Neighborhoods High and Dry
Lift stations are an important component of a community’s sewer system. Without them, it would be impossible to move wastewater away from homes and businesses. The function of a lift station is relatively simple: move wastewater from a lower to a higher elevation on its journey to the water treatment plant. Sewer systems use gravity […]
Concrete Containment System Keeps Environment Safer
Protecting drinking water from pollution is why most jurisdictions require companies have a containment plan in case fuel or other hazardous liquids leak from a storage tank. Part of a plan can include a concrete containment system as a secondary containment system. These systems are essentially a concrete pan that sits under storage tanks. The […]
Septic Tank Forms That Save You Time
Most people don’t think about septic tanks until there’s a problem, but at Del Zotto Products we think about them a lot. Specifically, we think about precast concrete septic tank forms and how they can be made to save your company time and money. Our septic tank forms are custom designed to meet your state […]
From Parking Lot Curbs To The Colosseum: How Concrete Shaped the World
For ages, concrete’s use in ancient monuments and grand public works has made the material a giant among building materials. Long-lasting structures like the Roman Coliseum and engineering wonders like the Hoover Dam are testaments to the material’s greatness. Its versatility has expanded its use to all manner of industries from construction to design. But […]
Building Concrete Walls For Home and Work
The abundance of wood in the United States makes it the primary building material. But concrete walls have made inroads into traditional construction. The precast walls are growing in popularity in the industrial and commercial buildings, but residential use is also on the rise. Because of the ability to mimic brick, rock and other patterns […]
Form Oil Sprayer: How To Keep Concrete Non-Stick
The use of oil to keep concrete from adhering to a form is a tried-and-true method, but the search for the perfect form oil sprayer continues. Del Zotto offers a self-contained, portable oil sprayer that gives you the convenience of a manual sprayer, with the performance of a compressed air sprayer. Oil is used to […]
Latest: Carbon Dioxide Concrete
Researchers recently announced they made a small concrete tube using carbon dioxide emissions which would otherwise be released into the air. The small-scale success proved that the carbon dioxide concrete process was possible and a large-scale effort is in the works. The researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles began the project as a […]
Precast Concrete Use Continues To Grow
Around the United States and much of the world, precast concrete use is so prevalent that it touches nearly every aspect of your life. The ubiquitous material forms the infrastructure that allows the world to function. From sewer systems to bridges, precast concrete has become the material of choice both for its structural properties and […]
Bullet Resistant Precast Concrete to Guard U.S. Grid
The threat of terrorism in the United States has grown to include isolated targets where bullet resistant precast concrete can be of use. The electrical power infrastructure, responsible for routing the nation’s electric supply is typically guarded by chain link fences. One substation was targeted in California in 2013 which brought the threat to the […]