Down in Alabama, we’re putting in new dock levelers. Before I was asked to do the job, I’m not sure I had even heard of a dock leveler. In fact, I didn’t really grasp the concept until I actually cut the concrete out, poured it back and saw everything come together. In preparing to place …
Tag Archive: Dock Levelers
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28
Feb
20
Finally Catching Up
We finally got to pour concrete yesterday! It didn’t go as planned, but we made it work. The slump of the concrete was so dry, we could hardly get it right. When everything was all said and done, we had a product that made the general contractor tell us “Looks 1000 times better than what I’m …
Feb
09
On The Road
Well, my concrete work seems to have taken me to Cullman, Alabama. We’re doing Dock Levelers for a Walmart Distribution center. I look forward to the challenge, as well as the opportunity, but being away from my family will undoubtedly be the worst part of the experience. We left on Monday the 8th, 2010. I …
Feb
27
Completed First Phase
The first phase of Cullman is done! Moving on to the next phase should go a little easier. We won’t have near as many people watching us this time either. Now that we seem to have a system, everything seems to be going a little more smoothly. We actually had the ability to start cutting …
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