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March 2003

Superior Concrete Products was recently awarded the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) Award in recognition for the NPCA 5-Year Plant Certification.  The 5-Year recertification award was given to Superior Concrete Products for its manufacturing facility in Cleburne, Texas that has now been certified since 1997.

The NPCA award was received at the MCPX Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah.  A total of five awards were given at the Expo, making a grand total of approximately 120 nationwide manufacturing facilities that are certified by the NPCA as an NPCA Certified Plant. 

The NPCA Plant Certification Program is a challenging test of a plant's ability to produce quality precast concrete products.  Administered by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., a world-renown engineering and materials science firm, the inspection is a comprehensive look at all aspects of precast concrete production.  Precast plants that become certified must meet high standards in all areas of productions, safety and information management.

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January 2002

Superior Concrete Products was recently awarded the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) Landscape Award

Euless, Texas - Superior Concrete Products will receive the 2001 National Precast Concrete Association's (NPCA) Building, Housing, Landscape & Specialty Products Award at its February convention, according to Barry Stevens, PH.D, CFP, Superior's vise president of sales and engineering.

Superior is being recognized for the manufacture and installation of a custom decorative precast concrete screening and sound wall for an electrical substation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Stevens said.  The NPCA competition is held annually and all entries are judged by its Building, Housing, Landscape & Specialty Product Committee.  Awards are based according to project innovation, cost benefits, schedule savings, ease of construction and aesthetics.

"The project called for a high-quality, no-maintenance, aesthetically-pleasing screening and sound barrier to be built around the working substation," Stevens added.  "We installed the custom 175-foot x 10-foot high SUPERIOR-STONEú screening wall without hindering the plant's operations or causing any down time - all within the utility's cost, quality and time parameters."

The prestigious award comes on the heels of the NPCA's 4th re-certification of Superior Concrete's Cleburne, Texas manufacturing facility.  A mark of quality, the certification means Superior Concrete has met or exceeded the NPCA's high standards in all areas of production, safety and information management.  Superior Concrete has been continuously certified with NPCA since 1997.

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January 2002

Superior Concrete Products was recently awarded the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Award of Excellence.

Euless, Texas - The Maryland Department of Transportation has presented an Award of Excellence to Superior Concrete Products as part of its Maryland Quality Initiative program.

Superior was recognized for its manufacture and installation of a custom decorative precast concrete screening and sound wall along Canal Parkway in Cumberland, MD.  The Maryland DOT award was given to Superior for, "Utilizing the Thing Beyond the Pavement Approach for Context Sensitive Project Development - Large Project," said Barry Stevens, Superior Concrete Products vice president of sales and engineering.

The projects were judged on overall planning and design to compliment the physical, cultural, social and environmental setting, while maintaining safety and mobility, according to Parker F. Williams, administrator for the Maryland State Highway Administration.

"We manufactured and installed the custom 1,221-foot long by 9-foot high SUPERIOR-WOOD PLUSú integrally colored wood-textured precast concrete screening wall to provide an aesthetically-pleasing and permanent barrier along Canal Parkway," Stevens said.

There were many advantages to using Superior's decorative precast concrete wall, he added.  First, it provided the desired look of wood, with the strength, reliability and durability of reinforced concrete.  Second, Superior custom-manufactured the wall to the DOT's specifications in the NPCA Certified manufacturing plant, taking into account the wind-load requirements, weather extremes, soil conditions and even the custom charcoal integral color.  Also, installation time was faster and overall costs were significantly less than other masonry screening walls.  Finally, Superior's concrete wall eliminated the maintenance and replacement costs associated with wood.

Superior Concrete Products is a national company that designs, manufacturers and installs decorative precast concrete fencing and screening walls in a variety of styles and colors for use around developments, utility, commercial, municipal and road projects.  For more information: call 1-800-942-9255; write to 1203 Raider Dr. Euless, TX.  76040; or visit www.concretefence.com