August 2020
R.W. SIDLEY, INC. NEWSLETTER
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Aggregates + Construction Supply + Precast + Transportation |
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Greater Cincinnati Water Works |
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The Richard Miller station is the largest treatment plant on the Ohio River, with 90% of GCWW's customers getting their water from this facility. The station pumps over 240M gallons of water a day.
The overall project includes concrete rehabilitation work and replacement of the filter media in 15 of the 43 filters. Bill Shields of S & S Filter in Austintown, OH, was awarded the filter media replacement project, which will replace five (5) filters a year for three (3) years. S & S Filter previously has replaced four (4) filters at the location.
The Richard Miller Water Treatment Plant includes the granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment facility. GAC facility is the largest of its kind in the country. R.W. Sidley is the filter media supplier on this project. The filters are a combination of sand and gravel, carbon and disinfecting UV light.
All our filter media meets ANSI/AWWA B-100-16 standards for granular filter media and NSF-61 requirements for drinking water. For more information on our filter media, please contact:
440.298.3232 Ext. 3135
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VERTI-BLOCK RETAINING WALL SYSTEM |
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Verti-Block is an ideal solution for residential and commercial retaining wall projects. The unique interlocking design allows for curves and Verti-Block is perfectly sized for almost any landscaping project. Measuring in at 2’ × 4’ × 3’, it’s able to create gravity walls up to 14’ high — even higher when reinforced. And its unique hollow design makes it lighter, more affordable and easier to handle than solid blocks. The blocks can be stained (pictured above) or left natural concrete (pictured right). For a brochure or more information about our Verti-Block Retaining Wall System, please contact:
440.298.3232 x3294
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The Carbin app was created by MIT's Concrete Sustainabilty Hub along with their partners as a means to crowdsource data on road conditions. According to their website www.fixmyroad.us, the quality of the roads affect (1) safety, (2) traffic, (3) comfort of driving, (4) fuel consumption and (5) quality of air. The current means of collecting road conditions is expensive and time consuming. The Carbin app is free can easily be downloaded to any smartphone Apple Store and Google Play Store and used to collect data on the roads you use everyday. Your phone just needs to be a stable place, mounted in the car, set in the cup holder or on the floor.
The data collected is available to all on the website and can be used by municipalities and DOT's to use the results to make the best decisions on road repairs in our communities.
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PCI Launches New eLearning Center
Sidley Precast Group in a member of PCI (Precast/Prestressted Concrete Institute), for years Sidley Precast has visited design professionals for educational AIA registered Lunch & Learn programs, during this pandemic this is not feasible. Earlier this month PCI launched a new learning management system. The PCI eLearning Center houses many education courses, including Quality Control sessions, webinars, and more.
This learning management system satisfies the continuing education requirements for engineers in all 50 states, and PCI can offer architects approved AIA learning units. New, easy-to-access courses will be added over time.
The new eLearning Center is compatible for all devices: desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile. Best of all, you will find it has many advantages. These include:
- The platform is more user-friendly.
- The new eLearning Center uses a single sign-on.
- Use your PCI login to sign on. If you are not already member, you can join for free to access the eLearning programs.
If you do experience any glitches or side effects, please clear your cookies/cache. Below are instructions on how to clear your computer cache.
We hope design professionals take advantage of this new eLearning Center and know that we are always available to answer your precast questions.
440.298.3232 x3294
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IT'S A PROCESS
The Process to make Pro/Angle® isn’t like extracting sand from a traditional sand & gravel quarry, because Pro/Angle® isn’t like traditional sand.
Traditional sand mining takes place by extracting loosely compacted material from a deposit (either a land deposit of sand deposited in a river or dune area). Generally, heavy equipment such as an excavator removes the material from the ground and it is washed and separated into different sizes through a screening process. Sands from this mining method are used in concrete & asphalt production among many other commercial construction uses. Sands from these deposits have particles that are round, sub-rounded or sub-angular because they were deposited there naturally by water or wind over time.
The Pro/Angle® process differs dramatically as the mine is a conglomerate of sand & gravel bound together with pressure after being deposited by glaciers millions of years ago. The result is a very high purity deposit that is extracted by drilling & blasting.
After blasting, the raw material is excavated, washed then processed, crushed to create angularity and washed again, then screened into size and washed one more time for good measure.
The process to produce Pro/Angle® takes great effort, but the result is a long lasting, very durable premium bunker sand that has unmatched performance characteristics.
It’s not like traditional sand, because it isn’t traditional sand…it’s Pro/Angle®.
440.343.1047
www.pro-angle.com | @ProAngleOhio
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Bright beautiful colors from The Mack Truck Company, what a great way to up the image of your new investment. Besides the basic colors of red, white, blue, green any color that can be thought of or needed by a customer the Mack Company has already made and just has to be specified. Mack's basic solid enamel color wheel looks great and then the image can be enhanced with choosing one of many different metallic colors with all having a clear coat process as standard so that in future years color fading is not an issue. For more information on Mack Trucks please contact:
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Each month we highlight a different R.W. Sidley employee, from all divisions in the company as to what motivates them to come to work every day and do their best. |
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Mike Kelly, Block Plant Manager 43 Years of Service
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I have been fortunate to be employed at
R.W. Sidley now for 40 years plus a few years prior on the “farm”. I officially started in October of 1977, at the age of 14! I had the luck of growing up across the street from Bob & Polly Sidley along with Mike & Rob and their horse farm. I was always hanging around their house playing and it led into helping take care of horses for an after school job.
After graduating high school I wanted to do something in the building trades as that’s what I did in school. Sidley’s offered me a chance to interview with John Doeing in the maintenance department.
While in the maintenance group we helped build the Block Plant in Thompson. Things were very slow in 1982, and I was asked if I would like to transfer full-time to this new facility to help make concrete block once we were done building.
Well that was a long time ago and many memories and stories to be had for sure. With time brought about expansion and the opportunity for growth. Sidley’s made a lot of acquisitions in the late 1990’s, and two of them came with block production facilities. I was asked to head up the operations of three block producing facilities. It was a fun time because of all the new people and all of the different machinery involved to produce the block. All three plants were different in many ways. If I recall our greatest output in 1998, was 6.5 million 8” block.
I can tell you that having a lot of help from other team members is what it takes to get the job done. Relationships and respect for one another is vital to being successful in accomplishing your goals. I have been fortunate to have worked with many professionals at the Sidley organization as well as vendors and suppliers in our industry. I learned a lot from all of them. I have also had the opportunity to train many people and most times I feel like a full-time teacher. It is amazing how you can tell a person it will take you two years to become comfortable in doing a job and they look at you funny as two years is a long time but what we need to know is a lot of information.
One of the key points I have stressed to all the block makers I have worked with is, you aren’t just making a block, you are making schools, homes, churches and retail shops of all kinds. Be proud of what you are doing because it matters.
I want thank the Sidley Family for the opportunity to have worked with and for them over the years. Good Luck and be safe!
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Please take a moment to check out our updated website at www.rwsidley.com. The site is now mobile compatible so it will automatically convert to a great viewing experience on any size smart device. It also links to all out social media sites and has a live feed of Facebook posts.
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R.W. Sidley, Inc. is the exclusive Builders Club sponsor for concrete, block, brick and aggregates in Northeast Ohio and the Pittsburgh area. There is no cost for a home builders to be part of this program. Buy from R.W. Sidley, Inc., pay within terms, earn rewards points! It's that simple. Points can be used on a huge selection tools, electronics, travel and much more. Contact one of salespeople today for more information and to start earning rewards!
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