In January, the North Dakota Ready-Mix & Concrete Products Association presented a 2020 Gold Star “Excellence in Concrete” Award to the Block 9 project, for which Ceco Concrete provided formwork services. In all, 10 projects across North Dakota were honored for demonstrating the advantages of concrete—including safety, resiliency, durability, environmental stewardship and aesthetics. The Block 9 development consists of an 18-story mixed-use building, 8-story parking garage (with one leve …

At Ceco, we are committed to sending our people home safe each day, and we do this with the help of our experienced safety supervisors and managers. When Derrick Sorensen began his career with Ceco in 2016, he brought with him more than 20 years of experience in construction safety and health. A military veteran, Derrick has a degree in occupational health and safety from the University of Washington. He has previously served as director of environmental health and safety (EHS) with Rockies …

Scott and Stephanie JuniorAt Ceco, the roots of our safety culture run deep. We are committed to practices and training that help us cultivate a safe work environment for a flourishing field operation. While Ceco seeks to send every employee home without injury at the end of each workday, the value of our safety training becomes priceless when our employees can apply what they have learned to save lives.In January, Scott Junior, a Labor Foreman out of our Milwaukee office in Wisconsin, was at ho …

Tribco recently applied finishing touches at 717 S. Clark (aka Imprint) in the form of hardscape work. In December, the Tribco team wrapped up 2020 by topping out at the 30-story luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Printer Row neighborhood. Originally, project owner Lendlease Corp. wanted curved precast concrete planters and benches in the garden area on Level 6. However, after Tribco bid the complete cast-in-place concrete frame scope, we were asked to consider a cast-in-place hardscape op …

Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. Photo: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 Built nearly a century ago, Chicago’s Merchandise Mart is a testament to the long-lasting durability of concrete buildings—and of projects completed by Ceco Concrete! In 1930, Ceco completed most of the floor forming for the building. This was a huge undertaking, as the floor area was 4 million square feet, thus requiring 4 million cubic yards of concrete to complete. Spanning two city blocks, The Mart was once considered the …