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Company Spotlight: Freeport
Concrete's Batching Plant
 Freeport
Concrete Ltd's concrete plant manufactures ready mixed concrete that
is a mixture of cement, rock, sand and water. It is sold by the cubic
yard with one cubic yard weighing an average of 3,000 lbs. The concrete
is delivered to the jobsite in a rotating barrel attached to a heavy
truck. Each truck normally carries up to 10 cubic yards per trip.
Concrete can be supplied in varying strengths, depending on the
application. The strength is measured in pounds per square inch (psi) of
pressure which the concrete mix can withstand upon hardening. Typical
home construction will call for a 2,500 psi mix design, while large
multi-storey office buildings, hotels or condominiums can require up to
6,000 psi mix designs in the columns and footings. There are also many
special concrete design mixes that require additives for such
applications as sea walls, chemical holding tanks and underwater beach
restoration obstacles.
Freeport Concrete has supplied numerous Grand Bahama homes with concrete
for their foundations, tie beams, driveways and walkways. The company
deals with most of Grand Bahama's small-home builders and contractors,
and has also supplied concrete to some of the island’s largest projects,
including:
- First Commercial Centre
- Polymers International Phases 1 and 11
- Lloyd Werft Freeport Ship Care Facility
- Freeport Power new generator building
- Our Lucaya / Baker Construction
- Breakers Hotel – 6,000 psi columns
- Our Lucaya / Gunite Pools – all pools and sea walls
- Our Lucaya / City Services – all hardscape coloured
concrete
- Our Lucaya / Island Projects – The Prop Club Restaurant
- Millennium House office building
- Lucayan Harbour Cruise Ship Terminal – all coloured
concrete
- Martin-Marietta's new aggregate production facility
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