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    Concrete Pour Requires 250 Trucks for 2,300 Cubic Yards

    March 6, 2024
    The concrete pour took 12 hours to complete.
    Tom Berg for Construction Equipment
    The pour required 250 truck loads, delivered in mixers similar to this Ozinga ready mix truck.
    The pour required 250 truck loads, delivered in mixers similar to this Ozinga ready mix truck.

    A foundation pour in Chicago took 12 hours and 250 loads of ready mix concrete. The foundation is for a 72-story tower just west of Navy Pier sandwiched between the Chicago River and the Ogden Slip.

    An article on Urbanize described the project as a collaboration with LR Contracting Co. and BOWA construction.

    The foundation required 2,300 cubic feet of concrete, weighing more than 9 million pounds, according to the article. Aerial photos show the circular foundation surrounded by 10 Ozinga concrete mixer trucks and two concrete pumps. The pour required 25 concrete truck drivers.

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    Rod Sutton

    Sutton has served as the editorial lead of Construction Equipment magazine and ConstructionEquipment.com since 2001. 

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