Archive for June, 2012

Wegmans:Opening in Gambrills this August. Are you excited?

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corp. and Reliable Contracting are nearing completion of their 1.2 million-square-foot, $275 million addition to the Village at Waugh Chapel, which will comprise of several major retailers, including Wegmans.

“The project, we’ve always felt, was going to be very successful from the very beginning,” said Reliable Contracting President Jay Baldwin.

Village South is one of the largest planned developments to start in Greater Baltimore since before the Great Recession.

“It’s a very positive sign,” said commercial real estate broker Rene Daniel. “It’s one of the largest projects going on the East Coast, not just Baltimore.”

But there was a time when developers were struggling to attract tenants to fill up their retail space. Luckily, once Wegmans signed on, several other tenants jumped at the chance to be a part of Village South.

Wegmans spokeswoman Jo Natale explained that the company only opens one or two new stores a year and is very particular in choosing its location.

“There are really three or four primary things that we look for, and in this instance they all came together,” said Natale.

These factors include:

  1. Location
  2. The number of people living nearby
  3. The ability to be a regional draw for potential shoppers

Other future or recently opened Wegmans stores in Maryland include: Landover, Frederick, Bel Air, Columbia, and Germantown.

If you have any questions about the New Wegmans in Gambrills or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.

Interested in scheduling Reliable Contracting for a job?

We currently have crews available for work. Contact us today to schedule your estimate before we are completely booked solid!

Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.

Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.

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Village at Waugh Chapel $275M expansion begins

 

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Admixtures Change PCC Performance :: Concrete Contractor in Maryland

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

The most widely used structural material for transportation infrastructure and pavements in Portland cement concrete, or PCC. And in order to achieve a PCC mixture that is workable, durable, and of high quality, mineral and chemical admixtures must be applied.

All about Admixtures

  • Chemical Admixtures: The most common chemical admixtures are air-entraining agents, water reducers, superplastics, retarders, and accelerators. All of these admixtures can affect PCC in several ways, including: managing its rate of early hydration and regulating its fluid properties.
  • Mineral Admixtures: Common mineral admixtures include fly ash, silicia fume, and microsilicia. These admixtures are added to concrete to enhance its workability; to improve resistance of concrete to thermal cracking, alkali-aggregate expansion, and sulfate attack; and to enable a reduction in cement content or water.

Concrete Contractor in Maryland

Do you have a concrete project that you need completed right the first time?

Reliable Contracting’s three concrete crews can install curb and gutter for any project from large shopping centers to residential developments. In addition, we can perform all types of flat work to finish off your project, including aprons, dumpster pads and sidewalks.

Interested in scheduling Reliable Contracting for a job? Contact us by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.

We currently have crews available for work. Contact us today to schedule your estimate before we are completely booked solid!

Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.

Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.

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A Concrete Solution

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Pervious Concrete: Developing the Right Concrete Mix

Monday, June 18th, 2012

Pervious concrete is designed to easily drain water. This is accomplished through a serious of void spaces, known as the porosity, which are interconnected and rapidly permeable to water movement. As you can imagine, this creates a unique set of challenges for the concrete producer.

Developing a pervious concrete mix that is easily placed, performs well, and is durable is not easy. It is a balancing act, requiring the concrete producer to develop mix designs for each of his aggregates. It also requires producers to identify the warning signs of pervious concrete problems, specifically problems related to the following:

  • Water content
  • Mixture proportions
  • Admixture dosing

While some of these issues can be remedied by changing construction practices, most problems require changes from the concrete producer.

Producing Pervious Concrete

  • Permeability: The primary considerations when determining proper mix design for pervious concrete are: strength for loading; freeze/thaw resistance; durability against winter maintenance (plowing and deicers); and porosity to produce the desired permeability.
  • Workability: While pervious concrete requires proper void content, it still needs to be smooth and durable. This is achieved through proper mix proportions, primarily controlled by aggregate angularity and gradation; cementitious volume; sand or fiber content; water-cementitious materials ratio (w/cm); admixtures; and environmental factors (mixing time, water temperature, and mixer/truck moisture state).
  • Mix Constituents: The largest volume of material in pervious concrete is aggregate. Because of this, aggregate selection has the largest influence on unit weight. The use of good quality, clean, well-graded crushed aggregate results in pervious concrete pavement with improved structural properties, reduced raveling, and improved permeability.
  • Admixtures: There are numerous admixtures used in pervious concrete, including: air entraining; internal curing; hydration stabilizing; viscosity modifying; and water reducing.

If you have any questions about the Troubleshooting Pervious Concrete or if you have a construction project that you need completed right the first time, please contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.

Interested in scheduling Reliable Contracting for a job?

We currently have crews available for work. Contact us today to schedule your estimate before we are completely booked solid!

Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.

Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.

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Troubleshooting Pervious Concrete

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National Work Zone Awareness Week :: Maryland Highway Construction

Friday, June 8th, 2012

The fact that work zone fatalities are the lowest they have been in 30 years is cause for celebration. But, as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood points out, this is certainly no time to ease up on work zone safety awareness efforts.

“We’ve made a lot of progress reducing fatalities for construction crews working on our nation’s roads, but even one death is too many,” said Secretary LaHood. “It’s critical for drivers to slow down, look for changes in traffic patterns and watch for the men and women who are working to improve our nation’s highways and bridges.”

National Work Zone Awareness Week Kickoff

National Work Zone Awareness Week is an annual campaign designed to promote motorist and worker safety and mobility issues in work zones.

“Dedicated workers are building and maintaining the roads and bridges we rely on every day to get us where we need to go safely,” said Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez. “The least we can do as drivers is to keep them safe by obeying posted speed limits. We must also pay extra attention in work zones, which means putting away our cell phones and watching out for any changes to normal road conditions.”

Highway Safety Statistics

  • Work zone fatalities reached their highest point in 2002, 1,186 deaths.
  • In 2010, highway work zone fatalities fell to 576-the least since 1982.
  • Work zone fatalities have been cut in half over the last 10 years.
  • In 2010, states reported 37,000 work zone-related injuries.
  • On average, four people are injured in a work zone every hour.

For more information on National Work Zone Awareness Week, visit http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/outreach/wz_awareness.htm or contact Reliable Contracting by calling 410-987-0313 or visit our website.

Interested in scheduling Reliable Contracting for a job?

We currently have crews available for work. Contact us today to schedule your estimate before we are completely booked solid!

Reliable Contracting maintains a reputation as a leader in the construction industry. Our clientele includes builders, developers, individuals and government agencies. With projects ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $10 million, Reliable can be seen working on Maryland’s roads, highways, airports, office parks, shopping centers, hospitals, churches, and residential neighborhoods earning our reputation by providing clients with consistent quality and dedication to their projects.

Reliable Contracting Company serves the following and surrounding Counties: Annapolis, Queen Anne’s, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George, St. Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington D.C.

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Reminds Drivers to Pay Special Attention in Work Zones Across the Nation

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