6/8/22

Family In Need

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The Waukesha Parade tragedy left a horrifying impact on our Community, State, and Nation. The senseless and brutal act left dozens of people injured and even the tragic loss of life. One of those families had two children struck by the vehicle leaving them both hospitalized and temporally restrained to wheelchairs.

Upon hearing the families story a contractor in the area offered to help them by installing a wheelchair ramp at their historic home. Unfortunately, soon into the project it became clear the contractor was not capable of doing the work and abandoned the job leaving the family’s home in disrepair and a torn apart porch. Once again, the family had been victimized from events of the Waukesha parade tragedy.

Throughout all this the children healed and no longer needed the wheelchair ramp. However, the front of the family’s home was still demolished and missing its historic front porch. The families story made the local news and B.J. Bowen the director for the special projects division of J.H. Findorff heard the story and knew they had to help this family in need.

The special projects team quickly started to coordinate with various companies to assist in this effort. Contacting Riv/Crete Ready Mix to consult on a high strength concrete mix that could support the weight of the wooden deck and gain strength quickly so anchor bolts could be set the following day. Utilizing a 7000-psi mix which was currently being supplied to J.H. Findorff on a commercial high-rise tower in downtown Milwaukee the team found the perfect solution. The concrete mix achieved all the necessary goals allowing the project team to expedite the construction process and finally give the family back their beautiful home.

Riv/Crete was honored to play a small role in helping this family finally heal from the brutality of the Waukesha parade tragedy.

“You guys were outstanding! Great concrete, great service, great communication. We could not have asked for a better ready-mix company to work with.”
/ Chuck Vitale, Owner of Vee Jay Construction
“Congratulations you guys have done an incredible job of improving your company's safety programs your new MOD is really an impressive accomplishment.”
/ Brad Hallmark, Vizance Insurance
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/ Rick Barrett, Developer of "The Couture"
“I very much appreciated all the help your team gave me this past summer and wanted to let them know how awesome of a job they did with as much as I had going on. We poured multiple times every day. With all the projects going on we worked together and don't think I missed one deadline which is amazing.”
/ Chris Zorzin, Findorff Superintendent
“Thank you for all of the time you and your team took last week. We've toured a bunch of stuff this past semester, but touring Rivcrete was by far my favorite. It's companies like yours that help the CLC club succeed and make me excited to graduate college and start my career in the construction industry!”
/ Chandler Baures, Findorff P.M.
“I'm not aware of any other company in the region that has gone to this extent to reduce their carbon impact more than Riv/Crete Ready Mix. They are the clear-cut leaders in their industry.”
/ Colton Flint, Command Alkon
“I would like to thank you for hosting MSOE: ASCE, ITE, and Pavement Design course. Everyone was extremely happy with the tour, and I cannot thank you enough for the hospitality and kindness that all the tour guides displayed. It was such a pleasure to learn and meet you all and I appreciate the patience when answering all our questions. It was such a cool experience!”
/ Kris Banse, Past ASCE Student President
“The credit is due to the Riv-Crete team for supplying in spec material on a timely basis all night even as ice rates were modified throughout the pour to keep temps where they needed to be. WisDOT IA rep who was on site commented that he had seen less than a dozen deck pours of that size have in spec material the entire pour.”
/ Philip Meinholz, P.E. Structural Engineer
“Riv/Crete Ready Mix is a valued producer member of the Wisconsin Ready Mixed Concrete Association (WRMCA). Nicholas Rivecca is a respected past president of the WRMCA.”
/ Cherish Schween, Executive Director of WRMCA

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