"MODEL T"

Concrete Washout Systems background is rooted deep within the construction and concrete industries.  The founding partners all have spent most, if not all, of their adult lives within the construction industry, amounting to nearly 100 years of combined experience. While working in the industries over the years, they saw the regulatory climate go from no compliance measures on jobsites where concrete was washed directly into drain inlets, to where we are today. 

Between 2000 and 2001, the Sacramento, CA. construction market saw the first wave of control measures being implemented on jobsites, for the worst of the violators, including constructing dirt pits to contain concrete washout material.  Most, if not all of the contractors were dismayed as to why they needed to do anything.  Concrete was harmless after all, or so we all thought, and they had been washing out concrete trucks on lots and in uncontained areas for as long as they could remember.  But they were told that containment was needed.  Not long after that we were being directed to washout in a designated area that was now lined with haybales and plastic. 

We saw a huge problem with not diverting and recycling the concrete material.  In fact, what was actually occurring on the jobsites was increased waste heading to the landfill.  The sites were still messy and muddy from the concrete washwater and we began thinking there had to be a better way.

So in the winter of 2002/2003, Concrete Washout Systems was conceived.  We started drawing our ideas on napkins and paper to see what type of system we could deploy with a roll-off truck.

We went to the largest refuse box manufacturer on the West Coast, Consolidated Fabricators, and presented them with our idea.  At first, we were basically told that it wasn’t going to work.  We left thinking that was it. 

Not long after that, we found ourselves facing a fine for improper containment of concrete material on our jobsites.  We knew that something had to be done and went back to ConFab to re-address the problems and our solution.

After numerous drawings and meetings, we built our first prototype Concrete Washout System, what we now call the “Model T”, and dropped it on a jobsite in the Sacramento, CA. area.  It was very well recieved and prompted us to apply for patent protection and created a company to market the boxes, services and a licensed business opportunity.

Fast forward to today and in a short period of time, we have taken an entire industry by storm; providing them with an affordable solution to an industry wide problem.