CWS Doubles Its World of Concrete Impact
How do you increase awareness of the CWS solution? It helps to be in front of the major players in related fields. To this end CWS is a member of many industry associations, including the American Concrete Pumpers Association (ACPA). Our very active participation (and advertising) with the ACPA led directly to a CWS container being displayed under a pump in the CIFA USA booth at the World of Concrete. While the show attendance was down markedly from prior years, we can tell you that CWS has never had more interest. Many of you received end-user leads shortly after the show. Interest was surprisingly high throughout the Great Lakes region, especially Minnesota, and throughout the East Coast. We would like thank Jack Hagaman of CWS Colorado for visiting (and working!) both CWS locations at this year’s World of Concrete. We continue to build interest in the proper handling of washout waste.
Let us know if you can attend the shows that we attend -- generally we're able to offer free admission.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Speaking of Jack Hagaman... Jack is quite an expert in various parts of our industry -- from sales to lobbying the state and local regulators to operating in a cold weather climate. Jack's persistent efforts at educating state and local officials -- most recently at the Colorado Department of Transportation Environmental Storm Water Conference -- are paying off with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) that has approved prefabricated washout containers. Additionally, CWS is a recommended Best Management Practice (BMP) listed in the CDOT Storm Water and Erosion Control Field Guide. Great work, Jack! This development, combined with the recent Cal Trans specification shows that we are getting tangible results at the regulatory level. It's a good idea to be in touch with your state highway agencies, Jack expects to hear news on "eight or nine stimulus projects sometime in April."
Minnesota has taken the lead with the most stringent state concrete washout guidelines within their general construction permit. “All concrete chute rinse water on NPDES/SDS construction storm water permitted sites must not be discharged onto the ground.” Click this link for a PDF of concrete washout guidelines.
The California Water Board will issue yet another draft of the General Construction Permit. CWS (and Ted Honcharik) made significant recommendations in the previous round. Next revision is due in early summer with the Water Board looking to finalize the permit by the end of the year. Our sources tell us not to expect major changes to the language regarding concrete washout specifically, however the Water Board is adopting a general approach that promises to increase enforcement. By and large, elements are being removed from the SWPP and being put into the General Permit which makes enforcement much easier for regulators. Polluters can no longer point to their SWPP and argue that they made a good-faith effort. Discharges will be simply illegal irrespective of Best Management Practice (BMP) employed. You may access the California Water Board's permit page by clicking this link
SEXY NEW PRODUCTS
Sexy? Maybe we've been in the industry too long. Nonetheless, there are some new CWS products that we would like to introduce.
CWS now offers for sale an affordable, lightweight and yet very durable catwalk work platform. This catwalk provides pump operators and mixer drivers an excellent work platform to washout their equipment. It easily fits on any CWS concrete washout box and can be moved forward or backward to best accommodate the user. A pin holds the catwalk in place to discourage theft. The CWS catwalk is available for $ 195.00 plus shipping (without fancy paint job). Please allow 4 weeks for delivery. The busy season is almost upon us so don’t delay -- get your CWS catwalk today!
Also CWS has in stock rubber door seals for $4 per linear ft. and liners $250 each plus shipping.
For Paint washout CWS offers the most effective and safe latex paint remover for all of your paint washout needs. This product comes to us through extensive research and has proven to remove latex paint like MAGIC!!!
Now we all know that CWS has the most cost effective, environmentally compliant washout containment system known to man. Nonetheless there does come a time EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE that one of our customers finds themselves in a desperate situation where they have forgotten to order a CWS container for their jobsite. When this happens, CWS can still be there to help. We now are a distributor of the ENVIRO SAC washout bag.
This bag comes in two sizes , one for mixers, with a holding capacity of 1 or 2 washouts. The second one is primarily for the use by pump operators. We recommend that if a customer finds themselves in a jam, they should pull out their emergency bag and remain compliant. REMEMBER, it is not OK to release the water that is contained in the bag. Make sure they keep your number handy so they can call for an environmentally safe vacuum service. Let the experts take care of the caustic waste water!
Make more money with the Stacker! The CWS Stacker, introduced at the last CWS World Congress, allows one truck and one driver to do "double duty" by stacking and hauling two ramped washout containers on one truck. With costs being what they are, this may be the piece of equipment that earns its cost as quickly as any in your yard.
WEIGH IN ON THIS LIGHTWEIGHT COVER
The concept drawing above depicts a solid, molded plastic cover. Do you think this product would be useful to you? Among the benefits are the potential to haul a load without vacuuming and keeping rainwater and other debris out of the container. Please take a moment and email any thoughts on you may have regarding the cover (or anything else for that matter) to {encode="[email protected]" title="Mark Jenkins"} (Click name to email).
QUOTES
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
Will Rogers
How do you increase awareness of the CWS solution? It helps to be in front of the major players in related fields. To this end CWS is a member of many industry associations, including the American Concrete Pumpers Association (ACPA). Our very active participation (and advertising) with the ACPA led directly to a CWS container being displayed under a pump in the CIFA USA booth at the World of Concrete. While the show attendance was down markedly from prior years, we can tell you that CWS has never had more interest. Many of you received end-user leads shortly after the show. Interest was surprisingly high throughout the Great Lakes region, especially Minnesota, and throughout the East Coast. We would like thank Jack Hagaman of CWS Colorado for visiting (and working!) both CWS locations at this year’s World of Concrete. We continue to build interest in the proper handling of washout waste.
Let us know if you can attend the shows that we attend -- generally we're able to offer free admission.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Speaking of Jack Hagaman... Jack is quite an expert in various parts of our industry -- from sales to lobbying the state and local regulators to operating in a cold weather climate. Jack's persistent efforts at educating state and local officials -- most recently at the Colorado Department of Transportation Environmental Storm Water Conference -- are paying off with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) that has approved prefabricated washout containers. Additionally, CWS is a recommended Best Management Practice (BMP) listed in the CDOT Storm Water and Erosion Control Field Guide. Great work, Jack! This development, combined with the recent Cal Trans specification shows that we are getting tangible results at the regulatory level. It's a good idea to be in touch with your state highway agencies, Jack expects to hear news on "eight or nine stimulus projects sometime in April."
Minnesota has taken the lead with the most stringent state concrete washout guidelines within their general construction permit. “All concrete chute rinse water on NPDES/SDS construction storm water permitted sites must not be discharged onto the ground.” Click this link for a PDF of concrete washout guidelines.
The California Water Board will issue yet another draft of the General Construction Permit. CWS (and Ted Honcharik) made significant recommendations in the previous round. Next revision is due in early summer with the Water Board looking to finalize the permit by the end of the year. Our sources tell us not to expect major changes to the language regarding concrete washout specifically, however the Water Board is adopting a general approach that promises to increase enforcement. By and large, elements are being removed from the SWPP and being put into the General Permit which makes enforcement much easier for regulators. Polluters can no longer point to their SWPP and argue that they made a good-faith effort. Discharges will be simply illegal irrespective of Best Management Practice (BMP) employed. You may access the California Water Board's permit page by clicking this link
SEXY NEW PRODUCTS
Sexy? Maybe we've been in the industry too long. Nonetheless, there are some new CWS products that we would like to introduce.
CWS now offers for sale an affordable, lightweight and yet very durable catwalk work platform. This catwalk provides pump operators and mixer drivers an excellent work platform to washout their equipment. It easily fits on any CWS concrete washout box and can be moved forward or backward to best accommodate the user. A pin holds the catwalk in place to discourage theft. The CWS catwalk is available for $ 195.00 plus shipping (without fancy paint job). Please allow 4 weeks for delivery. The busy season is almost upon us so don’t delay -- get your CWS catwalk today!
Also CWS has in stock rubber door seals for $4 per linear ft. and liners $250 each plus shipping.
For Paint washout CWS offers the most effective and safe latex paint remover for all of your paint washout needs. This product comes to us through extensive research and has proven to remove latex paint like MAGIC!!!
Now we all know that CWS has the most cost effective, environmentally compliant washout containment system known to man. Nonetheless there does come a time EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE that one of our customers finds themselves in a desperate situation where they have forgotten to order a CWS container for their jobsite. When this happens, CWS can still be there to help. We now are a distributor of the ENVIRO SAC washout bag.
This bag comes in two sizes , one for mixers, with a holding capacity of 1 or 2 washouts. The second one is primarily for the use by pump operators. We recommend that if a customer finds themselves in a jam, they should pull out their emergency bag and remain compliant. REMEMBER, it is not OK to release the water that is contained in the bag. Make sure they keep your number handy so they can call for an environmentally safe vacuum service. Let the experts take care of the caustic waste water!
Make more money with the Stacker! The CWS Stacker, introduced at the last CWS World Congress, allows one truck and one driver to do "double duty" by stacking and hauling two ramped washout containers on one truck. With costs being what they are, this may be the piece of equipment that earns its cost as quickly as any in your yard.
WEIGH IN ON THIS LIGHTWEIGHT COVER
The concept drawing above depicts a solid, molded plastic cover. Do you think this product would be useful to you? Among the benefits are the potential to haul a load without vacuuming and keeping rainwater and other debris out of the container. Please take a moment and email any thoughts on you may have regarding the cover (or anything else for that matter) to {encode="[email protected]" title="Mark Jenkins"} (Click name to email).
QUOTES
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
Will Rogers