In just under five days a 130-foot, eight section concrete elevator was erected in Fairmont, Nebraska for Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI).  Overland Ready Mixed in Geneva began the 24-hour continuous slip form pour at 7 a.m. on July 23 and delivered the final load at 6 a.m. on July 27.  The pour utilized 10 drivers, 2 batchmen, 1 daytime loader operator, and quality control personnel.  During the night shift, batchmen were used to also load the plant between loads.

With the CPI pour consuming as many resources as it did, the York, Aurora and Hebron plants were needed to cover Geneva by handling all of the regular customers using trucks from all Overland sites and occasionally receiving help from Lincoln and Kearney.  The pour took a slight detour when the Geneva plant went down and forced the trucks to load out of York for four hours while the shop repaired the plant.  The crew was able to continue the slip without missing a beat.

At the jobsite, Todd & Sargent Construction used a total of 140 people on the slip to tie rebar as well as place and finish the concrete. In the end, there were 3,400 yards of concrete poured into the 130-foot tall elevator that included 8” walls and used 26.5 yards of concrete per foot.