A lot has happened this year for Patio Drummond! We celebrated our 50th anniversary, we moved, we demolished our administrative center as well as part of our factory, and we started construction. We did all this in the midst of a global pandemic. We did all this in addition to continuing to manufacture what we do best: concrete! In fact, we are ending the year on a high note by producing a new piece for a client, but not just any piece.
12,000 lbs of concrete!
What we produced is a bench that acts both as a charging station for various electronic devices and as a solar panel support. This bench weighs a total of 12,000 lbs (!!!)
What does this entail?
Broadly speaking, once the mold is created, the piece will go through the following steps, all in the same day: greasing and validating the mold's conformity, preparing and positioning the reinforcement and hardware, pre-pour inspection by our quality department, and, finally, pouring and setting the concrete. We let it cure and demold it the next day! This will be followed by finishing and surface treatment. Ultimately, it's like making a big cake! Setting all this up took us less than a day—that's no small feat!
Continuous innovations and improvements
When producing a piece for the first time, it's always a bit intimidating. We must be careful and meticulously record the manufacturing process to be able to make modifications in the future. For now, our biggest challenge is caused by the impressive weight of the piece in question. We will have adjustments to make regarding demolding. Each finished bench allows us to improve the process! For the next order, Patio Drummond will create a more suitable tool designed exclusively for demolding this impressive piece. It's a privilege to always have new, different, and custom projects, because it pushes us to constantly move forward and adapt quickly! At Patio Drummond, we always say that we have unparalleled adaptability. It's true, a client comes to us with a need? We make sure we can respond quickly, even if it means we have to turn around "on a dime." Regardless of the project's complexity, we manage to create something aesthetic that meets the client's expectations. Fortunately, we can always count on our experienced team! Thanks to our concrete experts (Yvan, Tommy, Sylvie, Magloire, Juan Carlo, Placido, and Denis) who worked on this project!
