Barbour Concrete Company is certified by the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA), the well-established trade group for the precast concrete industry. Manufacturing plants certified by the NPCA are established companies with a common dedication to manufacturing high-quality products for their respective customers. And, to maintain the NPCA credentials, the company must pass periodic on-site, unannounced certification inspections.

The certification program operated by NPCA is designed to help quality-conscious architects, engineers, contractors and owners when sourcing precast concrete solutions for their projects. The NPCA quality control manual mandates that quality starts before the work order reaches the manufacturing plant’s production schedule. This process assures that products will meet or exceed specifications, thus improving profits and making life simpler for their customers.

Currently, the program is dedicated to setting the highest standards for plant facilities, production operations and quality control procedures. Products selected from NPCA-certified plants, like Barbour Concrete Company, are manufactured to exacting requirements for uncompromising strength, durability and finish.

This demanding certification criteria address more than 50 separate production and product quality attributes for conformance with accepted industry standards. Each individual plant and participating member, is inspected by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., a world-wide firm of structural engineers and material scientists with an international reputation in concrete technology. Their inspections closely examine production methods, including placement and fabrication of reinforcement and casting forms. Inspection also monitors plant procedures including pre-pour operations, storage and shipment, curing and form stripping to make sure these techniques meet, or exceed, the certification requirements.

NPCA-certified plants are required to keep extensive records to verify that production conforms to product specifications. Work orders, product drawings, equipment calibration records, aggregate and concrete test records, batching reports and product inspection reports are required as management tools and quality assurance aids.

Under this stringent industry program, Barbour Concrete Company offers products for building and housing projects, sanitary and storm manhole structures, utility structures and water & sewage systems.