Posts Tagged ‘Fukushima’

Ashmore Concrete Steps Up with Putzmeister to help Japan

April 9th, 2011 by moresnow | No Comments | Filed in Nuclear Power Plant Construction, Tsunami, Uncategorized
Johnny Crawford, Jcrawford@ajc.com

Johnny Crawford, Jcrawford@ajc.com

Jerry Ashmore, the president of Evans, GA-based Ashmore Concrete owned the
giant truck until last week, when he gave it back to Putzmeister to help the Japanese.
Great Work Ashmore!
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Another four Putzmeister truck-mounted concrete pumps for Fukushima

April 9th, 2011 by moresnow | No Comments | Filed in Nuclear Power Plant Construction, Tsunami

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Image 1628-2: The M 70-5 is the world’s largest series-produced truck-mounted concrete pump that has been successfully tried and tested in practical use

Picture 1628-1: Thanks to its large reach and flexible boom, the M 62-6 is ideally suited to use on high buildings, for example the damaged reactor buildings in Fukushima

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Since Tuesday, 22.3.2011, a 58-metre Putzmeister large-boom pump has been pumping water for cooling at the atomic power plant in Fukushima.

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