In 2022 Northwest Precast completed construction and moved into its new manufacturing facility located in Puyallup, Washington. With a footprint just under 80,000sf on an 11-acre site, Northwest precast has increased its production floorplate by almost 5x from the previous plant. As a green-field project intended to carry Northwest Precast through the 21st century, this new facility integrates state-of-the-art tools and technology with lean processes for efficiency, quality, and consistency.
This facility includes two planetary mixers with one and three CY output capacities, and a fully automated batching system using three, fifty-ton cement silos, ten aggregate bins, screw and belt material conveyors, and the BatchTron II Concrete Batch Control System. This equipment has reduced batching turn-cycles by nearly 50% with reduced waste by almost 30%. The production floor is supported by two overhead cranes of 10-ton and 30-ton capacity, and six hydraulic form tilt tables, allowing production of a wide range of architectural precast shapes and sizes.
The plant utilizes NG fueled boilers and more than 60,000sf of under-floor radiant heating for concrete curing and environmental controls. This heating system has reduced operating costs and product cure times, while improving quality and consistency. The facility includes a closed loop process water recovery and recycling system, reducing production water use and effluent waste more than 40% from previous. The plant includes a 4,500sf metal fabrication shop, 4,500sf carpentry shop, and 3,500sf wash bay, providing reliable turn-key production workflow.
Our upgraded facility provides the controls necessary to produce quality products and gives us the capacity to service all of your needs.
In 2007, owner, Tim McGourty acquired a small local precast manufacturing company in Puyallup Washington called Master Precaster.
In 2007, Tim McGourty began to update and expand the plant to meet the pace of growth that Master Precaster had been experiencing in the Pacific Northwest
In 2008, Master Precaster officially changed its name to Northwest Precast, LLC. The change was precipitated upon our desire to better identify with our target geographical market.
By 2009, An extensive expansion and renovation of the plant continued with a new state-of-the-art mixer, silos and plant improvements.
By the end of 2009, Northwest Precast began to expand their capabilities and started producing precast wall panels for larger projects.
With the new plant expansion underway, Northwest Precast was able to branch out into Precast Stadium Risers.
By the end of 2011, The Northwest Precast plant had been expanded to over ???? sq ft after a $3 million renovation plan.
Northwest Precast won their first award for Precast Excellence. It was for a Precast Spiral Staircase Stringer for the PKG Building, in Meridian Idaho.
Northwest Precast earned another award for Precast Excellence for a large Precast Panel and Trim project on the campus of Boise State University.
Northwest Precast earned yet another award for Precast Excellence for a project on the Oregon State University Campus.
Northwest Precast had provided precast for several large high rise buildings and earning another award for Design Excellence.
In early 2020, with Northwest Precast quickly outgrowing their existing plant, plans were announced to construct a new plant on nearly 11 acres of land. By the beginning of 2021, construction had started on the new 80,000sq ft building. This would increase its production floorplate by almost 5x from the previous plant.
By late 2021, production began by Northwest Precast to construct all precast walls for the entire building. The walls would be 38’-0” tall insulated precast sandwich panels averaging 40,000 lbs each. These would be poured and produced on the site of the new building.
By September 2022, construction was completed on the plant. The new facility integrates state-of-the-art tools and technology with lean processes for efficiency, quality and consistency.
The facility includes two planetary mixers with one and three CY output capacities, and a fully automated batching system using three, fifty-ton cement silos, ten aggregate bins, screw and belt material conveyors, and the BatchTron II Concrete Batch Control System. This equipment has reduced batching turn-cycles by nearly 50% with reduced waste by almost 30%. The production floor is supported by two overhead cranes of 10-ton and 30-ton capacity, and six hydraulic form tilt tables, allowing production of a wide range of architectural precast shapes and sizes.
The plant utilizes NG fueled boilers and more than 60,000sf of under-floor radiant heating for concrete curing and environmental controls. This heating system has reduced operating costs and product cure times, while improving quality and consistency. The facility includes a closed loop process water recovery and recycling system, reducing production water use and effluent waste more than 40% from previous.
The plant includes a 4,500sf metal fabrication shop, 4,500sf carpentry shop, and 3,500sf wash bay, providing reliable turn-key production workflow.