Oldcastle Precast provided structural precast concrete building components for the new development at Forest Houses in New York. It is part of the largest municipal housing plan in the nation

Bronx, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/29/2012 -- As part of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's $7.5 billion New Housing Marketplace Plan to provide affordable housing for 500,000 New Yorkers, Oldcastle Precast provided structural precast concrete building components for the new development at Forest Houses in New York. It is part of the largest municipal housing plan in the nation.

The development at Forest House is a "green" and energy saving designed, precast concrete building, manufactured by Oldcastle Precast, containing 124 affordable units available to households making 60% of the AMI or less. The 109,000 square foot building also contains a superintendent's unit, landscaped open space, and 43 underground parking spaces under the first level and features a unique rooftop, commercial greenhouse that will yield 80,000 to 100,000 pounds of fresh produce a year and be distributed to residents and local markets in the Bronx.

Oldcastle Precast, using their expertise in precast concrete structures, manufactured 136,162 square feet of precast concrete hollow core plank for the floors and roof, which was specifically design to handle the unique load of a roof top greenhouse and 70,000 square feet of precast concrete wall panels to construct an energy efficient building envelope for the eight-story Forest House Development building. The exterior precast walls were cast with Glen-Gery thin-brick and sandblast type finish (via form liner) with colored concrete to provide a comprehensive exterior finish.

In addition to the housing structure, Oldcastle Precast manufactured and installed their Storm Capture® Water Reuse System. The Storm Capture Reuse System included special Storm Capture retention tanks that handle approximately 16,000 gallons of captured water and an equipment package that treats the captured water making it available for irrigation to the roof-mounted hydroponic greenhouse, providing another unique feature to this environmentally friendly project.

This is the 5th total precast concrete building solution that Blue Sea Development, the developer, and Oldcastle Precast have worked together on in the past 10 years. Oldcastle Precast worked closely with Blue Sea and ABS Architects, the project architect, during the design phase to develop a cost effective solution that met all of the project requirements.

The development team consists of Blue Sea Development Co., Blue Sea Construction Co., LLC, ABS Architects and TY Lyn International- engineering firm. The team was selected due to its history of developing quality affordable housing that is both attractive & sustainable. The Project is scheduled for completion December 2012 and is seeking LEED certification.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications
Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military
Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products.

For more information please visit http://www.oldcastleprecast.com.

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North Platte, NE -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/19/2012 -- Oldcastle Precast has announced the completion of a major Satellite Uplink Collocation Tier 2 facility located in North Platte, Nebraska. The project was a turnkey design-build facility constructed for Pinpoint Communications as well as designed to meet the collocation needs of a major satellite internet provider. The new facility provides the market's #1 rated high speed satellite internet service and Pinpoint's entire array of communications services to consumers and businesses in the region.

Pinpoint performed the planning, land acquisition and fiber engineering while Oldcastle Precast concurrently performed the design, engineering and manufacturing of the Maxi-Mod 3056 modular precast building for the Satellite Uplink facility. Upon permit approval, Oldcastle Precast prepared the remote field location, completed facility and satellite foundations and delivered a virtually complete 1680 square foot facility to the location within weeks and set the structure in only (1) one day. The quick turn-around permitted Pinpoint Communications as well as the major satellite internet provider to install and test their equipment allowing for go-live only (4) four weeks after the Oldcastle Precast facility was in place.

"Pinpoint had a very tight timeframe to get this building up and operational, and Oldcastle stepped up to the challenge. We could not have met the necessary timelines if not for the efforts of Oldcastle and their professional team," stated Chris Karn, COO Pinpoint Holdings, Inc.

Constructed offsite in a quality controlled environment, the Maxi-Mod is designed as a virtually impenetrable shelter solution for highly sensitive and costly equipment whatever the seismic or loading requirements. The Maxi-Mod is a customizable product with a sustainable 50 year lifecycle that was delivered and outfitted with the following features: Energy Efficient and Impervious Walls and Ceilings, (3) Dedicated Rooms, Infrastructure Management Systems, Multi-Stage Cooling Systems, Redundant Utility and Power Systems, Clean Agent Fire Protection Systems and provided all the required system testing services prior to placement into service.

The Satellite Uplink Facility is up and operational and is successfully serving the needs of consumers and businesses in this region of the country. The strength and long-term durability of an Oldcastle Precast building will provide Pinpoint Communications and their customers with a safe and sustainable facility for many years in the future.

About Pinpoint Communications
Pinpoint Communications is a Nebraska based company that offers an array of telecommunications services including long haul transport, data center services, local telephone, cable television, DSL, cable Internet and fiber-to-the-home services throughout the United States.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications
Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military
Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products.

For more information please visit http://www.oldcastleprecast.com.

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Oldcastle Precast offers a unique rear-chase precast concrete prison cell that has the electrical and plumbing fixtures on the back wall and monolithic balconies on the front and rear of the module.

Savannah, GA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/04/2012 -- Oldcastle Precast, currently working with Hunt/Mills, a Joint Venture, is providing unique rear-chase precast concrete prison cells and modular building components for the new $71 million expansion of the Chatham County Detention Center in Georgia.

Oldcastle Precast offers a unique rear-chase precast concrete prison cell that has the electrical and plumbing fixtures on the back wall and monolithic balconies on the front and rear of the module. The precast cells come fully out-fitted with electrical fixtures, detention furniture, plumbing fixtures and interior walls painted. The facility owner preferred a rear chase option allowing maintenance personal to have access to the mechanical systems without having to disrupt the prison population's daily routines. The first precast cells arrived on site for the Chatham County Detention Center Expansion project Nov. 15, 2011. A 30 ton crane was brought to the site to lift the cells into place. Each concrete unit weighs in excess of 50,000 pounds and contains two cells and front and rear balcony. The cells are stacked four stories high.

The Chatham County Detention Center expansion project is adding 400,000 square feet to the detention center and bringing the total number of inmate beds to 2,300, nearly double the current capacity. The project includes precast prison cells to accommodate 852 new inmate beds in two and four level housing. It will also include a free standing Video Visitation building (which replaces in person visitation), Courtrooms, Court Holding, Pre-Booking, Medical Clinic and Infirmary, Laundry, Plating Kitchen, Street Operations, Warehouse and Commissary.

Oldcastle Precast is supplying precast concrete modules for the 280 two (2) man rear-chase cells, 144 four (4) man cells, 16 multipurpose, 16 janitorial, 16 triage, 16 laundry and 16 video visitation rooms. Also manufactured and erected at the project site are 628 lineal feet of cell plenums and 466 lineal feet of dorm plenums– all precast concrete. In addition, 11,136 sq. ft. of dayroom balconies and 7,352 sq. ft. of chase corridor will be created when installation of the front and rear balconied cell modules is complete.

Chatham County commissioners awarded the contract for the expansion of the detention center to general contractor Hunt/Mills, a Joint Venture- (Hunt Construction Group and WG Mills). The detention center is expected to represent the largest investment of capital funds in Chatham County's history. It will be funded through SPLOST money.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications
Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military
Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products. For more information please visit http://www.oldcastleprecast.com.

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Oldcastle Precast Building Systems awarded contract for The Avalon Natick Apartment Project in Natick, Massachusetts

Selkirk, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/03/2012 -- Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. recently awarded the precast concrete building contract for Avalon Natick, a new luxury high-rise apartment community in Massachusetts, to Oldcastle Precast Building Systems, of New York. The new luxury apartment complex is located at 5 Chrysler Road in Natick, a premier location in one of the most desirable MetroWest areas of Boston.

Oldcastle Precast will engineer, manufacture, deliver, and install 415,000 square feet of precast concrete hollow core plank and 40,000 square feet of precast concrete slabs that will create the 462,000 square foot apartment complex. In addition, Oldcastle Precast is supplying 80 precast stair components, 80 precast stair landings, and 214 precast lintels.

When all of the precast is erected, Avalon Natick will have a 10-story, 210,000 square foot building with 183 apartments and an 11-story, 252,000 square foot building with 224 apartments. The new 407 unit, luxury high-rise apartment community will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, and penthouse floor plans.

Oldcastle Precast Building Systems will be on the project team with Avalon Bay Communities Inc., the owner of the project, Callahan Inc., Russell Scott Streedle and Capone Architects, Inc., and D.M. Berg Consultants Inc. Avalon Bay Communities Inc. develops and manages hundreds of high-quality apartment communities throughout the country.

The new apartment community is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2013.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications
Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military
Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products. For more information please visit http://www.oldcastleprecast.com.

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Oldcastle Precast supplies precast products for Camp Pendleton’s new $103.4 million base-wide communications and electrical systems upgrades.

Littleton, CO -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2011 -- Oldcastle Precast, a leading U.S. precast concrete manufacturer, is in the process of manufacturing and installing four hundred and sixty one precast concrete manholes and pull boxes for the communication system upgrades at Camp Pendleton, California as part of the United States Marine Corps $103.4 million base wide utilities infrastructure upgrades. The $54 million communications upgrade will improve connectivity and provide critical support to other projects on the base.

The joint venture (JV) of RQ Construction and Bergelectric (RQ-BERG) awarded Oldcastle Precast the contract for the 461, six foot by twelve foot by seven foot, precast concrete manholes of which 105 will have a McGard Fibershield locking frame and cover for added security. Communication manholes serve as conduit termination points for both fiber optic and copper wire cables. The manholes facilitate the pulling of cable through conduit, provide a secure space for cable splicing, and enable the redirection of cable away from the manhole. All of the precast concrete manholes are outfitted with galvanized racking, ladder and steps.

RQ-BERG, as part of the URS GMAC Team, is overseeing the $54 million communications upgrades and the $49.4 million electrical upgrades. In all RQ-BERG is organizing and supervising the installation of 47 miles of underground communication duct bank, 38 miles of copper wire, 50 miles of fiber optic cable, 461 precast concrete manholes, more than 85 miles of overhead transmission lines and more than 2000 new power poles.

The communications and electrical upgrades are scheduled to be completed by March 2013.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications
Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military
Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products.

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Oldcastle Precast, Supplies 3,000 foot pipeline for Lemolo No. 2 Hydroelectric Development Project

Littleton, CO -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2011 -- Oldcastle Precast, of Nampa, Idaho supplied 3,000 feet of precast concrete pipe, elbow, transition pieces and manholes for the out-flow pipe and the in-flow pipe of PacifiCorp's Lemolo No. 2 tailrace re-routing project in Douglas County, Oregon . PacifiCorp, a PacifiCorp Company, was required to reroute the Lemolo No. 2 powerhouse discharge to Toketee Reservoir in accordance with the North Umpqua Settlement Agreement Section 5.4. After a seven-year design process, construction of PacifiCorp's Lemolo No. 2 tailrace re-routing project is almost complete.

Oldcastle Precast provided a 108" diameter concrete pipeline that transitioned into 96" diameter concrete pipe and then back into 108" concrete pipe. The pipe is t-lok lined pipe in portions to meet hydraulic design criteria. The precast concrete pipe was manufactured in 12 foot lay lengths with numerous custom castings. The pipeline makes multiple turns and grade changes. Inlet and outlet pieces were poured with steel rings cast into the pipe to allow connection to a cast in place head wall. In addition, Oldcastle Precast supplied three T-Top manhole pipe sections, each having a 48" manhole cast into the pipe section for access to the pipeline.

The Lemolo No. 2 tailrace re-routing project consists of in-water construction of the cofferdam for the inlet and an outlet structure. To stay on schedule, they built from both ends. The 3000 feet of pipe was buried along the Toketee-Rigdon road and across the Toketee recreation area. The pipe will carry 700 cfs from the Lemolo 2 plant tailrace and eliminate ramping in the Lemolo 2 full flow reach of the North Umpqua River.

Weekly Brothers, Inc. is the general contractor overseeing the construction and McMillen LLC is the project engineer.

The project is scheduled for completion at the end of October, 2011.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications-Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military-Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products.

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Oldcastle Precast, Inc. Supplying Precast Concrete Building Components for the University at Albany’s New 500 Bed All Precast Concrete Dormitory.

Littleton, CO -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/03/2011 -- The State University of New York (SUNY) - Albany is constructing a new $60 million, all precast concrete, 500 bed apartment-style dormitory on the southeast portion of the Uptown campus, named "Liberty Terrace". The Liberty Terrace complex will be located east of the pond behind Indian Quad adjacent to the Boor Sculpture Studio.

Oldcastle Precast, Inc – Building Systems Division was awarded the precast concrete elements for the new 180,000 square-foot dormitory complex, one of SUNY's first total precast concrete dormitories ever constructed. The project involves the construction of two buildings, each 5 stories tall, with 250 bedrooms in each building. All apartments are 4 bedroom apartments with 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen and living/dining room area. There will be a community center with a fitness center, lounges, and meeting rooms

"Oldcastle Precast is responsible for the precast concrete design and engineering of the precast dormitory structure and manufacturing and installation of the precast concrete elements. Precast concrete was chosen for its versatility, durability, and speed of installation which allows for a short term construction period", stated Aaron Fink, Regional Sales Engineer for Oldcastle Precast Building Systems.

The contract requires Oldcastle Precast to supply 185,000 square feet of 8" & 10" Hollowcore precast concrete plank for the floor units, 95,000 square feet of exterior finished, insulated, load bearing precast wall panels, 52,000 SF of interior load bearing solid precast wall, as well as various precast stairs, landings, beams and lintels used in the construction of the dormitory buildings. Installation of the precast elements began in June and is slated to be complete by September of 2011.

This dormitory project is designed to achieve the LEED Gold Level. LEED stands for "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design," meaning that this construction project will be environmentally friendly in a number of ways, incorporating features such as countless natural and sustainable elements, including permeable pavement, a green roof, rain gardens, daylight maximization, and the use of recycled and locally-sourced materials. The buildings will be heated and cooled through a geothermal (ground source heat pump) system using the constant temperature of the soils to moderate cooling and heating energy needs. The University is working with a grant from the United States Department of Energy for the design and installation of this eco-friendly mechanical system.

LeChase Construction Services is the general contractor for this project and teamed with PS & S Engineering, P.C., to design and construct the dormitory. The new apartments are slated to open in Fall 2012.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications

Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military

Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products.

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Northampton, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/14/2011 -- Oldcastle Precast delivered 176 custom designed precast footings to Renewable Sales, LLC., a Massachusetts – based leading wholesale distributor of photovoltaic and solar thermal energy products to complete the construction of the largest photovoltaic solar system to date, in the city of Northampton, at the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School.

The 108-kilowatt solar array, built on the school's old tennis courts, is composed of eighty-eight solar arrays which incorporate approximately 500-solar panels that will reduce energy use by 20 percent annually after its completion in September. The system's panels can be tilted at different angles to capture the most sunlight, depending on the time of year. Renewable Sales, LLC contracted Oldcastle Precast, Inc.-Rehoboth to custom manufacture the at-grade precast ballasted footings for their solar arrays.

Renewable Sales, LLC needed special footings to ground mount their solar arrays due to the ground conditions at the site. Oldcastle Precast, Inc. provided their precast expertise and custom designed an at-grade precast ballasted footing for Renewable Sales' GEMINI PV Ground Mount System. The ballasted footings are independent, precast concrete footings for ground mounted solar electrical systems. The GEMINI ballasted footings are engineered to work in virtually any location, environment or application conditions, including variations in wind speed, tilt angle, support and racking configuration, solar module size, weight, local design codes and project requirements.

This type of precast solar array foundation is designed for use in the most demanding solar panel applications where the panels need to be secured in unstable, environmentally sensitive, or impenetrable ground conditions or where a non- penetrating solution is required. These footings are also designed for relocation and reuse.

Due to the modular construction of the foundations and racking, the entire mounting system was constructed in two weeks, which is very impressive for an installation this size.

The roughly $500,000 project at Smith Vocational is being funded from two sources – 55 percent from a low-interest Clean Renewable Energy Bond and 45 percent from a state Green Communities grant. Earlier this year, the city qualified as a "Green Community," which enabled it to apply for grants to help with energy-efficiency and renewable-energy investment.

About Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of precast and polymer concrete products in the U.S. Providing engineered product solutions nationwide to a number of market sectors including:

Water - Transportation - Power & Energy -Communications -Engineering Services - Construction Services - Government/Military. Oldcastle Precast is part of Oldcastle Building Products. For more information please visit http://www.oldcastleprecast.com.

About Renewable Sales, LLC
Renewable Sales is a major U.S. east coast distributor of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal equipment products. serving the professional and licensed contractor /installer market. Renewable Sales manufacturing division Constellation Mounting Systems fabricates roof and ground mount systems.

Contact: Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
National Sales, Marketing, and Engineering
888-965-3227
http://www.oldcastleprecast.com
Barbara.bogo@oldcastleprecast.com

Renewable Sales, LLC - Kevin Price, CEO http://www.renewablesales.com
kprice@renewablesales.com

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