by Chris Cannon NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Trucks from Nashville's Metro Ready Mix will move 1200 tons of concrete to the Music City Center construction site. The job with take more than seven hours to complete late Tuesday night, into Wednesday morning. "This is the biggest pour of the project," according to Greg Jackson from Metro Ready Mix. The company will have 15 trucks continuously moving in between its plant on 2nd Avenue North and the construction site at 5th Avenue and Demonbreun Street in downtown Nashville. "Most of those trucks will make six, some seven trips," Jackson said. Those trucks must stay on a strict schedule in order to move that amount of concrete in the time allotted by construction managers. "It's pretty complicated. You got to keep the trucks moving. You got to get people scheduled in here," Jackson explained. Inside the Metro Ready Mix offices a dispatcher kept an eye on every move made by the concrete trucks that worked this project. "He's part of the first part of the big pour, which is right here at 5th and Franklin," dispatcher Darren Lynch said as he monitored a GPS tracking screen. Once the trucks arrive at the construction site, the concrete is quickly put into place. "They've got two concrete pump operations going," said construction manager Bob Borello. Crews filled forms on the Demonbreun side of the Music City Center project. "This pour right now is part of the Bridgestone Arena ramp relocation," Borello explained. Section by section, the workers filled each form with the concrete. It is a job that will take well into Wednesday morning to finish. "They should be out, hopefully by two o'clock, they should be done," according to Borello. Once that section of the underground ramp is completed, workers will still have several other sections to build. "We have a good, aggressive schedule and we plan on staying on schedule, if not beating it," Borello said. Crews work during the overnight hours, not only because it is cooler for them, but it is also easier to work with the concrete when it is not baking in the sun. Construction managers for the Music City Center project expect to receive the final bids this week for the 20 remaining projects needed to complete this project. Email: ccannon@newschannel5.com See video here http://video.concretepumping.com/videos/879/music-city-center-milestone-with-largest-concrete-pour

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That's cool that you posted that Todd cuz I start work in Nashville on Monday. I am transferring from bbcp Oklahoma city to the Nashville branch. It said they are going to announce more winning bids so maybe I will get to pump a few yards on that job or tons as they put it lol

I would think that Partners pumping is doing it they have 1- 58 meter 1- 42 meter and a couple more or it could be Premier pumping, the guy that transfeeing to Nashville you will be in Clarksville at Hemlock or Ft Campbell, a lot of the new job is UNION, GOOD LUCK I run a eitsy bitsy pumping company in Clarksville.

I just drove by a water treatment plant here in town they are doing a 3,000 yard pour starting Friday and Partners out of Nashsville is doing it.

Here is something else Metro sold the concrete for 58.00 per yard and its a 4,000 psi mix now thats cheap.

I dont have sound with my computer so maybe i'm missing something but 1200 tons is about 500m3.. Is that a big poor in the US?? I thought that was tiny for US standards? Even in holland thats nothing special. But like I say. I can't hear what they say so maybe I'm missing the point here..

I just think it was 1200 yards if it were ton's that would have been 600 yards or close.