Project: Devil’s Slide Tunnel – Custom Crown Forms Pacifica, California
UFP Plant: Thornton, California
Jared Hillier, concrete forming specialist, from Thornton, CA, helped a customer out of a hole when an entire forming system purchased from another company couldn’t be manufactured and delivered on time. The contractor needed UFP’s help for the Devil’s Slide Tunnel project, a twin-tunnel arrangement that will help reduce highway overflow traffic and create a shorter route. Each tunnel is more than 4,000 feet long.
When it was obvious that the first company could not come through for the project, the customer approached Jared with two design pictures and asked UFP to build the forms. After 22 forms were delivered, the customer called with a rush order for 11 more—all manufactured in less than a week.
Jared and his team at the Thornton plant worked with UFP’s Engineering Department to design and manufacture a custom form. The customer was pleased with UFP’s excellent service, fast reactions and turnaround, and with the quality of the forms.
This is one example of how Universal Forest Products helps customers take form, pour after pour.
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Universal has teamed up with Gates & Sons, the leader in labor-efficient concrete forming systems, to provide solutions for a wide variety of commercial concrete forming projects. Both UFP and Gates specialize in custom forms built to meet your job specifications, but with Gates. Let Universal Forest Products and Gates help you save time and money on your next concrete forming job.
From column forms to concrete wall construction forms, UFP and Gates Concrete Forming Systems have a safe, fast solution for your custom concrete forming needs. Best of all, Gates forming systems are available for lease or purchase through UFP’s national concrete forming products network.
Our concrete forming products team works directly with Gates to provide solutions for your column 
forming needs. Column forms using Gates Lok Fast Column Clamp is a great great choice for both custom one-time pours and for multiple-column pour projects like parking garages, high-rise structures, highway bridges and more. Gates column forms can be ganged for higher columns, which will save time and overall project cost.
About Gates & Sons
Since 1948, Gates has been supplying the concrete forming industry with streamlined system-based solutions for concrete forming. Gates & Sons is the industry leader in pre-assembled forming systems in the U.S. A Gates motto is, "Make your forms fit the job. Don't try to make your job fit the forms." UFP and Gates are of the same mindset: We want construction companies to think of their job as a custom job, because chances are, it is.
There is no better method of achieving proper cement hydration, reducing discoloration and producing highly wear-resistant concrete floors and slabs than wet curing. The ultimate goal of any wet curing blanket is to maintain a 100% relative humidity condition on the slab surface for the entire curing period. It's easy to see why UltraCure outperforms other methods.
UltraCureNCF
Wet curing blanket for indoor, outdoor and slab-on-grade applications
Features and benefits of UltraCureNCF
- Full-term indoor/outdoor curing blanket (7-day curing duration)
- Lightweight. Each 1,600 sq. ft. roll weighs approximately 50 pounds
- Superior water retention. Each roll has the ability to absorb more than 46 gallons of water
- Roll outs that are more even and flatter than many other wet cure methods
- Disposable. Single-use fabric eliminates cross-contamination between slabs
- Less material overlap. Minimal overlap (2"-5") means less waste than most other curing methods
- UltraCureNCF meets or exceeds standard specifications related to sheet materials for concrete curing
UltraCureDOT
Concrete curing blanket for bridge, road and highway applications.
Features and benefits of UltraCureDOT
- Longer-term wet curing blanket (up to 14 days)
- Lightweight. Each 800 sq. ft. roll weighs approximately 50 pounds
- Exceptional water retention. Each UltraCureDOT roll can absorb up to 55 gallons of water—critical for long-term wet curing of concrete
- Vapor barrier helps reduce solar heating of the concrete
- Disposable. Single-use fabric eliminates cross-contamination between slabs
- Less material overlap. Minimal overlap (2"-5") means less waste than most other curing methods
- UltraCureDOT meets or exceeds standard specifications related to sheet materials for curing concrete
- Available perforated for vertical applications such as water treatment facilities
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