EMCO Waterworks is celebrating its 110th anniversary this year, and to further expand service for its valued customers EMCO now stocks concrete products in its Western Canada locations. EMCO Corporation has partnered with Inland Pipe (part of the worldwide HeidelbergCement Group) for this venture. Inland Pipe along with its sister company Ocean Pipe (British Columbia) is the largest producer of concrete pipe and manholes in Western Canada, with its Spyhill facility in Calgary being the most advanced precast drainage material production facility in North America. The Spyhill facility is spread over 127,000 sq. ft., housing automatic precision robotic pipe handling equipment. Inland Pipe, as a leader in cutting-edge technology and design in precast concrete drainage products, installed many advanced concrete mixing systems. A flying bucket delivery system and a moving floor kiln system make this facility a “one of its kind” in Northern America. This state of the art facility is capable of producing pipe, boxes and manholes up to 3600mm.

EMCO Waterworks stocks materials for catch basins (for storm water management), manholes (connection for concrete pipes or maintenance of infrastructure) and flared ends (inlet or outlet for storm water ponds). In addition to these, EMCO also stocks galvanized/aluminum steps and lifting clutches for ready accessibility to their customers.

The partnership of EMCO Corporation with Inland Pipe boasts of a combined experience of nearly 250 years in the application of concrete products in the waterworks sector. All precast concrete catch basins and manholes manufactured by Inland Pipe and stocked by EMCO have successfully met the stringent demands on the Plant Prequalification Program and thus are of very high quality.

EMCO Corporation has over 50 waterworks locations coast to coast and thus is an ideal distributor for Inland Pipe servicing the Western Canada region from Calgary.

This partnership aims to serve as a one stop shop for small sized projects with EMCO Waterworks providing its high level of customer service to ensure that all the customers complete their projects on time and on budget. Due to EMCO Waterworks unique decentralized model, it can operate more competitively than other smaller regional distributors and more efficiently than centralized large competitors. EMCO teammates are pioneers of comprehensive product knowledge, sales and operational excellence which enables them to provide cost and time effective solutions to all the customers’ needs.

With EMCO Waterworks stocking the most used precast concrete drainage products, the time to get the desired product will be reduced significantly. Customers will gain by the availability of these products at EMCO Waterworks locations, which greatly reduces the chance of site delays and unpredicted extra costs. Further, EMCO Waterworks also caters to the needs of municipal specifications at its various locations so customers can be sure that the product is approved for installation in the area of the EMCO Waterworks location.

About EMCO Waterworks

EMCO Waterworks offers the power of dealing with a national company while still retaining the feel of dealing with a small, privately held company. With a network of over 50 Profit Centres spread across Canada, the local managers are empowered to act like owners to partner with vendors of their choice to offer their customers the best solution for their local markets. At the same time, by leveraging its purchasing power and centralizing transactions, it can operate more efficiently on a regional basis.

One of EMCO`s key business principles is to treat the Profit Centre as the heart of the business. As a result, it operates with a very flat organizational structure which allows for quick decision making at a local level. All supported as effectively and efficiently as possible by its National Support Centre team.

About Inland Pipe

The roots of Inland Pipe stretch back over 100 years ago when four local construction companies came together to become one large company known as Consolidated Concrete. Consolidated stood out among local construction companies for having divisions which dealt with all aspects of concrete construction including aggregate supply, cement, pumping, placing and finishing, block, and pipe manufacturing.

Consolidated Concrete existed until 1982, when another large contractor joined and the company became known as Genstar. A decade later in 1992 the construction portion of the company split away and the pipe material supply division became known as Hydropipe Systems. The name would change again in 1996 as the company became Inland Pipe Limited.

For further information contact your local EMCO Waterworks location, or visit: www.emcowaterworks.com