What's New

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association conference will be held June 6-8, 2012 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Conference will present new ideas aimed at expanding the market, reinforce basic principles and practices, introduce new techniques and technologies, and highlight outstanding work being done throughout the region.

The conference program will include a broad variety of presentations intended for contractors, architects and engineers currently designing and building with Tilt-Up and those considering the method for the first time.

Read more about 2012 TCA Conference: Latin America

Download, complete and return the registration form or register online.

2012 Harris Summit and Vendor Expo

The 2012 Harris Summit was held on March 9th, 2012, at the Sheraton Hotel in Norwood, MA.  Once again this event brought together over 200 Harris Employees including Branch Managers, Outside Sales, Credit Managers, Operations Managers, Sales Managers, Rental Administrators, Regional Vice Presidents and Regional Leaders, Purchasing Agents, and Corporate Staff. This is the only time during the year when we assemble as a company and it is a critical meeting used to communicate our business and market strategy. 

Over 80 vendors participated in the event. 50-plus vendors exhibited in our Vendor Expo. The Vendor Expo was held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, home of the New England Patriots. The room the expo was held in overlooked the football field. It was a unique experience and added to the excitement of the event.

The Vendor Expo is an opportunity for participating vendor partners to interact on a one-on-one basis with ALL Harris Associates.

Dan Clark Featured in New England Condominium "Concrete Concerns" Article

Dan Clark, A.H. Harris Account Manager and President of the New England Chapter of the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) is featured in the current "Concrete Concerns" article in New England Condominium. Read the article.

Store Relocations:

Larger showrooms & warehouses! Better locations!

The former Rochester, NY Harris store has moved to: 1140 Lehigh Station Rd, Henrietta, NY 14467

Our Manchester, NH office moved to: 701 E Industrial Park Dr, Manchester, NH 03109

Our Hampton, VA store moved to: 1708 Lambert Ct, Chesapeake, VA 23320

Harris People On the Move! 

Our 2012 motto of "Continuous Improvement" is reflected in the promotions of several Harris associates: 

Nick May has accepted the position of Purchasing Manager overseeing the purchasing team for A.H.Harris and driving our overall vendor relationships.

Warren Reino has been promoted to the New Haven, CT Branch Manager.

Alex Rapp, Director of Operations.  Alex has lead teams in Process Improvement, Acquisition Integrations, Inventory Management, as well as Purchasing & Sourcing. His experience will bring a fresh look at Operations.

Brian Wickham and Ray DeWitt will head up Branch Operations under Alex. They will focus on Safety, Fleet & Logistics, Inventory Accuracy, and overall Branch Operations Procedures for all locations.

Chuck Kuon has joined the Strategy Department and will assist Jonathan Stanek with the Management of our Rental Review Process and the Rental Administrators. Chuck's knowledge of SXe is invaluable. He led the conversion from PRISM to SXe in 2007, helped develop the rental software in SXe and has been with the company for over 20 years.

Bruce Wardwell is our new Director of Sales with an emphasis on strategic vendor and customer relationships, sales training, and competitive analysis. Bruce has walked the Harris walk, spending 20 years as an Account Manager and the past 6 years as the TSR Sales Manager. The Harris Culture is firmly embedded in his management style.

Sally Harris has been promoted to the Director of Marketing Communications position. Sally will expand her marketing responsibilities to include social media while continuing to assist the field with promotional efforts.

Harris 1500™ System Tested to Withstand 2,500 PSF!

A.H. Harris recently completed extensive laboratory testing of its Harris 1500™ System at the world renowned testing facility in Bethlehem, PA.  The Harris 1500™ System was tested to 2,500 PSF without any permanent deformation of the system. 

The placement pressure test (photo 1.1) was conducted on a 5 million pound Baldwin-Lima Hamilton universal testing machine.  A pressure bladder was used to apply pressure loading to the form panel surfaces, simulating in-situ pressure applied by fluid concrete during placement.  The machine cross-head was lowered to approximately 6 inches from the form panel. Then a pressure bladder was inserted between the form surface and the machine cross head and slowly inflated to apply pressure to the assembly. 

Load cells (photo 1.2) and displacement sensors were installed to measure the response of the panel assemblies during testing.  All sensors were connected to a Campbell Scientific CR5000 digital data acquisition system.  The CR5000 employs 16-bit analog-to-digital conversion. Data were recorded at a constant rate of 1 sample per second for the duration of each test.  The tests were conducted numerous times with an ultimate pressure of 3,000 PSF. 

The Harris 1500™ System is manufactured in the United States of America with skilled craftsmen and state of the art robotics.  The system is laboratory tested and supports 1500 PSF.  It is the best clamp system available in the United States, made with pride, Harris Pride!