Jersey Precast & Concrete Safety Systems

boardwalks. One of the company’s recent projects in that sector is the Triborough Bridge’s re-decking in New York City, a $20 million project involving building 12 acres of bridge deck. The Triborough Bridge (known officially as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge or simply the RFK) is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts linking the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. “Infrastructure projects have been our bread and butter for the last 30 to 40 years,” says Ulislam, “which has made us good at completing such projects quickly and efficiently. On institutional facilities construction, we are making significant inroads in areas like parking garages, stadia, warehouses, and sports complexes. For example, we supplied precast for a U.S. Tennis Association project at its USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center facility in Flushing, New York. Before that, we supplied precast concrete for the expansion of the football stadium at Rutgers University.” Jersey Precast was founded in 1981 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. When the founder sought to retire in 1997, he sold the company to then-managers Dominic Reggimentti and Amir Ulislam. In January of 2002, Ulislam bought out Reggimentti and took full ownership of the company. Then in 2005, Jersey Precast (now the parent company) purchased Concrete Safety Systems, solidifying their position as one of the most diversified precast concrete companies in the New York metropolitan area. “In 2008, we relocated the Jersey Precast plant to Hamilton Township, NJ, around a hundred miles west of our other company, Concrete Safety Systems, which is located in Bethel, PA,” shares Rashid Baig, General Manager of Concrete Safety Systems. Today, Jersey Precast and Concrete Safety Systems operate from those two facilities, employing over 200 team members. In addition to the U.S. team, the companies also have a back office in Karachi, Pakistan. “Our Karachi office houses around 25 engineers and draftsmen who are responsible for all engineering and shop JERSEY PRECAST & CONCRETE SAFETY SYSTEMS