Argos USA has a strong track record of quality and innovation across the spectrum of concrete projects including residential, commercial, highways and bridges, and public works. Browse through a few samples from our portfolio:
Residential | Commercial | Infrastructure | Public Works | Specialty
The Harbour
Project Type: Residential
Location: Mooresvile, NC
Cubic Yards: 7,000
The Harbour at The Pointe has great amenities for families of all ages & sizes. This community is created of homes from $325,000 to $1 million +.
Date: 1995
The Pointe
Project Type: Residential
Location: Mooresville, NC
Inspired by Nantucket architecture, The Pointe offers the country club lifestyle, a full-time activities director and many amenities offer year-around enjoyment to residents of every age. More than 500 families have already made their homes along the 18 miles of shoreline. Most residents enjoy beautiful views of the water from their homes, while many others are nestled along the fairways of the golf course. More than two-thirds of the holes of this Greg Norman-designed course play along or over the lake.
Date: 1999
The Peninsula
Project Type: Residential
Location: Cornelius, NC
Cubic Yards: 20,000
Date: 1993
The Peninsula sprawls along 11 miles of Lake Norman shoreline. Since its founding The Peninsula Club has seen its membership expand to a diverse group of ages, interests and backgrounds. From exciting new golf, tennis and fitness programs to varied dining and family events, the staff is committed to meeting the changing needs of an evolving member population.
Margate Tower Luxury Condominiums
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Cubic Yards: 66,000
Date: Fall 2002 – Spring 2004
For this 29-story beachfront tower, consistent concrete quality was essential. The contractor specified that all concrete was to be batched to exact specifications at the plant and no water added on site. All 66,000 cubic yards were poured with zero failures—not even marginal breaks. We now offer this premium service on other high-spec projects.
Main Place LEED Office Building
Project Type: Commercial, Sustainable
Location: Houston, TX
Cubic Yards: 90,000
Date: 2010
This signature 46-story office tower located in downtown Houston is slated to receive LEED-CS Platinum Pre-certification. Using lightweight aggregates to meet environmental specifications, we pumped them 43 stories – the highest that this product has ever been pumped.
Crawford Poured-In-Place Wall Project in Denver, NC
Project Type: Commercial–Office/Manufacturing Bldg.
Location: Denver, NC
Customer: Denver Construction Company
Cubic Yards: 2,000
Date: 2007
Poured in place walls
Children's Medical Center of Dallas – Tower 3A
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Dallas, TX
Contractor: Balfour Beatty Construction
Cubic Yards: 15,000
Date: 2006
This $44.5 mil, 14-story bed tower and research facility, required a precise color match between new columns and existing walls.
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas – Harmon Tower
Project type: Commercial
Location: Dallas, TX
Contractor: Austin Commercial
Cubic Yards: 25,000
Date: 2007
Construction of this 454,000 square foot in-patient bed tower required close coordination to avoid disrupting the operation of the hospital.
Saginaw High School
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Saginaw, TX
Contractor: Charter Builders/subcontractor: GC & DRM Concrete
Cubic Yards: 35,000
Date: 2010
We successfully met a challenging pour schedule to complete this $129 mil 462,000 sq. ft. high school, 7,500-seat stadium and 129,000 sq. ft. career and tech center.
Texas Children's Maternity Center
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Houston Texas, Medical Center
Cubic Yards: 120,000 (25,000 for foundation)
Date: 2010 – 2011
The foundation or matt was poured on three different occasions with a total yardage for the foundation of 25,000 cubic yards.
University of Texas at Arlington – College Park
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Arlington, TX
Contractor: Austin Commercial
Cubic Yards: 20,000
Date: 2010
904,000 square feet, 259 dorm rooms, 78 apartment rooms, 1,800 parking spaces
University of Texas at Dallas
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Dallas, TX
Contractor: Austin Commercial/Subcontractor: GC & CSA Concrete
Cubic Yards: 8,000
Date: 2010
148,000-square-foot Student Living and Learning Dormitory
North Hills Mall
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 100,000
Date: 2004
Dell Manufacturing Facility
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Kernersville, NC
Cubic Yards: 21,605
Date: July 2005
This fast-paced project required most pours to take place at night. Largest single pour was 1,700 cubic yards.
Tilghman Beach Resort
Project Type: Commercial
Location: North Myrtle Beach, SC
Cubic Yards: 18,000
Date: 2007
UNC at Chapel Hill Bell Tower Development
Project Type: Commercial, Sustainable
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Cubic Yards: 21,408
Date: To be Completed in 2012
For colored concrete walls, we developed a custom color that met specifications to adapt to nine different concrete mix designs. A mix of 50% Portland cement and 50% slag cement optimized concrete performance and sustainability. The use of integrally colored concrete walls helped the building achieve LEED Silver status.
Mansfield High School
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Mansfield, TX
Cubic Yards: 2,937
Date: 2010
Conroe ISD Sports Complex
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Houston, TX
Cubic Yards: 18,000
Date: 2007
This project required numerous large pours of over 800 yards in a day.
University of Phoenix
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Houston, TX
Cubic Yards: 5,800
Date: 2008
Grangerland Junior High School
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Houston, TX
Cubic Yards: 12,000
Date: 2006
R. Kernersville Medical Center
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Kernersville, NC
Cubic Yards: 11,300
Date: November 2010
The concrete mix was made to be fast-paced.
S. Raleigh Convention Center
Project Type: Commercial
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 35,000
Date: November 2007
The concrete structure consisted of mainly 4000-psi. An aggressive and time-sensitive schedule required the design of a concrete mix to achieve high-early strengths and early-form removal.
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Interstate I - 26 Widening and Overpass Improvements
Project Type: Infrastructure
Location: Charleston, S.C.
Cubic Yards: 90,000+
Date: 2008 – 2011
Project consisted of widening and upgrading one of the most traveled sections of highway in South Carolina – an interstate in the heart of the transportation artery for Charleston and surrounding cities.
I-440 Pedestrian Bridge
Project Type: Infrastructure, Sustainable
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 1,000
Using lighter-colored concrete reduced lighting requirements, saving energy costs.
Date: 2005
North Carolina Highway 64 Bypass
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 42,000
North Carolina Western Wake Freeway to NC 55
Project Type: Infrastructure, Sustainable
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 80,000
Date: January 2013 completion
This project also involves 38 new bridges, including 10 twin spans built from temporary platforms to minimize impact to environmentally sensitive waterways.
DFW Connector
Project Type: Infrastructure
Cubic Yards: 30,000
Date: To be completed in 2014
SH 26 Paving
Project Type: Infrastructure
Location: Grapevine, TX
Cubic Yards: 30,000
Date: 2011
Longhorn Blvd. Paving
Project Type: Infrastructure
Location: Saginaw, TX
Cubic Yards: 23,000
Date: 2011
SH 288 Grade Separation
Project Type: Infrastructure
Location: Houston, TX
Cubic Yards: 21,500
Date: 2011
This Texas DOT project took place in an extremely high-traffic area and included a change in application specifications during construction. We met the challenges, resulting in a pleased customer.
State Highway I-610 to I-45 Road Construction
Project Type: Infrastructure
Location: Houston, TX
Cubic Yards: 20,000
Date: Ongoing
Fifty percent of concrete pouring was done at night to minimize traffic disruption.
Port Road
Project Type: Infrastructure
Location: Seabrook, TX
Cubic Yards: 26,759
Date: Ongoing
Working in an area of high truck traffic going into the Port of Houston required pouring 80 percent of concrete at night, including three 1,900-cubic-yard pours averaging 170 cubic yards/hour. Texas DOT representative commented that this was the "best project he has seen in the last ten years."
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Marshall Steam Station Chimney
Project type: Public works
Location: Terrell, NC
General Contractor: Shaw Group/Concrete Contractor: Commonwealth Dynamics
Engineer/ Architect: Alston Power
Cubic Yards: 3,927
Date: 2004
The 306-ft. chimney was a slip form pour completed in three weeks. The form moved at 8 to 12 inches per hour.
Savannah Streetscapes at MLK Boulevard
Project Type: Infrastructure
Location: Savannah, GA
Customer: JHC Corporation
Cubic Yards: +/- 1,000
Date: 2011
This colored concrete project was completed using Solomon Color #417 Apple Red and Architectural White Cement in all concrete. Customer is ecstatic with the consistent color performance from our Solomon Color machine.
North Cary Waste Water Treatment Facility
Project Type: Public Works
Location: Cary, NC
Cubic Yards: 8,000
Date: 1997
Northwest Waste Water Treatment Facility
Project Type: Public Works
Location: Lewisville, NC
Cubic Yards: 11,000
VC Summer Nuclear Plant – Jenkinsville, SC
Project Type: Public Works
Location: Chapin, SC
Cubic Yards: 42,000
Date: March 2010 to December 2010
RA Thomas Water Treatment Facility
Project Type: Public Works
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Cubic Yards: 21,450 / 4,500*
Date: 2010
Single largest pour – 500 / 1,700. Concrete mix had extremely low shrinkage requirements, and extremely tight air and temperature specs, optimized aggregate blends.
Elledge Waste Water Treatment Facility
Project Type: Public Works
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Cubic Yards: 18,000
Date: 2010
Single largest pour – 900. Concrete had a mix of extremely low shrinkage requirements, and optimized aggregate blends, making it fast-paced.
Neuse River Waste Water Treatment Plant
Project Type: Public Works
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 22,000
Date: 2008
This was a highly technical project with stringent specifications. QA technicians provided onsite services to ensure the delivery of concrete met specifications
Mason Farms Waste Water Treatment Plant
Project Type: Public Works
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Cubic Yards: 23,000
Date: 2007
Due to the large size of the structures on this project, large and fast-paced pours were the norm. In one day, we supplied over 1,200 yards in one day. This project had 13 pours of larger than 300 cubic yards.
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Congaree Park Wall
Project Type: Infrastructure, Self-consolidating Concrete
Location: Columbia, SC
Cubic Yards: 665
North Raleigh United Methodist Church
Project Type: Commercial, Pervious Concrete
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 1,200
UNC at Chapel Hill Friday Center Remote Parking Lot
Project Type: Commercial, Pervious Concrete
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Cubic Yards: 1,500
Date: 2001
I-440 Pedestrian Bridge
Project Type: Infrastructure, Sustainable
Location: Raleigh, NC
Cubic Yards: 1,000
Using lighter-colored concrete reduced lighting requirements, saving energy costs.
Date: 2005
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