Aggregate Technologies

🇺🇸 A MAJOR MILESTONE for the ATI team!

On July 27, 2026, we hit a huge company benchmark: 10 HydroBots running simultaneously across 5 projects — including two that are critical to our nation’s energy and defense capabilities.

This wouldn’t be possible without our incredible customers, team members, and vendors who make it happen every day. Here’s to pushing American innovation forward. 🔧⚙️

Go America! 🇺🇸

🚧 **What's hiding beneath your slab? Sometimes, another project entirely.**

While cutting a new escalator opening into an existing shopping center, our Aggregate Technologies, Inc. crew hit a surprise: a hidden concrete structure buried below the slab 👀 —

The remnants of a previous escalator pit, built over during an earlier renovation. 🤔

The job started straightforward enough. Crews removed a suspended second-floor slab and two structural beams (each weighing ~1,200 lbs per linear foot) using over 530 linear feet of slab sawing and precision wire sawing — lowering nearly 75 tons of concrete safely to the ground floor. 🏗️

Then came the unexpected part. Once excavation began on the first floor, that buried structure emerged. Crews brought in a Brokk 200 robotic demolition system 🤖 to clear it and hit the required six-foot depth — without missing a beat on safety or schedule. ✅

In construction, especially renovation work, the plans tell you what *should* be there. The site tells you what actually is. This one's a good reminder to always be ready for surprises. 💡

📬 **Also in this newsletter:

🎉 A major company milestone: The “bots” (robotic HydroDemolition equipment running at the same time simultaneously).

🏆 A Pile Driving Contractors Association honor for our own Matthew Knight

📸 Highlights from recent 🎣customer & industry events with Michelle Aseltine, Matthew Knight & Chris Allen

📝 A quick survey — should we bring pile crushing back to ATI?

👇 Check it out the newsletter below!

https://mailchi.mp/aggregatetechnologies/july2026

🎉 Big congratulations to our own Matthew Knight! 🎉

Matthew was honored with PDCA's John T. Parker Jr. Industry Ambassador Award at the 26th Annual "Pile Driving Around the World" Conference & Expo — recognizing his unique passion for this industry and everything he brings to it.

We couldn't be prouder to see him recognized. Thank you to PDCA and this year's sponsors for a fantastic conference. Congrats, Matthew! 🏆🚧

Happy 250th Birthday, America!!!!

God bless the USA!!!!

Not everyone would be happy about our 250th!!!

King George III defiantly wouldn’t!

America declared independence in 1776, but Britain kept fighting for years, refusing to accept it.

The American win at Saratoga brought France into the war to help the U.S., and the loss at Yorktown in 1781 finally broke Britain’s will to fight.

George III resisted so much he reportedly thought about giving up his throne instead of accepting defeat.

It took a new British government, ready to end the war, to finally make peace — in 1783, seven years after independence was declared.

Still, 1776 is our day — the year we had the guts to declare it before we’d even won it. 💪🏻
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All this to say-

Happy Birthday, America! 🥳🫡
From Aggregate Technologies, Inc.

The World Cup visitors coming to America made us realize some things…

We tend to take a lot of things for granted in our country…even the abundance of a/c in homes and throughout stores and restaurants.

As our country celebrates it’s 250 years… it’s good to remind ourselves of the many blessings that we have while living in this country.

God bless America!

-From your Concrete Surgeons at Aggregate Technologies, Inc.

This finally came in the mail today!

Congrats to our team at Aggregate Technologies, Inc. and thank you to our customers at Ferrovial Construction for trusting us with part of the bridge widening for the NTE | NTE35W TEXpress Lanes project!

📌 Project Overview:
Project Name: North Tarrant Express Capacity Improvements
Location: Texas ❤️ 🤍 💙
Contractor: Ferrovial Construction

HydroDemolition Partner: Aggregate Technologies, Inc. (ATI)

Total Value: $2.2 million

Scope: Road & bridge widening, precision concrete removal

⏱️ Schedule & Performance
Expected Duration: 9 months
Actual Duration: 6 months
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Time Savings: Completed 3 months early ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

🌙 Work Window: Night shifts only — typically 11 PM to 3 AM (4–6 hours/night)

🦺 Safety Record: 3,200 man-hours with zero incidents 👷‍♂️

💧 Why did the customer choose HydroDemolition INSTEAD of traditional pneumatic methods (like a jackhammer/chipping hammer?)

Their leadership thought outside the traditional box...

🛡️ Rebar Protection: Water removes concrete without vibration → no rebar damage
😷 Cleaner Jobsite: Less dust & debris
🌍 Environmental Benefit: Recycled water used (We ♻️ recycled onsite)
⏳ Precision: Ideal for tight tolerances & short work windows

🌉 Structural Preservation: Maintains integrity of existing bridge elements → Surrounding substrate and beams undamaged

🚧 Project Challenges:
🚎 Live Traffic: Work required while keeping traffic flowing
🌓 Tight Night Shifts: 4-6 hours each night
🛡️ High Precision Needs: Existing structures had to be preserved

***Traditional Methods Not Suitable: Jackhammers risked vibration damage & slower progress***

🏆 Results:
⏲️ Ahead of Schedule: Finished 3 months early
🦺 Zero Injuries: Perfect safety record
🌉 Structural Reuse: Original bridge structure preserved
👷‍♂️ Reduced Labor Intensity: Less manual chipping required

Please contact us at www.AggregateTechnologies.com for a quote for your concrete removal project today.

God Speed!

Cutting concrete...It's what we do every day !