If you need big concrete piles to put under the foundation of a big building or elevated highway then you need to contact ZheJiangXinYe (ZheJiang is the name of the provence HaungZhou is in, hence the first part of the name). This company makes steel reinforced concrete columns up to about 50 feet long and perhaps two feet in diameter. There has been a huge number of big buildings and elevated highway built in China the past 15 years and it looks like this company has ridden that wave. This is pretty basic industry, not too high tech, but somebody needs to make pilings to keep things from tipping over or falling down.
The group pic in the work yard. The new poured columns you see are for a new building which will allow for approx double capacity.
Carson and Whitney getting off the bus upon arrival.
Whitney being a buddy and extracting an iPod ear bud part from Danny's ear with a small tweezer from Jimelle.
The large pressurized ovens in which they cure the concrete columns. The manager explaining the process. Prof Si and Andrew listening.
Prof Si translating and showing how it all works.
You can see the end of some pilings in this photo. These were about 50 feet long.
Inside the production facility. It was idle to due the Chinese new year vacation.
The molds, with Prof Si explaining.
