Custom Boxes & Products

Do you have a custom product you need with the strength of 4000 psi precast concrete? Use the Request Quote or Contact Us form to get in touch with a Winchester Precast Estimator who can assess your needs and give a fair price for your precast product.

Do you have job plans or schematics you would like to share? If you use the envelope button at the very bottom of the page, it will open up Outlook and allow you to attach files in an email to expedite the quoting process.

Here is some info that we will likely need to provide an expedient, accurate quote:

• Job site location

• L x W x H needed for the structure

• Bury depth and/or soil conditions

• Pipe ins and outs, or any other hole placement

• Any special components: coating, trash racks, plastic or metal accessories, etc.

Check out Some of our unique projects

Salamander Crossing Charlottesville, VA

Winchester Precast has provided many trench drains over the years, but it is not every day that we are asked to design and pour a trench drain to be used as a salamander crossing.

The Salamander Crossing project was proposed as early as February 2017 by the City of Charlottesville to provide a solution to protect a local Spotted Salamander population that has been impacted by increased traffic just off Route 29.

Winchester Precast was tasked to refine the design for a trench drain and produce the solution to the salamander mortality problem in a way that would not impede current or proposed traffic and development in the area.

This salamander crossing project posed several challenges during the design and production of the custom trench drain. The most important facet of this structure was that it needed to be usable by the salamanders. This meant the trench drain needed a slotted top to allow rainfall and humidity to collect in the drain so that the salamanders could keep moist while en route. Additionally, the slopes of the drain had to be gradual with the inside dimensions large enough for the salamanders, which grow up to 9” in length, could crawl through.

Another factor that led to this project’s complexity was pouring the trench drain following the slopes of the job site’s existing topography that was also the salamanders’ habitat. For our plant supervisors, this meant wedging Styrofoam and manipulating forms to mirror the changing grade throughout each piece. Most importantly, these pieces were poured so that the trench drain pieces could connect like puzzle pieces in the field.

The end result was 260' feet of an eco-friendly salamander crossing that, after meticulous design and refinement, was laid into the existing road with traffic closures minimized and installation optimized. We at Winchester Precast are proud to be part of unique projects that showcase how precast concrete can be part of the environmentally-friendly future of the construction industry.