About Us

Discover more about Northeast Precast Our History

• 2017
• A Year of Growth

  2017

  

  Northeast Precast's Superior Walls Division had a 9.65% increase in production in 2017. As part of Superior Walls Division's growth, sales territory expanded to Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. To support the increase in business, Northeast Precast added a five person installation crew and invested in a new Liebehhr LTM1060 Crane. Northeast Precast also welcomed new talent in skilled labor, plant management and engineering.

• 2017 ACI Award

  2017

  2017 ACI Award, Route 52 Causeway Bridge Replacement

• 2016
• Expansion Complete

  DEC 2016

  

  50,000 sq. ft. plant expansion is complete and new home of the Northeast Precast Commercial Division.

• 2015
• The Need for More Space

  OCT 2015

  Started on plant expansion

• The Early Years
• 2013 PCI Design Award

  2013

  

  2013 PCI Design Award, "Best Sustainable Design Award"

• Featured on Extreme Makeover Home Edition

  2011

  Featured on three episodes of Extreme Makeover Home Edition

• Business is Going Well

  2011

  

  Commercial work really started to pick up. For the first time in years, Northeast Precast had a backlog of work, including Superior Walls contracts.

• PCI Design Award

  2010

  2010 PCI Design Award

• The Bridges of Burlington County

  Started working on Interchange 6 on the New Jersey Turnpike project with George Harms Construction Co.

  By project completion Northeast cast 24 MSE Walls (approx 182,000 sqft), traffic barrier, custom precast light standards and light poles.

  "He's been able to do all that, which is not the norm for some of these precasters, who will just do the standard piece."

  - Edward Panuska
  VP of Project Management
  George Harms Construction Co.

• MSE Walls

  

  Invested in forms for MSE walls

• Above and Beyond

  2008

  "Above and Beyond" Award for customer satisfaction

• Northeast Precast

  2008

  

  Changed the company name to Northeast Precast

• Preparing for Larger Jobs

  2008

  Installed a 15-ton Overhead Crane in the plant

• Diversification

  2008

  Started building commercial walls for churches, schools and small warehouses.

• Housing Bust

  2008

  Housing market crashed and orders slowed to a trickle. Almost half of the employees were laid off. Equipement sat idle most of the time.

  "There was no question that we would have gone out of business in a matter of time. So we just worked extremely hard and put everything we had personally on the line."

  -John Ruga

• Top Franchise Performance

  2007

  "Top Franchise Performance"

• Superior Walls of New Jersey Taking Off

  2006

  Superior Walls of New Jersey built and installed an excess of 700 foundations.

• Highest Percentage Increase in Sales in Superior Walls System

  2005

  "Highest Percentage Increase in Sales in Superior Walls System"

• Housing Boom!

  2005

  

  Doubles size of plant to 60,000 sq ft of production space with a total of 95 employees.

• Fastest Startup Growth in Superior Walls Systems

  2004

  "Fastest Startup Growth in Superior Walls Systems"

• Superior Walls of New Jersey

  2004

  Acquired license for the entire state of New Jersey and changed company name to Superior Walls of New Jersey.

• First Day Manufacturing

  DEC 2003

  First day of manufacturing Superior Wall panels.

  Only 10 employees in 25,000 sq ft of production space.

• Superior Walls of South Jersey

  DEC 2003

  

  Changed company name to Superior Walls of South Jersey

• Breaking Ground

  JUL 2003

  

  Started to clear land of new manufacturing site

• Looking Ahead

  MAY 2003

  Purchased 20 acres for new manufacturing facility.

  Sold 86 foundations in the third year of business.

• Second Year Installing Superior Walls

  2002

  

  Sold 18 foundations in the second year of business.

• A Bigger Investment

  

  Invested in a 100-ton all-terrain Liebherr crane.

  "I wanted a crane that could do everything."

  - John Ruga

• Installing Superior Walls

  2001

  Started Superior Wall Franchise by becoming an installer of Superior Walls products.

  Installed 5 basements in the first year.

• The Lasting Impression

  2000

  John saw walls go by on trailer and an installed basement later that day.

  "It's done! The trailer's gone, the crane's gone, and I was still tying rebar. I didn't even have an inspection for my footing."

  - John Ruga

• Where we Began

  1998 - 2001

  John Ruga started J. Ruga Contractors