About Us

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Northeast Precast is a state-of-the-art precast concrete manufacturer located in Vineland, New Jersey that offers commercial products and residential foundation wall systems. In 2001 John Ruga started selling Superior Walls® in New Jersey and started precast manufacturing in 2004. Starting as only a Superior Walls franchise, the company diversified and became known as Northeast Precast, a leader in custom precast products. Today Northeast Precast continues to expand to meet the demands of the residential, commercial building, highway infrastructure and heavy marine construction markets.

  • 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

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Northeast Precast

4081 S Lincoln Ave
Vineland, NJ 08361
(866) 699-2557