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Reinventing Residential

The management team at ABI Corp. includes, left to right, Production Manager Chris Shaw, President Dan Bromley, Vice President Mike Bromley and Founder Gary Bromley.

ABI Corp. offers both Thermomass and ThermaEZE products for insulated concrete walls, which allows them to use the product that best fits the owner's needs for lower-level living and above-grade concrete walls.

Dan Bromley says experienced crews, keeping up with technology and owning the right equipment have allowed his company an easy transition into commercial work.

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In the mid-1980s, ABI Corp. joined the Concrete Foundations Association (CFA). ABI Corp. President Dan Bromley is currently serving as president of the CFA, and his father, Gary Bromley, is a past president of the association. One of the initiatives Dan has helped to bring about through his involvement in the CFA is the Cast-In-Place Concrete Foundation Contractor Certification Program. "My hope is the certification will make the industry more professional," Dan Bromley explains. "With enough certified companies the association can move forward with nationwide marketing and hopefully get a requirement for certification written into building specifications."

ABI Corp. was one of the first six companies that achieved company certification earlier this year. In order to become certified, a company needs to have a Certified Foundation Technician on staff and meet minimum standards for safety, insurance, training and financial stability. All requirements are reviewed by a third-party verification company. Continuing education is an additional element to maintaining certification. To find out more about the CFA's certification program, visit www.cfawalls.org. - R.W.

At a Glance Company: ABI Corp., Lee's Summit, Mo.
abi-corp.com
President: Dan Bromley
Employees: 44
Founded: 1968
Affiliations: CFA, ACI, ACPA, PCA, NAHB
Services offered:
Residential and commercial concrete foundations, walls and flatwork; insulated walls; waterproofing; excavation; silt fencing; retaining walls.
Key products and equipment:
Forming systems from Western Forms, Wall-Ties & Forms and Precise Forms; 39 meter Schwing pump; Putzmeister Telebelt; Con Forms pump discharge hose; Cat loaders; Tremco's Tuff-N-Dri and Watchdog waterproofing systems; GDB Software's Auto Crete; Trimble total stations; CertainTeed ThermaEZE; Thermomass by Composite Technology Corp.; TOMMY Silt Fence Machine by Carpenter Erosion Control; World Block; Komatsu excavator; Takeuchi skid-steers; Agracat Stone Spreaders by Baylynx Mfg.; cranes from Palfinger and Putzmeister.

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