Duracrete Products

Originally known as Northland Tank Construction, the business specialized in the onsite production of hand plastered concrete water tanks. The company continued to manufacture hand plastered water tanks onsite throughout the rest of the 1960's and 70's and in 1980 Northland Tank Construction began constructing Water Tanks at a Whangarei based facil... ity. In 1983 the second generation arrived at this site, as Ron's only son Ric came into the business. In 1989, Northland Tank Construction relocated to a new premises in Whangarei, which we still occupy today. At this time the business became known as Garry Concrete Products. Garry Concrete Products continued to manufacture hand plastered concrete water tanks throughout this period. In the year 2000, Duracrete was born. Through Ric's vision and determination, the company introduced New Zealand to Self-Compacting Concrete technology that at the time was already well advanced in Europe. Part of this technology was the use of galvanised, steel fibres. These fibres not only add to the overall strength of the concrete but ensure that our tanks meet Australian and New Zealand standards for concrete water storage. Our mould technology was also developed to ensure greater efficiencies in the production of our tanks, reducing manual labour for our valued staff members. These innovations allowed us to build stronger, more robust water tanks with a greater storage capacity than the industry standard of 22,500L. Duracrete was ahead of its time in New Zealand and was fast becoming the industry leaders in precast concrete water tank manufacturing. In 2003 The NZ Concrete Technology Award was presented to us for the development of self compacting concrete technology in producing precast concrete tanks. In 2008, Bowers and Son Ltd of Te Awamutu became our first licenced manufacturer of Duracrete Products. They are family owned and still going strong today, manufacturing and supplying the Waikato area with quality service and Duracrete products. In 2011, Duracrete began ...Read More