Canada
Français
Español
International
As a stalwart in the construction supply manufacturing industry for nearly a century, W. R. MEADOWS has embraced a fundamental insight: to thrive, a business must continually adapt to its industry’s evolving landscape. In a world where new challenges and demands arise frequently, success is tied to the ability to find innovative solutions. The question then arises: how does one keep pace with these evolving needs? A key strategy lies in active participation in expos and trade shows. These events are more than just gatherings; they are hubs of knowledge, networking, and innovation. They bring together a diverse mix of…
Blog
Company
BUILDING YOUR TEAM OF SAFETY LEADERS
When it comes to a safe working environment, the more participation you have at all levels of the organization, the better. Safety is a team sport. It is preferable to have each and every employee actively engaged in the safety program versus supervisors playing “gotcha” with employees when safety violations are observed. When the supervisor makes a correction and leaves, it is likely that corrected employees will revert to bad behaviors. So how do we build a team of safety leaders who are engaged? Employees need to take personal responsibility for their safety as well as the safety of their…
Partnering with YouthBuild to Construct a Better Future
W. R. MEADOWS has partnered with YouthBuild, a non-profit organization that helps young people from low-income backgrounds obtain job training and education to provide valuable opportunities to at-risk youths. This partnership is aimed at providing the necessary skills to help these young people succeed in the construction industry, while also empowering them to take control of their lives and build a brighter future. The partnership between W. R. MEADOWS and YouthBuild is part of a wider effort to address the growing skills gap in the construction industry. According to a recent study, the construction industry is facing a shortage of…
MARKETING MINUTE
Normally, new technology takes a little bit of time to take off; regardless if it becomes life-altering, like the cell phone and television set, or a game changer for your industry, like social media. However, ChatGPT has taken the digital era by storm. In only five days from launching, ChatGPT acquired over a million users! Keep in mind, Netflix took 3.5 years, Facebook took 10 months, and Instagram took 2.5 months (which was mind blowing at the time) to reach that number of users. As of February, 2023, it now has over 100 million users worldwide! But let’s break this…
W. R. MEADOWS App
The New W. R. MEADOWS Mobile App Is Now Available! This app features the best of our website in a compact, user-friendly mobile experience. It is designed for those on jobsites, traveling, or on the go. The mobile app is an industry-leading resource to help put all the W. R. MEADOWS information you need on your mobile device. You’ll gain easy access to all W. R. MEADOWS information and data. To install the new W. R. MEADOWS mobile app: iPhone/iPad – Visit https://app.wrmeadows.com on Safari – Press the ‘share button’ – Scroll down and press the ‘Add to Home Screen’…
Chat with W. R. MEADOWS!
If you have been on our website recently, you may have noticed that there is a new chat in town. The chat is located in the bottom right corner of wrmeadows.com. I bet you’re wondering, how does that help me? Here are some utilities that the chat function handles: Need Product Resources, Local Rep, Locate a Distributor, Technical Question, and Other. “Need Product Resources” is the chat button that would encompass, you guessed it, product resources. Most of this content is existing on our website already, but it can be time-consuming to rummage through it to find something small. So,…
DROP BY & SEE WHAT’S NEW @ WOC
Inside: Central Hall C4826 Outside: Silver Lot 030913 Have You Won YET(I)®? Our sales team looks forward to meeting with you, swiping your badge (so you can enter to win that elusive YETI Tundra Cooler you missed last year), and more importantly, we think you will like what you’re about to see: PENTREAT™ 244-40 W/B (water-based, 40% active content silane penetrating water repellent sealer) PENTREAT™ 244-20 W/B (water-based, 20% active content silane penetrating water repellent sealer) SIL-CRETE™ (waterborne, lithium-silicate-based, ready-to-use concrete curing agent and densifier) X-FOAM™ (flexible, lightweight, closed-cell expansion joint filler for interior and exterior applications) Can’t make it to WOC this year?…
W. R. MEADOWS Celebrates NATIONAL PENNSYLVANIA DAY
W. R. MEADOWS Celebrates NATIONAL PENNSYLVANIA DAY with a DIGITAL PROJECT LOOK BOOK As many of you know, South Central Pennsylvania is home to our manufacturing facility in York. This facility is strategically located to better serve our New England, East Coast, Mid-Atlantic and Eastern Seaboard construction supply customers. We recently celebrated NATIONAL PENNSYLVANIA DAY with a quick look back at some of the fun projects we’ve been involved in over the years, from the Bala Cynwyd Public Library to the Sands Casino, the Lehigh County Government Center, the Crum Creek Viaduct, and the Kalahari Resort. You can read about…
Celebrating 95 Years
W. R. MEADOWS is proud to announce that 2021 marks our milestone 95th year of business operation. Co-founded in 1926 by W. R. “Bob” Meadows and Edna Meadows, W. R. MEADOWS has grown steadily through the decades to become what it is today: a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of high-quality building materials for today’s construction professionals. Since our founding in 1926, we continue to provide our customers with the highest quality products, outstanding service, and superior business integrity. Since our founding in 1926, the business has remained family-owned and operated. From our beginning 95 years ago, with Asphalt Expansion Joint…
History of W. R. MEADOWS
W. R. MEADOWS INC., was started 1926, by a visionary and entrepreneur W.R. “Bob” Meadows established a new company to manufacture a single product – asphalt expansion joints – to be used for the rapidly expanding national highway and road system. The product become known as SEALTIGHT in 1930 and a knight in armor – SIR SEALTIGHT – was adopted as the company’s image. From the beginning, W. R. MEADOWS, INC. was determined to play a leadership role in the concrete construction industry. The company built a reputation for quality, service and integrity among architects, engineers and contractors in the…
W. R. MEADOWS on BIMsmith
BIMsmith created a revolutionary tool called BIMsmith Market. BIMsmith Market allows for designers, engineers, and architects to effortlessly compare, build, and download products from manufactures like W. R. MEADOWS. Because W. R. MEADOWS has a complete building envelope system, creating Revit models has never been easier. BIMsmith Market is the leading building product research tool for architects and designers to research products, then download them for Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and more. The products that can be found on BIMsmith Market from W. R. MEADOWS include: PRECON, AIR-SHIELD LMP, MEL-ROL LM, and more! BIMsmith also includes filters such as fire safety…
Department of Transportation Approval Page
What’s New W. R. MEADOWS has recently added a page to the website and app that has an encompassing list of the Department of Transportation (DOT) approved products. The DOT regulates which products can be used on transportation related jobs. These regulations are a strict combination of product standards, VOC regulations, chemical composition, and a lot more. The new page is in the products tab under the State DOT approval. The DOT Approvals page is an easy resource for customers to find out what W. R. Meadows products are on their state’s DOT qualified product list. The page highlights the…
Read Our “Building in Tight Urban Spaces” Article!
At W. R. MEADOWS, we’re proud to employ seasoned, experienced, educated professionals with impeccable product knowledge. Our sales team features many knowledgeable employees who have decade upon decade of experience in the construction industry. To help share this knowledge, our personnel actively write technical articles to help educate readers on several facets of the construction industry. Recently, our very own Wendy Talarico authored an article for respected trade publication, The Construction Specifier, which is the official publication for the Construction Specifications Institute. The article, entitled “Building in Tight Urban Spaces,” was featured in the August issue of the magazine. Read…
CONSTRUCT: September 13th-15th
Mark your calendar for CONSTRUCT sponsored by CSI. You won’t want to miss the one and only national trade show and educational conference from Wednesday, September 13th through Friday, September 15th at the Rhode Island Convention Center. This event brings together thousands of leaders in the commercial building construction industry that spec and source building products. Learn about real-world, practical products and education solutions for building success during this three-day event. Hear from W. R. MEADOWS’ very own Wendy Talarico, Architectural Services Specialist, who will be presenting at CONSTRUCT. Make sure to visit W. R. MEADOWS at booth # 502.…
W. R. MEADOWS hosts ABAA Installer Training Course
W. R. MEADOWS was very pleased to host an Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) installer certification training course at our location in Hampshire, Illinois for 15 contractors from across the country. ABAA is the national voice of the air barrier industry, setting a high standard for building envelope excellence through their Quality Assurance Program. ABAA President Russ Snow is also Building Science Specialist at W. R. MEADOWS. This 3-day training program, taught by Peter Spafford, the Director of Quality Assurance from the ABAA, focused on both theory and practical instruction for self-adhered and fluid applied air barriers. The classroom…
David Boyle Named President of CSC
W. R. Meadows congratulates David Boyle on his appointment to president of Construction Specifications Canada (CSC). David has been a member of CSC since 2000, obtained his CTR designation 15 years ago, and has been working his way up through the ranks ever since. David is a member of the Grand Valley Chapter and was a vital part of the resurgence of that Chapter. After taking an active role as Chapter Director for two years, he then was elected to the Executive Council as 4th Vice-President, and has moved up through the VP roles and is now President. His responsibilities…
Check out our updated website!
W. R. MEADOWS is proud to announce the launch of our new website! Many changes have been implemented, including the basic feel and navigation of the website. The website has been redesigned to give it a more contemporary feel, including a more immersive front page, easier navigation to product information, and an enhanced layout. A key improvement of the website is its enhanced mobile-friendly features. The site automatically adjusts based on the width of browser or size of mobile device. The site looks sharp regardless of device – from the largest monitor to the smallest smart phone. With all these innovations,…
This year, we turn 90.
W. R. Meadows is celebrating 90 years of business in 2016! Co-founded in 1926 by W. R. “Bob” Meadows and Edna Meadows, the company has grown steadily through the decades to become what it is today: a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of high quality building materials for today’s construction professionals, as we continue to treat our clients with the utmost product quality, outstanding service, and business integrity. From our Asphalt Expansion Joint product that started it all (and is still being made and sold today all over the world!) all the way to its jump into pool deck products and everything…
Our New Patent Page
W. R. MEADOWS recently created a page on our websites for our patents. We’ve created this page in order to make people in the industry aware of our intellectual property. To check out our new page, click here.
Our website is now available in French
We’ve recently released our website in French to better serve our French-speaking customers. The website has been translated into French, offering product data, literature and much more information. It can be viewed directly at https://www.wrmeadows.com/fr-ca/fra/. https://www.wrmeadows.com/fr-ca/fra/
Stacey Bogdanow Designated as CTR
Congratulations to our own Stacey Bogdanow, sales representative, on her recent designation as a Certified Technical Representative (CTR) from CSC – Construction Specifications Canada! The CTR designation provides professional recognition for individuals who market and distribute products and materials to the construction industry. Stacey’s designation attests to her independent and objective adherence to the highest quality of product representation. Stacey joins Sales Representative, David Boyle, and Building Science Specialist, Russ Snow, from our Canada office as CTRs. At W. R. Meadows, we are dedicated to serving our customers with the most current product knowledge and these three, as CTRs, are…
New Course on Knight School
We have recently added a new course for Premoulded Membrane Vapor Seal with Plasmatic ® Core (PMPC) on our training site, Knight School. PMPC is a vaporproofing and waterproofing membrane designed to stop moisture migration in footings, concrete floors, and structural slabs. With the lowest perm rating in the industry of 0.002 perms, PMPC offers a virtually impermeable vaporproofing system and waterproofing system for horizontal applications. Knight School is designed to provide more information about our products and to offer continuing education. Click here to log in or register to take our new PMPC course. Knight School Topics: PERMINATOR EVOH…
W. R. Meadows Goes Solar … Again!
On March 15, 2011, W. R. Meadows commissioned its second solar-generating facility, with the startup of a 120kW photovoltaic solar farm, located at W. R. Meadows of Southern California in Pomona. The system consists of 1,270 roof-mounted, thin-film solar panels that have the combined capacity to drive 2,000 60-watt light bulbs. Each panel converts direct sunlight into clean, non-polluting electrical energy. It’s the same technology found in solar-powered pocket calculators, just on a larger scale. As electricity is generated by the solar panels, the DC current from the panels is converted into more conventional AC current, and is then fed back into the utility…