About Cor-Tuf UHPC
Learn about our company history and leadership
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Cor-Tuf UHPC was founded in 2016. We are the only licensed producer of Cor-Tuf Ultra-High Performance Concrete in the United States and the world. Cor-Tuf UHPC was developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (patent US 8016938 B2) in response to the need for a tougher, yet lighter material for protecting personnel and weapons facilities.
Our main goal has been to make Cor-Tuf UHPC contractor-friendly, so that contractors can use familiar methods and machinery for mixing, transporting, pouring, and leveling. Cor-Tuf UHPC is available via GSA, contract number 47QSMA23D08NM.
Rich Burgess — President
Rich Burgess comes to Cor-Tuf with more than 40 years of construction experience, serving as the President of AllSite Contracting since 2004. Burgess also worked in the environmental space for 10 years, with experience in the installation and maintenance of onsite wastewater and stormwater management systems.
Brian Boland — Board Member
Brian Boland has been actively working in the commercial mortgage banking business in Washington, DC, having underwritten and closed nearly $1 billion of commercial real estate loans since 2001. He was previously employed at PricewaterhouseCoopers in their Real Estate Valuation Division. Boland earned his Bachelor’s degree in Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and achieved the S.R.A designation with the Appraisal Institute. He currently lives in Clifton, Virginia, is a member of the Izaak Walton League, and has been active in volunteering with the Boy Scouts of America, in addition to coaching youth basketball and soccer.
Bob Bridges — Sustainable Systems Director
Bob Bridges has more than three decades of project management, sales, and systems experience in the concrete industry. He has implemented innovative design approaches in the urban landscape, including sustainable stormwater management systems and resilient concrete infrastructure projects. Bridges has worked with such clients as the NY/NJ Port Authority, DDOT, MASSPORT, DC Water, Virginia DEQ and NAVFAC. His development of Allied Concrete and Oldcastle APG’s SWM PAVE, along with Filterra’s BioPave, are treating more than 278 acres of stormwater in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Bridges recognizes the accelerating urbanization and deterioration of the American Infrastructure, and understands meeting these challenges will require unprecedented transformative solutions to achieve environmental sustainability and functional resilience. Please contact Bob directly for sales inquires or questions at 571-428-3116.
DJ Burgess — Quality Assurance and Material Development
Description: DJ Burgess has served as the head of quality control for Cor-Tuf UHPC since 2018. He holds multiple high-level industry certifications from ACI. Additionally, DJ is a key part of the sales and material development team at Cor-Tuf UHPC, driving many aspects of its growth since its inception. Please contact Dj directly for sales inquires or questions at 571-437-4393.
Mike Norberg — Director of Operations
With more than 31 years of experience in professional heavy construction site management, Mike Norberg is a solid addition to the Cor-Tuf team. As Director of Operations at Cor-Tuf, Norberg is involved in material development, as well as project production and assessment. He has experience with heavy civil project estimation consultation, management, and the development of real-time solutions for the logistical complexities of the heavy site construction industry. Prior to joining Cor-Tuf, Norberg worked as a General Foreman at AllSite Contracting, focusing on residential home construction and framing and project management.
Miles Zeman, PhD. — Special Research Materials Engineer
With over 32 years of experience in the concrete industry and a PhD in Geological Faculty Material Science, Miles Zeman has end-to-end experience in product development, technical services, and quality management for portland cement, ready mix concrete, aggregates, fly ash, and concrete admixtures. He also has technical experience in concrete mix design, rheology, statistics, testing, specifications and codes, software, and self-consolidating concrete (SCC). Zeman spent seven years as a Special Project Engineer at Dura Stress, Inc, where he established SCC and implemented new technology. Prior to that, he worked as a Quality Control Manager at Accord Industries and in Ready Mix Operations at CEMEX. As Head of R&D, Zeman’s responsibilities include research, development, strategy, intellectual property, standards, marketing and implementation.
John Forster — Board Member
John Forster has served as the CEO and owner of AllSite Contracting since 2007, and the President and owner of NV Waterproofing since 2004. Both companies provide services to home builders, home owners, and some general contractors and have given Forster experience in a wide array of construction services, including demolition, concrete and paving, site utilities installation and repair, septic systems, trucking, street flushing, and waterproofing solutions. Prior to these experiences, Forster worked in finance and business development for several companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Oracle and PeopleSoft.
At Cor-Tuf UHPC, we follow strict quality control measures to ensure our UHPC product meets standards of excellence. We are committed to helping contractors, engineers, architects, and other professionals understand the many benefits Cor-Tuf UHPC brings to projects, as well as the new and innovative uses Cor-Tuf makes possible for concrete.
– Rich Burgess – President, Cor-Tuf UHPC
