batch plant

Or batching plant

noun

1. a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.

Word History and Origins

Origin of batch plant¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

It was one of the best-selling white breads in the 1970s and 80s but the batch plant in Glasgow which makes Scottish Plain is now the last in the UK.

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At least one contractor has brought in a portable batch plant that can produce concrete on-site.

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"It just seems like we're in this Bermuda Triangle of responsibility and accountability," said Watson, 64, a retired head of a birdwatching tour business turned anti-concrete batch plant activist.

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State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, whose district includes Houston's Acres Homes, a neighborhood north of downtown that successfully fought a planned concrete plant, has filed legislation in past years to limit concrete batch plant operations near homes.

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In an unincorporated area southeast of Fort Worth, an administrative judge this month ruled in favor of Tarrant County homeowners in a dispute over a concrete batch plant's application to operate in their neighborhood.

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