Explore how Spec Formliners is transforming projects across North America with two standout developments that showcase the full spectrum of our capabilities. This edition of The Spec Sheet highlights cultural storytelling in Surrey, British Columbia, and artistic infrastructure in Spokane, Washington. From high-volume tilt-up construction to Indigenous artwork and public art integration, these projects demonstrate how custom formliners and strategic partnerships create concrete surfaces that serve communities, honor heritage, and elevate the built environment.
Phase 1: Sprague Ave to Spokane River
Customer: Hamilton Construction Co.
Artist: Melissa Cole
Liner Type: Custom urethane formliners
Phase 2: Spokane River to Columbia
Customer: Max Kuney
Features: Train Mural, Day & Night Murals, Running Horses
Production: Missouri plant (Train Mural) + California plant (Day & Night, Running Horses)
Spec Formliners contributed to both phases of this corridor project that proves infrastructure doesn’t have to be uninspired. Partnering with Hamilton Construction and Max Kuney, we provided custom urethane formliners that brought public art directly into concrete – creating storytelling surfaces rather than just retaining walls.
Phase 1 featured artwork by Spokane artist Melissa Cole under the Spokane Community College overpass, including feathers, balsam root, Ponderosa branches, Red Band trout, and medallions of moose and wild horses. “I chose elements important to the local tribes,” said Cole. “If you can include artwork in infrastructure, I think it’s great.”
Phase 2 showcased our cross-country production capabilities with three standout full-height custom urethane panels: Train Mural from our Missouri plant, and Day & Night Murals plus Running Horses from our California plant. The project also incorporated standard textures like Pattern #1613 Fractured Concrete and Pattern #1550 Fractured Basalt.
This project reflects a trend we love to see: using infrastructure as an opportunity to connect people to place, with both production plants working in tandem to meet aggressive scheduling while maintaining artistic precision.
Location: Surrey, BC
Customer: MSE Precast
Liner Type: Custom urethane formliners
Artist: q̓ʷɑt̓ic̓ɑ (Phyllis Atkins), Kwantlen First Nation
Application: Highway 17 overpass at Old Yale Road
We’re proud to be working with MSE Precast on the Pattullo Bridge Replacement project, where our custom urethane formliners are helping bring deep cultural narrative to life through concrete.
This project features Indigenous artwork by Kwantlen First Nation artist Phyllis Atkins. Her design highlights sturgeon and eulachon, two species deeply rooted in the history and ecology of the Fraser River. The engraved textures include sturgeon scutes – the distinctive bony plates that make these ancient fish so unique.
Phyllis drew inspiration from her river research, reflecting traditional Salish weaving patterns and honoring a sturgeon found with a full row of scutes, believed to be over 75 years old. This effort is part of a broader cultural recognition program, with the new bridge carrying a name that acknowledges the Fraser River’s importance to the Musqueam and Kwantlen Nations.
From CAD modeling to full-wall murals, we don’t just meet industry standards—we manufacture them.
At Spec Formliners, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword. It’s baked into our process. That’s why all of our plastic formliners are 100% recyclable, and we’re proud to be part of a full-circle system that reduces waste and gives our materials a second life.
We’ve organized our pattern library and created downloadable catalogs to streamline your selection process.
From geometric textures to custom art, we craft liners that elevate concrete into storytelling surfaces—engineered with precision, delivered with pride.
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