Two projects. Two cities. One idea — that the walls around infrastructure can mean something to the people living beside them.
For nearly 20 years, the historic neighborhoods of Martineztown, Barelas, and Santa Barbara in Albuquerque had been hit by devastating floods — and for nearly 20 years, flood relief had been promised. When the City of Albuquerque finally broke ground on the $17 million Marble-Arno Stormwater Pump Station and Detention Pond, Mayor Tim Keller put it plainly: they were going from planning to reality.
But a pump station is only as good as the community it belongs to. The design brief called for perimeter enclosure walls that would add to the neighborhood's history and character — not just screen a utility facility. That meant full-height, full-size custom urethane liners: panel-scale, no seams, no tile-repeat interruptions. Castillo Prestress cast the precast panels directly with our liners, delivering a continuous architectural texture across every wall section. The result is a piece of civic infrastructure that actually feels like it belongs in the city it protects.
Kansas City has always had rhythm. Charlie Parker was born here. Count Basie called it home. So when artist and architect Mark Reigelman II was asked to design the barrier walls of the new Grand Boulevard Bike and Pedestrian Bridge — connecting River Market to Berkley Riverfront Park — the choice of pattern wasn't coincidental. The "Bebop" custom elastomeric formliner was cast into 36 concrete panels running the length of the bridge, giving the walls a visual cadence that reads like the music the city is famous for.
The bridge opened May 8, 2026 — just in time for FIFA World Cup 2026 — and it came together under real pressure. The original order was 24 panels. When the project timeline tightened to hit the World Cup deadline, RBE Midwest came back for 12 more. We turned them around. Distributed through Construction Anchors, all 36 panels were cast, delivered, and installed on schedule. The bridge now serves as a major pedestrian link to CPKC Stadium and the developing Berkley Riverfront — and it looks like it belongs to Kansas City in every sense.
Whether it's a civic pump station, a pedestrian bridge, or a miles-long highway corridor — we engineer the formliner to fit your vision, your community, and your deadline.