No, you’re not seeing things! These elliptical pipes may look a little funny. That’s because they are manufactured for situations where there isn’t enough clearance for standard reinforced concrete pipe.
What’s so great about elliptical?
Elliptical pipe is unique, and we’re unique for making it! It’s available in equivalent circular diameters of 900 to 2100mm. Standard strength classes available: HE-I to HE-IV.
Need to customize your elliptical pipe? No problem! We can add tees and wyes, service connections, and much more to meet your exact specifications.
Benefits of elliptical pipe:
Elliptical pipe is just as robust as standard concrete pipe.
It has the same longevity as standard concrete pipe.
It can also be installed both horizontally and vertically.
We want to work with you!
If your project requires lower headroom and clearance, elliptical pipes may be the solution you need! Our team of engineers will work with you to bring your concept to reality.
A culvert crossing can be created to direct water, vehicles, or pedestrians under/over a road or other embankment, allowing traffic and water to flow easily without obstacles. We have three options to choose from when creating your next culvert crossing:
Box Culverts
Our precast box culverts can be configured with bends, radii, skews, and other customizations. They are available in 9 OPSS standard sizes, with custom sizing available.
Tri-Span
Tri-Span are three-sided box culverts and are an effective environmental option for managing water flow in applications involving streams, creeks or other narrow waterways.
CON/SPAN
CON/SPAN are innovative pre-engineered precast arch system ranging in span sizes from 3.66 metres to 14.64 metres. They can also be customized for various vertical rises and section lengths, giving you flexibility in design.
Start to Finish
From design concepts and manufacturing to installation and support, we will work with you from start to finish on your culvert crossing project. Our team of in-house engineers can custom design the perfect solution for your application.
If your project requires a culvert crossing, we have the products you need, the team to design and manufacture it, and the support you need to make it happen.
Does your project require a bridge, but you’re not sure where to start in the design process? Have you considered a Tri-Span bridge? This efficient, cost-effective alternative to traditional full bridge construction is an excellent solution!
What is Tri-Span?
Our Tri-Span three-sided bridge structures are a highly effective and environmentally conscious solution for managing water flow in applications that involve streams, creeks, or other narrow waterways. Their design is well-suited for low cover applications and vertical clearance constraints.
Multiple Sizes and Customization
We can produce Tri-Span products in a wide-range of sizes, providing flexibility to accommodate different spans and various horizontal and vertical design requirements. We can also manufacture custom designs for more complex or challenging projects.
Earlier in September 2025, we completed a project for a bridge in Brampton; the cool part – it had an 18-metre span, our largest span yet! The project was made up of over 150 pieces, including spans, wingwalls, and custom footings. From engineering and design, to manufacturing and logistics, we have everything you need for your bridge.
18 metre Tri-Span installation in Brampton with wingwalls and custom footings.
Benefits of Tri-Span
Reduced costs compared to traditional full bridge construction
Time-efficient and quick installation
Rigid frame design distributes loads evenly across the structure
Built to last using high-quality precast concrete
Adaptability and customization – precast units can be adapted to curved or skewed alignments, with varying radii or skews to complement the natural flow of waterways or terrain
Interested in Learning More?
If you have a bridge project you need assistance with, Tri-Span may be the solution you need. Please reach out our sales team for more information at sales@concastpipe.com.
Have you heard the news? We’re your one-stop shop for all stormwater management solutions! That’s right, we have the complete package. If you’re looking for plastic, concrete, or hybrid stormwater management solutions, we’ve got you covered.
We Can Help!
Since our amalgamation of Stormcon, we have added a few new products to the Concast stormwater management portfolio, specifically designed for easy installation, lower maintenance, and reducing footprints. No more hazardous ponds, which can be expensive to maintain and monitor. We have better solutions for you:
Plastic Solutions:
Greenstorm geocellular polypropylene modules minimize system footprints, maximize developable land, and can be installed beneath roads, parking lots, or green spaces.
Stormwater arch chambers can be used for retention or detention systems and can provide ETV Verified quality control within the system.
Concrete Solutions:
StormCrete – Concast’s concrete tank, used independently, or in conjunction with GreenStorm™.
CON/SPAN / Tri-Span – Concast’s precast arch units can be installed in various tank configuration.
Hybrid Solution:
The Vault – a unique hybrid system, leveraging the benefits of GreenStorm™ and StormCrete.
CONCAST AMALGAMATES STORMCON – We are thrilled to announce that effective July 1st, 2025, Stormcon and Concast have amalgamated! Concast has worked closely with Stormcon for several years, but the time has come to join forces. This amalgamation further enhances Concast’s portfolio of products, giving you a one-stop-shop for all your underground stormwater management solutions.
What does this mean?
Now you will get the best of both worlds, concrete and plastic storm retention products, including:
StormCrete – Concast’s variation of a standard OPSS concrete box culvert, used independently, or in conjunction with GreenStorm™
CON/SPAN / Tri-Span – Concast’s precast arch units
The Vault – a unique hybrid system, leveraging the benefits of GreenStorm™ and StormCrete
Oil Grit Separators and Filtration products
About Stormcon
Stormcon is dedicated to the design and implementation of underground stormwater management solutions. Their solutions are designed to provide detention, retention, conveyance, and treatment of captured stormwater, returning it to natural watercourses at regulated rates and temperatures, while minimizing sediment, pollutants, and impurities. Stormcon has a proven reputation with well over 200 projects completed, and more than 250,000 m3 volume of water managed, gaining the trust of valued professionals across the construction and environmental industries.
Stormcon’s Key Services
Stormwater solutions for both quality and quantity control
Professional engineering support
Project-specific shop drawings
Estimates and budgeting
Interested in learning more?
You can learn more about Stormcon’s products and solutions by visiting www.stormcon.ca.
More details about this exciting venture coming soon. In the meantime, please reach out our sales team if you have any questions – sales@concastpipe.com.
Benching precast maintenance holes in the field is a dying art form, which can be very time consuming, labour-intensive, and costly. It can also lead to less precise work and damage to product. That’s if you can find trained staff to perform benching in the field!
Concast is pleased to offer pre-benching for sanitary and storm maintenance holes. We have perfected the process in-house, utilizing state-of-the-art machinery and a trained team of professionals. Using EPS, we can get the variance down to approximately 2mm, keeping measurements accurate.
Why pre-benching?
Pre-benching is done to create a channel within the maintenance hole to guide the flow of water/sediment out of the pipe. We can do this by creating a through and through pre-benched channel (straight through the maintenance hole) or a curved/angled channel to direct the flow.
What are the benefits?
There are a few benefits to choosing this method over traditional field-benching:
Saves time in the field, keeping your project on time
Saves on cost, keeping your project on budget
Done in-house, ensuring precision and a smooth finish
What sizes are available?
We can work with the following diameter maintenance holes:
1200mm diameter
Including 600Ø maximum pipe size for through and through benchingIncluding 450Ø maximum pipe size for curved/angled benching – with 2x 450Ø pipe maximum angled.
We can have multiple benching channels for smaller diameter pipe sizes
1500mm diameter
Including 825Ø maximum pipe size through and through benchingIncluding 600Ø maximum pipe size for curved/angled benching – with 2x 600Ø pipe maximum angled
We can have multiple benching channels for smaller diameter pipe sizes
NEW: Add our HDPE liner for added protection!
Interested in giving your project an additional layer of protection? Why not add our HDPE liner to protect from corrosive gases and liquids. This is especially valuable in sanitary management systems, where these issues can be prevalent.
Image of an HDPE-lined pre-benched maintenance hole.
Interested in pre-benching for your next maintenance hole project?
We want to work with you! Get in touch with our team of experts by sending an email to sales@concastpipe.com to get the conversation started.
You heard it here first! Concast now manufactures drop structures, saving you time and money in the field!
Why Drop Structures?
Drop structures are required when you have an inlet sewer that is significantly higher than the outlet through a maintenance hole, and you need to bring the flow down to the elevation of the outlet. They can be built in the field; however, they are very costly and labour intensive. Our precast drop structures require no additional time or effort from the customer, keeping your project completion on time.
What are the Benefits?
Saves you time and money in the field
Factory manufactured vs. field manufactured
Controlled environment ensures the highest quality standards are met
Quick and easy to install – simplifies maintenance hole backfilling
Monolithic casts = better quality
What sizes are available?
Our form is capable of the following specifications:
Riser diameter of 1219mm
Monobase height of 914mm and 1219mm
Middle riser and top riser heights of 914mm to 1828mm, in 150mm increments
PVC sizes
150mm Tee and Wye
200mm Tee and Wye
250mmx200mm Wye
250mmx250mm Tee
300mmx250mm Tee
Interested in Adding Drop Structures to Your Infrastructure Project?
We want to work with you! Get in touch with us by sending an email to sales@concastpipe.com to start a discussion on how we can help with your next infrastructure project.
Established in 1989, Concast is considered a leader in the precast concrete industry. We’ve been around the block a time or two. Over the last 35+ years of manufacturing infrastructure products, we have become known for our quality, consistency, and dependability:
Quality: We take this very seriously. Our Quality Assurance team is dedicated to testing and development, researching, measuring metrics, and evolving every step of the quality process, ensuring only the best products leave our facilities.
Consistency: An essential part of our success. Our process is built on years of experience, refining all manufacturing elements, and incorporating the latest technology and automation within our state-of-the-art facilities. Through this evolution, we can deliver consistently durable and robust elements that are the best possible solution for your needs.
Dependability: Solutions you can depend on, and a team you can trust. We’ve assembled the best of the best in our field, to provide products that have life expectancy of 100+ years. You read that right! Backed by our team of experts (who know their stuff, but more about them later), you have a winning combination.
We don’t shy away from change; We embrace it.
We work in an everchanging industry, and that demands a level of commitment. Concast is committed to investigating the best technologies, raw materials, and tools we can utilize in our manufacturing process. We embrace change because it gives us the ability to grow and learn, so that we can better support your project. In doing so, we have catapulted our business to the forefront of precast. Our goal is to strive for excellence in our all that we do, giving you the best outcome for your infrastructure needs.
Our team knows their stuff.
As we mentioned, we’ve brought together the cream of the crop to guide you. We won’t bore you with how many total combined years of experience we all have (the number would be super high). But we will tell you they are experts in their respective fields. Ranging from professional engineers, heavy civil construction and project management, to product expertise, technical specification and estimation. We have the skills, techniques, and knowledge to assist you from start to finish. We’re here to answer your questions and support you throughout the duration of your project needs.
More than just concrete pipes.
Our portfolio stretches past our core products of reinforced concrete pipes, maintenance holes, and utility chambers. Over the years, we have introduced many new precast concrete products into our line-up, including micro-tunneling pipe, HDPE-lined Perfect Pipe, Pre-benched products, and we’re not stopping there! Stay tuned for more new releases coming very soon.
Make History with Concast.
Concast wants to set you up for success on the best possible foundations. We’ll provide the tools, products, support (and of course the precast concrete) to meet your challenges head on. Together we will build on that foundation and create history. Interested in being a part of our success? Reach out today to start the conversation going.
