Innovating Concrete Forming: Gates & Sons’ Journey from Twisted Wire Ties to Custom Solutions

Gates and tons is a manufacturer of concrete forming accessories. We have product lines that span from residential foundation work all the way to large commercial structures such as high rise office buildings or residential. And we've been doing a lot of stadium work as well. The Lee Gates senior started a a company as a general contractor. So they were building buildings here in Denver, Colorado in the early days. And at one point, on on a large they got an idea. He came up with a thing that's that's really the the hallmark of what we do and they found of everything that is is a Gates product is is the twisted wire tie. Leemate his own machines, and they work tirelessly to make ties for their own use at a job site, and that made them more competitive. We provide customized forming solutions for each particular job. We can cut and fit things to fit specific shapes, radiuses, you know, octagons, all kinds of weird things like that. We don't have pre made preset form sizes. We can do just about any sider shape that people don't. We can drastically cut labor times by providing prebuilt forms that are delivered directly to the upside ready to set and pour. A lot of our competitors are modular, and their forms come in specific shapes and sizes, and it's much to make those fit every application. We can turn out a new product for a customer based off of their direct needs and and have it in the field. Say in the matter of weeks, really shows our dedication in trying to help them operate more safely, more efficiently, and turning out a more quality concrete product. All of Gates's forming systems are wood based systems. What this allows is for customers to easily modify forms to fit the job as opposed to changing the job to forms. Gates helps them to accomplish this by being able to provide the accessories that we manufacture in a very timely fashion, even when they are specialty products as opposed to items that we We are making the products that are helping build the cities and infrastructure throughout this country. And I think that is something that is actually important to contractors. Last summer, we had a contractor that was looking for a scaffolding solution for his column forms. We were able to provide a solution within a couple of days, and it ended up being a win for the customer and for us. We were able to add a new product to our lineup as well. Jason Sun's manufacturers quality, American made products, and we do it in a timely fashion. Our customers have ever changing needs, being an American company, and and being able to respond to their needs leak is something that's also very important to them. It almost feels like everyone is is family. And we certainly strive to treat everyone that way, and it's one of the things I love the most about working here.