‘Depends on the weather after progress with the footers’- Rex Adams, construction superintendent

By Charlie Hutson

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Rex Adams, the construction supervisor on the project for the new McDonald’s for La Follette, wanted to get the concrete poured before the temperature went up and the rain came down on Wednesday morning. So, by 8am, the pour of the concrete was underway.

TOP PHOTO: Hayley Torres, the site tech for Atlas Technical Consultants, gives Rex Adams the thumbs up, and the pour is on.

Hayley Torres, the on site tech for Atlas Technical Consultants, travels all over the country and has been doing this for four years.

However, before the guys from T&E Concrete Service could really start to unload the mix from the truck, Timothy Parrott from T & E concrete service filled a bucket with concrete so Hayley Torres with Atlas Technical Consultants could conduct a slump test. The test makes sure the concrete meets the specifications for this job. After doing the test proving the concrete was up to specs, Torres gave Adams the thumbs up and the pour was on.

Timothy Parrott (blue shirt) gets a bucket of the first load of concrete for Hayley Torres to test. Left to right are T&E Concrete owner Michael Clemmer, Rex Adams, Timothy Parrott, Hayley Torres, Walter Brown.
Hayley Torres is doing the slump test as Rex Adams (orange shirt) is waiting for the results.

From a little after 8am until a little after 10am the T&E crew poured 40 yards of concrete for the footers. Adams kept an eye on the pour to make sure the concrete remained level around the footer and that the bolts that the steel bolts to did not get covered up with concrete.

The crew from T&E Concrete service from left to right: Timothy Parrott, Robert Mendoza, Walter Brown and Fernando Cerna.

“If weather permits, they may start to hang steel Thursday and maybe even start some block work,” said Adams.

Rex Adams watches as Walter Brown of T&E Concrete checks the level of the concrete.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-07/10/2025-6AM)

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