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Building with Concrete

As sustainable as it is durable, concrete offers an endless array of cost-effective possibilities and versatile results for residential and commercial buildings

A Look Inside Green Buildings and Why They Matter

Are you asking why green matters? To answer that question, this article takes a look at the benefits that are encouraging property owners and designers to choose finished concrete floors instead of other floor coverings.

Tradical Hemcrete from American Lime Technology

By combining a lime-based binder with a treated hemp shiv, the Tradical Hemcrete mixture provides an extremely sustainable, carbon-negative alternative.

Carlton Construction on Set with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Building with Concrete Featured Contractor Vol. 4 No. 3 - June/July 2004 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Asked to do the decorative concrete work for an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, cousins Doug and Scott Carlton thought it sounded like a worthwhile project. Their work on the show, seen by more than 13 million viewers, led to a flurry of media attention in the state of California.

A Home Built of Concrete

Building with Concrete Vol. 6 No. 5 - October/November 2006 by Rachel Zwerneman Provow Comments are Disabled

They say a man’s home is his castle, and with a concrete home, it’s true. Quiet and energy-efficient, these durable fortresses are increasingly popular.

Retaining Walls: Evolving From Drab to Fab

Building with Concrete Vertical & Carved Concrete Vol. 7 No. 5 - August 2007 by Rob Spiegel Comments are Disabled

The purpose of the retaining wall remains unchanged — to hold back dirt — but decorative concrete offers a solution to improve the appearance of retaining walls.

Sustainable design is a big part of what makes a building green - especially in terms of earning LEED points - but sustainable construction techniques can add a few points and can also prove to an owner or designer that your company is serious about the issue.

Sustainable Construction Techniques Earning LEED

Building with Concrete Business & Technology Vol. 10 No. 2 - February/March 2010 by William D. Palmer Jr. Comments are Disabled

Sustainable design is a big part of what makes a building green – especially in terms of earning LEED points – but sustainable construction techniques can add a few points and can also prove to an owner or designer that your company is serious about the issue.

Fly Ash instead of Cement

Building with Concrete Vol. 6 No. 1 - February/March 2006 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Fly Ash is a coal waste products that acts a lot like cement in the right recipe.

Backyard Amenity
Features Concrete Dock

Outdoor Spaces Stamping & Texturing Concrete Building with Concrete Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 17 No. 6 - August/September 2017 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

At first glance, the dock looks like it’s floating just above the water. “It turned out exactly how I wanted it,” says Reuben Keim, co-owner of Keim Concrete in Wooster, Ohio, about his concrete platform. The pier and dock, which sit about a foot above the surface of a 2-acre pond in Keim’s backyard, was fashioned with Proline form liners.

Synthetic Rock Features using GFRC

Building with Concrete Vertical & Carved Concrete Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 7 No. 8 - December 2006/January 2007 by Amy Johnson Comments are Disabled

Glass-fiber reinforced concrete and other materials can be molded to make rock structures so natural-looking, even Mother Nature will be fooled.

The Comfort of Radiant Heat in Concrete

Building with Concrete Vol. 7 No. 1 - February 2007 by John Vastyan Comments are Disabled

Bob “Hot Rod” Rohr isn’t your everyday installer of heating systems. The Rogersville, Mo., heating expert got turned on to radiant heat about 15 years ago and dove, well, toes-first into the technology.