Concrete Placing

Instead of pouring concrete, concrete installers place concrete where they want it to go. And there are right ways and wrong ways to do this.

The front entrance of Say Si with a carved water feature and stamped patio with fiber optics.

Decorative Concrete Makeover at SAY Sí Earns a Resounding ‘Yes!’

Transforming more than 5,500 square feet of flooring surfaces, creating a vertical sculpture and constructing a waterfall is no small task, especially when the majority of the work is done over just two days. However, that’s exactly what happened at SAY Sí, a teen art center in San Antonio, Texas. […]

ICFs Play Big Part in Energy-Efficient Schools’ Design

Construction using insulated concrete forms (ICFs) doesn’t instantly turn design and building projects “green” or “sustainable” all by themselves. But as part of a system of energy-saving designs, ICF manufacturers and specifiers say the concrete-wall construction system can play a major role in achieving energy-efficiency objectives and reeling in LEED […]