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Custom decorative concrete developed by Aggregate Industries US brings hockey imagery to life at new Boston Bruins practice facility
With a landmark 68-foot-high hockey stick, the new 75,000-square-foot practice complex of the Boston Bruins hockey team includes an ice rink with seating for 660 fans, a lobby featuring displays of Bruins accomplishments, a modern locker suite and team lounge and expansive training and weight rooms.
Creating safer job sites — Hilti addresses OSHA respirable crystalline silica standard for construction
Through education and product innovation, Hilti is supporting customers as they develop and implement compliancy plans for the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) §1926.1153 Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) Standard for construction.
Sprawling Aged Concrete Meets its Endurable Match
It wasn’t long after Shawn MacDonald heard about a promising new concrete floor restoration system that he encountered a project that figured to be a good candidate for putting the system to the test.
Scoring and Staining Concrete for Geometric Designs
The idea that you can take three connected “squares,” change the color for all three and make them appear to be two walls and a floor is pretty cool.
New Phoenix Center Industry scorecard shows significant economic benefits from U.S. Aggregates Industry
To better understand the effect of the U.S. aggregates industry on the economy and jobs, the Phoenix Center released a new economic "Scorecard" entitled The Economic Impact of the Natural Aggregates Industry: A National, State, and County Analysis.
Vertical Concrete Artistry, Part 2: Engineering and Steel
In Part 1, we showed how to construct a stunning 3-D miniature model of a project. Now it’s time to envision the artistic side and that starts with steel.
Polished Concrete Industry is not Sheltered from the Effects of Politics
As a consultant who works with contractors and manufacturers alike, I sometimes see things that aren’t typically discussed that I feel are important to share. So I’m going to attempt to tie together the various strings of thought on tax updates and how these will affect our industry specifically.
The 2016 Inductees
Dan Sieben, one of the founders of Bomanite, along with his Bomanite cohort, John “Jack” Dryden, are among the 2016 honorees. Joe Garceau of Butterfield Colors and George Lacker of GLC3 Concrete and Couture Concrete Systems round out this year’s selection. Sieben and Garceau were honored with plaques at a dinner Sept. 26 during the Concrete Decor Show events in San Diego. Lacker and Dryden were inducted posthumously.
Vertical Concrete Artistry, Part 3: Shotcrete
Glad you could join us again. It’s Shotcrete Day in sunny California. Dawn is just breaking as I arrive on site. Long before the residence comes into view, I see ready-mix concrete trucks down the block lining up in preparation for a big day.
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