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Decorative Concrete Comes to Live at the 2023 Decorative Concrete LIVE! Experience the significant and innovative advances transforming decorative job sites. At Decorative Concrete Live 2023, experienced industry veterans will explain how to transform ordinary concrete into showcases. It’s here, you’ll can even get hands-on experience with products, and talk […]
These days, it seems like there are apps for everything. Some often serve a purpose in some far-fetched way. And then others actually address a real need. The app — GigMi, which came on the market in early November 2022 — falls among the latter. A concrete contractor — who […]
Thanks to the strength of concrete, many homeowners can rest assured that their homes will remain standing on a stable platform. But not even concrete is invulnerable. It might not immediately be clear, but every time it rains that same water may come to rest against your concrete foundation as […]
On 26 of July, Pelješac Bridge, the largest ever EU infrastructure investment in Croatia, officially opened in grand ceremony. The bridge, providing a road link between two parts of the country, is of strategic importance and is one of the most substantial EU infrastructural investments ever. It connects the region […]
Imagine being hired for a new job, then having for your first assignment a project outside your area of expertise. That being digital fabrication. Oh, and by the way, it will display the new employer’s capabilities and be installed at the building’s front door. That’s the challenge faced by Evan […]
When a classic building gets a retrofit and is repurposed, it needs an equally amazing exterior hardscape. The new Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH) at the University of California at Berkeley has just that, thanks in part to the work of Livermore, Calif.-based Bay Area Concretes. Bay Area Concretes CEO Mike […]
Imagine a product that would get polishers out on new concrete at Day 3, rather than waiting the full 28 days for a cure. Not only has it been done, but York, Pa.-based Wagman Metal Products, Inc., the developer of Admix 7, is confident the nano-infused cement technology used in […]
SANTA MONICA, California – In a land where appearance is everything and price is often no object, it’s natural the developers of a mixed-use project, The Park, would specify a high-end lime-based plaster for the exterior walls, then have it sealed with Stain Defense by Glaze-N-Seal. Providing the materials is […]
Summer is a great time for construction work, but a brutal time for construction workers. Excessive heat and sun exposure pose significant dangers, such as sunburn, dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Every year, construction workers become ill on the job and some even lose their lives due […]
The American Concrete Institute announces the 2022 Professors’ Workshop, July 18-19, 26-27, 2022, is returning to an in-person format at ACI’s World Headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA. The workshop will be held in two parts; the first will be an online-only event on July 18 and 19, and the […]
