The Decorative Concrete Hall of Fame is pleased to honor its inductees for 2014: Gary Jones, Frank Lewis and Jon Nasvik. The Hall of Fame will announce the group at the 2014 Concrete Decor Show.
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New online application for California public works contractors
The California Department of Industrial Relations has launched an online application for public works contractors to meet the requirements of California Senate Bill 854. SB 854, which became effective June 20, establishes a new public works program to replace the Compliance Monitoring Unit and Labor Compliance Program requirements for bond-funded and other public works projects.
T.B. Penick expands with new office in the California Bay Area
T.B. Penick & Sons Inc., which is headquartered in San Diego, California, has announced a new satellite office in Hayward, California. This new office will allow Penick to bring their construction expertise to the Bay Area and have a local and active presence in the community. Scott Carter has been […]
Epoxy Expert Favors Broadcast Quartz
Back in the ’60s, when epoxies first came along, they were often specified in food-related areas because of their ease of cleaning and resistance to germs, he says. Ramy remembers the old guys didn’t want anything to do with epoxy, so they’d paint the walls and the young guys would handle the floors.
Second edition of ACI’s User’s Guide to ASTM C94 on Ready-Mixed Concrete available
The American Concrete Institute has made available the second edition of its industry publication "User’s Guide to ASTM C94 on Ready-Mixed Concrete." ASTM C94 covers the complex subject of ordering, production and delivery of ready-mixed concrete. There have been many changes and improvements to C94 since the first edition of […]
High-traffic Polished Concrete Floor at Dave & Buster’s
The owner of Dallas’s Dave and Buster’s sports bar wanted the look of a contemporary football field for the floor. After the floor was polished to an 800 grit, Chris Post of Elite Concrete Solutions delivered that and more.
A Concrete Go-cart Track at Legoland
The go-cart track at the Legoland Discovery Center was another challenging, yet fun, job for Chris Post of Elite Concrete Solutions LLC. The roadway hash marks required him to make a 2-by-4 jig to lay them in an evenly spaced manner all the way around the track.
Measuring Gloss on Polished Concrete the CSDA ST-115 Standard
A gloss meter measures how light is scattered, but an angle, ambient lighting, or even a high-gloss coating can impact the number. A DOI meter addresses this problem by “seeing” through a coating to determine the consistency of the surface underneath, but it cannot measure the porosity of the floor.
A Guide to Unique Concrete Casting Surfaces
This is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to the finer details of all potential concrete casting surfaces. Instead, this article is intended to help you begin asking the right questions, as well as give you a basic understanding of some of the options. We cannot come up with solutions until we ask the right questions.
Miracote’s new MiraPrime Aqua-Blok XL primer
New MiraPrime Aqua-Blok XL from Miracote is a clear, single-component, odorless, water-based, penetrating colloidal silicate liquid primer that integrally waterproofs concrete, mortar and other cementitious structures.
