All joking aside, the designer-contractor experience very often does prove to be positive and stimulating. But contractors can have hopes and dreams for a world where they are more in sync with designers.
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A successful presentation requires more than just showing up with lunch and a slide show. A successful presentation requires knowing your audience, offering them value, preparation, passion, focus, visual aids and follow-up.
Things to Consider When Planning Your First Concrete Hardscape
Nailing this balance project after project takes great effort, but the reward is far more than monetary. Concrete hardscapes last decades, and so do the reputation of the concrete artisans who successfully pave their way into decorative history.
Surface Gel Tek seeks Kickstarter funding for PatriArt project kits for veterans
Surface Gel Tek has launched a new concept called PatriArt, and the company is seeking funding via Kickstarter to develop the idea. PatriArt is conceived of as a kit that allows people to create a commemorative concrete panel that is designed to be etched and colored with personal tour insignia. […]
Silica vs. Silica: What’s the Difference as Far as Concrete and Health Are Concerned?
There is a huge difference between amorphous silica and crystalline silica as far as your health and your concrete is concerned. The difference between the two is at the atomic level.
ChemMasters announces Release concrete form release agent
ChemMasters Inc. has announced Release, a general-purpose concrete form release agent. Release is a petroleum- and mineral oil-based product. Its dual-action formulation is lightly reactive with improved barrier characteristics. Release from ChemMasters is for poured-in-place or formed concrete. Release works well with forms made of plywood, high-density plywood, wood, fiberglass, […]
Surface Gel Tek seeks Kickstarter funding for PatriArt project
Surface Gel Tek has launched a new concept called PatriArt, and they are seeking funding via Kickstarter to develop the idea. PatriArt is conceived of as a kit that allows people to create a commemorative concrete panel that is designed to be etched and colored with personal tour insignia. Surface […]
Clemons Concrete Coatings announces new Super Guard for polished concrete
New from Clemons Concrete Coatings is Super Guard, a breakthrough in polishing protection technology. Super Guard is a low-odor, waterborne urethane-acrylic sealer that protects polished concrete surfaces from staining, wear and abrasion. Super Guard can be burnished to increase durability and gloss. Using Super Guard with other Clemons products Super […]
Quest Building Products launches improved Kretus concrete coatings line
In 2012, Quest Building Products became the sole distributor of the Kretus line of concrete restoration coatings. Now, several of those already high-quality Kretus products have been reformulated and relaunched. Quest is introducing four newly reformulated products: Kretus Polymer Admix, Kretus Bonder Resin, Kretus Texture Cement and Kretus Base Coat […]
ACI webinar, Tuesday, May 6: “Guide to Decorative Concrete”
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Webinar Announcement: Guide to Decorative Concrete Tuesday, May 6, 2014 1:00 – 2:00 pm EST Presented by Cori Sutton, president of Diamond Designer Concrete, Inc., vice president of Maya Brothers Inc. and treasurer of Baycrete Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania Larry Rowland, CSI – CCPR, LEED A.P., manager […]
