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The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, has published the Sealer Selection & Application Guide and a Sealer Installation Checklist The publications are available to ASCC DCC members via the association’s website. The Guide focuses on acrylic film-forming sealers in solvent- and water-based […]
Mary “M.K.” Hurd, one of the most influential writers and editors to specialize in concrete, passed away in September at age 87. Hurd is best known for writing every edition of the American Concrete Institute’s “Formwork for Concrete, SP-4,” considered the definitive book about structural concrete practices. The first edition […]
Iphoneography — or “i4neography” — is a term that has been around for a few years, and as you may have guessed, it pertains to photography via iPhones.
All over the country, architects who design primary and secondary schools are warming to polished concrete. Jim Ward, of Ward Scott Architecture, Tuscaloosa, Ala., is one of them. His firm’s recent project, Big Sandy Elementary School, part of the Tuscaloosa County School System, opened in 2013.
In wintry areas of North America, heated walkways and driveways that melt snow have been a prized feature of upscale homes and businesses for decades.
Concrete Concepts of NJ Inc. collectively burned some major calories when installing new flooring at the Weight Watchers International corporate offices in New York City.
The acid-stained pizzeria floor looked worse than horrible. Actually, it became the unintentional focal point of an otherwise attractive restaurant newly opened and ready for business.
The unabashedly modernist home in the River’s End community, in Eagle, Idaho, near Boise, is called a “stunning glass jewel box” in an Idaho builders association’s 2013 Parade of Homes description.
The Swedish company Pullman Ermator AB, a leading manufacturer of dust extractors and a leading player in the vacuum and air scrubber industries, has acquired Pullman-Holt’s HEPA business and models as well as wet and dry vacuums related to the HEPA vacuum models. Along with the product lines, Pullman Ermator […]
Rafael A. Cabrera, a well-known marketer and consultant specializing in decorative concrete companies, passed away October 28, 2013. Rafael founded his marketing firm, Tools for the Capitalist LLC, in 2002, and was a highly visible presence in the decorative concrete industry, helping manufacturers such as Brickform and Proline Concrete Tools […]
