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Todd Scharich has joined the American Society of Concrete Contractors as a decorative concrete specialist. Scharich will answer a hotline for ASCC members who have technical questions relating to decorative concrete. He will write and edit articles and publications as well as provide education and training. Scharich started Decorative Concrete […]
Like any concrete surface that leads to the front entrance of a major Las Vegas hotel, the driveway at the main valet area of Caesars Palace is subject to all kinds of wear and tear.
Hiram Ball, president of Ball Consulting Ltd., has announced the sale of Ball Consulting Ltd. to Smooth-On Inc., of Easton, Pa. Ball Consulting is based in Ambridge, Pa., with an office in Tempe, Ariz. For more than 30 years, Ball Consulting Ltd. has been supplying manufacturers around the world with […]
There’s a lot riding on your price. It’s a reflection of your brand value and the perceived quality of your work. Customers will even use heuristics to determine if your price per square foot is consistent with what they would expect to gain from hiring you.
Fiberglass has been used in the precast industry for many years. The use of resin-and-glass mats to make master-mold plugs, keeper molds to hold the shape of rubber molds, and good old-fashioned production molds is standard in the industry.
Turning a profit in today’s construction industry is no accident. This is why it is essential — now more than ever — to practice the strong fundamentals that every successful business is built on. I witnessed a perfect example of such a business this fall and it made me rethink my effort as a decorative concrete professional.
As high-performance coatings become more commonplace in decorative applications, so do the problems associated with using them. Unlike acrylic sealers, high-performance coatings (polyurethane, epoxy, polyaspartic and polyurea) are not as forgiving when it comes to application, or more specifically, reapplication.
ECO Elegant concrete has announced Forma, a line of bent concrete products. The product line is a result of a long study that ended in a mix formula and manufacturing technique that allows the company to bend flat concrete slabs into almost any form. ECO is a design and manufacturing […]
Countertop Solutions has changed the name of its GFRC Admix blend to Ashby Admix SR. The blend remains basically the same but now contains extra additives for super-reinforced (SR), enhanced properties. The cost per pail remains the same. The mix is Countertop Solutions’ most popular and most durable for pouring […]
A “punch list” is the final review of a project. It is usually completed by the project architect and is most often completed after the project has reached a milestone called “substantial completion.” And for a decorative concrete contractor, the punch list is probably the single largest money-losing piece of a project.
