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The Global Concrete Polishing Institute has released updated website. The new website features information about concrete polishing training. The G.C.P.I. specializes in beginner to advanced training for concrete polishing. The focus of the training includes installation techniques, estimating, bidding, sales, marketing and operations training. The G.C.P.I. master trainer Virgil Viscuso […]
Metabo Corporation now offers an on-site safety and support program to review proper tool and accessory use. The safety training seminar, which can last anywhere from 15 minutes as a job box talk to an hour and a half as a full safety seminar, highlights on-the-job safety tips as well […]
Due to strong growth in recent years, Pearl Abrasive has relocated its Los Angeles facility to accommodate increased inventory. The new location at 6832 E. Slauson Ave., Commerce, Calif. 90040 is only 1/4-mile from the previous warehouse and office that Pearl had occupied since 1968. Also moving locations is GranQuartz, […]
Front 9 Restoration has developed F9 BARC (Battery Acid Restoration Cleaner) for effective concrete cleaning. F9 BARC quickly removes orange battery acid staining, fertilizer staining and rust from concrete. It is biodegradable and nonabrasive, contains no hydrochloric acid and restores concrete to its natural bright gray color. Product application is […]
When people compliment Colorado Hardscapes Inc.’s marketing department, I tend to smile just a bit. People often mistakenly think our decorative concrete company operates like a large corporation, with multiple staff just waiting for their next task.
A huge national remodeling project for the department store chain has kept concrete polishing contractors busy this year.
Contractors, subcontractors and suppliers can sometimes be put in adversarial roles. Because of the low-bid mentality that still dominates most construction sectors in the United States, trust is not always what it should be.
The simple yet powerful design of this memorial included the piece of wreckage from the World Trade Center and a map of the Northeast coastline of the United States on concrete pavement that approaches the tattered beam. The map identifies the coastline and the three crash sites of that dreadful date.
I have identified six steps that all successful hunks of stamped concrete have in common. Bypassing one of the six steps will leave a stamping professional a rung short of a true level of potential. Perfection starts well before any color broadcasts across a wet concrete’s surface, and even well before a ready-mix truck arrives.
Along the Willamette River’s eastern shore, where it cuts through the heart of Portland, Ore., there stretches a long walkway, a favorite spot for locals to run or ride along the riverfront.
