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Diamatic USA has hired well-known decorative concrete consultant Clark Branum as UltraFlor program manager. Branum will be handling duties nationwide. Branum has worked with top manufacturers in the decorative concrete market and has developed training platforms nationwide and internationally. He has eight years experience working in the polished concrete sector […]
HTC has improved its SR Series resins. The new version, which replaces the old style of SR and MR resins, offers a longer life span, with 30 percent more resin than the previous generation. An improved design features wider spacing between segments, improves cooling and prevents scratches that result from […]
Amano Pioneer Eclipse has introduced the PE420GP, a high-speed propane powered grinder/polisher that operates like a burnisher but produces results like expense concrete grinders. The PE420GP is designed after the Mean Machine, an industry-favorite floor burnisher manufactured by Amano. Powered by an 18-horsepower 603cc Kawasaki engine, this floor polisher uses […]
Neither Scott Cohen, who owns The Green Scene in Northridge, Calif., nor Allen Miller, CEO and president of Concrete Revolution in Denver, Colo., have ever had a problem with alkali-silica reaction in their glass and concrete countertops.
Surface Gel Tek has finalized agreements with Bob Harris of the Decorative Concrete Institute and Chris Sullivan of ChemSystems Inc., making them spokesmen for surface preparation products Tek Gel for Profiling and HD 24. Harris will be utilizing Surface Gel Tek products in all of his training workshops and at […]
StoneMakers Corp. is expanding its dealer network and hopes to involve more decorative concrete companies. StoneMakers recently developed a concrete additive that is ideal for building retaining walls, waterfalls, fire pits, pizza ovens and other stone features. They have trained close to 200 companies on the techniques, but most are […]
The Multiquip J-Series J36E2 is the first electric trowel capable of meeting finishing requirements from pan floating to high- speed finishing. Powered by a 2-horsepower electric motor, the 36-inch-wide trowel is ideal for enclosed areas such as laboratories, food processing plants and areas where exhaust fumes or noise are not […]
Colorado Machinery, which has been serving the construction industry in Colorado for more than 40 years, has been appointed as a dealer for Leica Geosystems’ line of machine control products. Colorado Machinery will sell Leica Geosystems 2-D and 3-D machine control systems, construction positioning systems, digital levels and rotating lasers. […]
Penicillin, popsicles and the pacemaker are all great inventions that were created by accident. Now it’s time to add another one to that list: Glo-Kote from Super-Krete International Inc.
In August 2010, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy in Winnipeg contacted Randall Klassen to get a quote for the demolition and removal of the Assiniboine Park Zoo’s Tropical House. The house had fallen into disrepair and the conservancy wanted to replace it with a rocky tropical oasis for animals, birds and plants.
