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Seven years ago, Mike Menendez, a veteran in the decorative concrete overlay business, was presented with a franchise opportunity for detectible warning systems, which signal terrain transitions to pedestrians. After evaluating the products, he felt that he could create a better one. The end result was SafetyStepTD.
The weak economy does not have to make our industry buckle under price pressures. We’ve forgotten that polished concrete is already the best bargain in the flooring industry, and what’s more, we’ve allowed the formulaic installation to become entrenched in specifications.
A closer look at the interior and exterior first place winners of the 2010 Concrete Restoration Contest.
If you’ve been in business for even a short while, you’ve invested your time and efforts in identifying bid opportunities. You diligently filled out all the necessary documents, put the insurance and bond requirements in place, met the time restrictions, obtained the correct license and so on. Then you sit back waiting to hear if you were the one who was awarded the project.
As complements to stains, as colorants on polished concrete jobs or on their own, dyes are earning a more permanent place in the decorative concrete artisan’s tool kit.
Diamatic Management Services has announced the industry’s first vertical business model for the concrete polishing industry.
In preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Mapei provided 41 different products that contractors used for concrete restoration, surface preparation, waterproofing and flooring installation in six Vancouver venues, including the Vancouver Olympic Headquarters (Campus 2010), Richmond Speed Skating Oval, Olympic/Paralympic Centre, Canada Hockey Place (GM Place), Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver and the East and West buildings of the Main Media Centre at Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Quikrete Companies has released a range of new products for both commercial and residential applications. These products include several new concrete sealers with multiple finish options and a versatile concrete repair compound. Quikrete’s new line of low-VOC waterproofing sealers offers a reliable, durable finish for a variety of surfaces. […]
Aztec Products Inc. has introduced the new UltraGrind propane-powered, planetary-head, gear-driven concrete grinding machine. The UltraGrind is the newest addition to Aztec’s extensive line of floor-stripping, buffing and polishing machines. The Aztec UltraGrind has been designed for more aggressive concrete-floor grinding applications, where the goal is to both remove material […]
American Decorative Concrete is currently conducting a nationwide “beta test” of its new Ameripolish SureLock Color System to find out how it performs on real-world concrete. “What we’re seeing in our lab,” explains American Decorative Concrete president Les Davis in a press release, “represents a revolution in concrete color. But […]
