An underutilized opportunity for potentially creating more jobs and visibility for your company exists within the design community. Architects and landscape architects are key members of the project team for commercial and high-end residential installations.
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Decorative Concrete Contractor Finds Success By Staying Up On Trends
Networking and new techniques help keep John Belarde’s Seattle-area decorative concrete outfit on the sunny side.
Let it Shine: Installing Fiber Optic Light Effects
Whether you are embedding a shimmering logo in a front counter or spreading a galaxy of stars across a bar top, you need to master fiber optic lighting. Here’s how some experts get the job done.
How Admixtures Affect Integrally Colored Concrete
Something has to give when pigments interact with pozzolans, plasticizers and other additives in your mix.
Must Haves in Concrete Stamps and Texture Mats
Meet a few of the newest in texture mats and stamping tools for concrete.
Tru-Tex Complete Contractor’s Kit for Vertical Concrete
As demand for vertical concrete work in the residential sector expands, more decorative concrete contractors and artisans are taking on vertical projects with the goal of achieving creative looks.
Successful Concrete Businesses No Matter Where You Call Home
Doug Carlton discusses his favorite trait of the decorative concrete industry: Passion.
A Concrete Stupa, A Blessed Build
A stupa is one of the most venerable icons in Buddhism. It’s a structure steeped in symbolism, and building or maintaining one is said to bring a person close to enlightenment.
Concrete Coatings to host customers’ Web sites
Concrete Coatings Inc. is now offering to pay for the hosting of customers’ Web sites with the company’s service provider. Benefits include 10 gigabytes of space, 1,000 e-mail accounts, contractfree service, a shopping cart and more. In return, Concrete Coatings only requires the posting of a link to its own […]
The Illuminator Creates the Magic For Fiber Optics in Concrete
The illuminator is a sort of "magic box" that performs several functions in a fiber-optic concrete installation. First, it is the place where the light source illuminates the fibers. Second, it is the matrix that holds the fibers in place in the order required to create a desired effect. Third, it houses the equipment that controls the color, brightness and sequence of the lights.
