Deborah Brackenbury is no stranger to art — she’s been a photographer since the 1980s. But after a search for the perfect birdbath fell short, she made herself into a concrete artisan.
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Epoxy and Confetti Give This Retail Chain New Life
At a Justice, Just for Girls retail store under construction in Charlotte, N.C., Jason Burke and his small crew toss colored confetti as high in the air as the store’s high ceiling will allow. The confetti — 1/4-inch acrylic latex chips — lands in random patterns on the still-wet coated concrete floor.
Former Electrical Engineer Turns to Decorative Concrete
Who quits a stable job with a government pension for the insecurity of self-employment in a field where you have no formal training or experience? To put it another way, who in his right mind would give up a career in electronic engineering in a weapons program at the Nevada Test Site for … concrete work?
Initiative urges G8 leaders to adopt sectoral approaches
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Cement Sustainability Initiative, currently cochaired by Lafarge and Taiheiyo Cement, has called on G8 members and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to accelerate the creation of a policy framework that will allow the development of effective sectoral approaches. At a […]
HoverTrowel Inc. — HoverTrowel
The lightweight power trowel from HoverTrowel Inc. is specifically designed for finishing polymer overlays and toppings. This small, easy-to-maneuver trowel weighs less than 50 pounds and can be used for most of today’s epoxies, cementitous urethanes, polyureas, polymer modified toppings, and many of today’s hybrid toppings. This tool is ideal […]
Concrete Countertop Design Competition
2008 Concrete Countertop Design contest winners in both residential and commercial categories
Foundation releases updated Pervious Concrete Research Compilation
The revised Pervious Concrete Research Compilation from the RMC Research & Education Foundation is now available. The new version includes information on pervious concrete research studies completed and underway since the original compilation was published in June 2006. It includes abstracts of study findings and links to study information on […]
High-performance Concrete – New Systems For Concrete Countertops
Bag mixes for countertops share some characteristics: They are designed to minimize cracking and shrinking, they are strong enough to be poured in thinner slabs and they are optimized for workability.
Staying Ahead of the Curve with Concrete Countertops
When Shawn Halverson, president of Surfacing Solutions Inc., agreed to create a few conference tables for First Team Real Estate in Newport Beach, Calif., he had no idea what the final product would look like — or what challenges he would endure along the way.
Countertop Pioneers Pushing the Boundaries of Kitchen Design
Concrete is starting to move toward commercial. We’ve been seeing a huge jump in commercial applications, as far as bars, nightclubs and restaurants being able to appreciate the product. And Reaching Quiet is capitalizing on this trend.
