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Concrete countertop system from Versatile Building Products

Versatile Building Products (formerly Versatile Deck Coatings) has introduced the Banco-Cast High Performance Counter Top System. Banco-Cast, designed for use in decorative concrete countertops and castings, is a specially formulated blend of fastsetting, shrinkage-compensated portland cement, additives, aggregate and polymer.

System for Self Consolidating Concrete – Water-reducing admixtures

An advanced System for Self Consolidating Concrete (SCCS) has been introduced by Grace Construction Products. Central to the system is Grace’s new ADVA® Series of high-efficiency polycarboxylate superplasticizers. ADVA Cast 530 is a single component, highrange water-reducing admixture that produces superfluid SCC without segregation and achieves high early compressive strength. […]

ASCC conference a success

The first annual conference of the American Society of Concrete Contractors was attended by 180 concrete contractors and their employees. Activities included seminars, roundtable discussions, architectural flatwork demonstrations and award presentations. Eugene H. Boeke Jr., former vice president of Atlanta-based Beers Skanska Inc., received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the […]