The American Concrete Institute (ACI) recognized several professionals, groups, and companies for their outstanding contributions and dedication to ACI and the concrete industry.

This year, the ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards will celebrate innovation and inspire excellence throughout the global concrete design and construction community.

The ASCE 150th Student Conference in Madison, Wisconsin will include a concrete canoe competition. Participating civil engineering students will design, build, and race canoes constructed of concrete. The event is scheduled for June 21–24, 2002.

Although months have past since the last World of Concrete show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Concrete Decor magazine would like take this opportunity to acknowledge the loss of an important individual and major contributor to the world of concrete construction, in particular, decorative concrete. John Beuler, President of Super Stone, […]

PlateAll, an innovative decorative metal coating, provides artisans access to a realm of the extraordinary. Mark Foreman of Bomanite of Northern California, an architectural craftsman and consultant, will attest to that. Mark applied PlateAll’s brass onto this ten-foot exterior logo in Northern California, creating a stunning effect. (www.bomanite-norcal.com, 877-653-9111) PlateAll […]

The first Southwest Regional Concrete Home Builder Show is scheduled for September 5–6, 2002, in San Antonio, Texas. Permanent Buildings & Foundations magazine (www.permanent buildings.com) the business newsmagazine for the concrete builder and the Cement and Concrete Promotion Council of Texas have joined to launch the new show which will […]

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VIC International Corporation has been in business for over 24 years teaching companies how to polish and maintain hard surfaces. Its original focus was on the polishing of marble and granite. In recent years, it has expanded its markets to include ceramics and concrete. The first commercial polished concrete job […]

Mapei has introduced Ultratop, a self-leveling, abrasionresistant cementitious topping that can reach compressive strengths of 6,100 psi (42 Mpa). The material is supplied white or gray, and the white material can be integrally colored or topically stained. In addition, Mapei has introduced a Field Flow Test Kit to solve problems […]

The MoistureBloc Vapor Reduction System from Vexcon consists of a primer and top coat that can be applied on concrete floors or slabs on grade to block the transmission of water vapor, which may damage tile adhesives and cause other problems. Each coat dries overnight. The system is designed to […]