SPARTACOTE Urethane Cement allows for a faster, easier and more user-friendly application in extreme abrasion, impact and thermal shock environments

The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) is thrilled to announce that Paul de Gelder, a shark attack survivor-turned marine life conservationist who features in Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, will be the keynote speaker during the association’s 2018 Convention in Hawaii.

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) installed Catherine Schoenenberger as its 63rd National President during NAWIC’s Annual Meeting and Education Conference in Anaheim, Calif. on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Schoenenberger, owner of Stay Safe Traffic Products, Inc., has been a member of NAWIC’s Granite State Chapter since 2008.

Sherwin-Williams announces the launch of online ordering for professional customers. Currently available in select markets, this feature will be available nationwide in mid-November, allowing pros to order paint and supplies online from their local store wherever they are, at any time.

The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., will be 20 years old in 2018. Made up of concrete contractors that install decorative concrete, manufacturers and other interested parties, the mission of the DCC is to “Advance Decorative Concrete Contractors through Education and Networking.”

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for the unique structure of CO2-cured Solidia Concrete™, further advancing the availability of higher-performing and more sustainable materials to the global construction and materials industries. Solidia Technologies® holds the exclusive licensing rights to the patent, which is held by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where the original generation of the material was invented.