GG Innovative Products has announced the winners of its photography contest, which evaluated photos of jobs completed with GG’s Beer Concrete Stain.
Author: Concrete Decor Staff
Remake Rocketown: Nashville design charrette is November 15
The one-day event that kicks off the 2011 Concrete Decor Show is just two weeks away.
2010 Concrete Countertop Design Competition Award Winners
Take a look at a few pictures from the winners of the 2010 Concrete Countertop Design Competition.
Tips for Doing the Math on Volumetric Batching for Concrete
The concrete industry at large designs mixes using the volumetric method. Fresh concrete is sold by volume, generally by the cubic yard, which is how we will look at it. Divide cubic yard volumes by 27 to get cubic foot volumes.
New Planetary Grinders Offer More Choices to Countertop Fabricators
One of the biggest innovations in the concrete countertop grinding and polishing industry has been planetary technology – machines that have multiple grinding heads, allowing fabricators to cover a large radius of material at a time and achieve an extra-flat result.
Newsletter answers questions from hotline
Troubleshooting Newsletter No. 58, recently published by the American Society of Concrete Contractors, offers solutions to problems encountered by ASCC contractor members in actual specifications or on job sites. The anecdotes come from calls to the ASCC Technical Hotline, an 800 number exclusively for ASCC members. Included in this issue […]
American Society of Concrete Contractors Headliner announced for conference
Dr. Kenneth Hover will headline the 2010 Annual Conference of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, Sept. 16- 19 at the Little America Hotel, Salt Lake City. Hover will speak twice, on managing concrete test data and on the contractor’s role in the American Concrete Institute. Concrete contractors, manufacturers, suppliers […]
Nominations being accepted for awards
The American Shotcrete Association opened its sixth annual ASA Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards Program to recognize excellence and innovation in projects in which the application of shotcrete has played a significant role. Entries can be submitted until 5 p.m., Oct. 1, in one of six awards categories. The categories are […]
American Shotcrete Association Buyers Guide functionality improved
The American Shotcrete Association has increased the functionality of its online Buyers Guide to allow for more advanced searches and better ease of use. Previously, users of the Guide have been limited to searching for specific types of shotcrete products or services offered. The Guide has been improved to allow […]
New LED light tower
Larson Electronics LLC division Magnalight has added a 14,400-lumen LED light tower. Its dual 90-watt LED light heads are held up by an 8-foot telescoping tripod. Due to proprietary optics, 10-watt LED packages and industrial-grade housing, the 180-watt WALTP-2x90Y has area illumination equivalent to a 1,000-watt metal halide light tower. […]