Engrave-A-Crete, which manufactures tools and templates to engrave concrete, has come up with a state-of-the-art solution to help contractors help clients envision designs for their decorative concrete projects.
Author: Stacey Enesey Klemenc
Colorful Advice for Your Next Concrete Project
“Never hand a customer a color chart,” cautions Lee Levig, owner of Concrete Works in the San Francisco area. It not only may overwhelm them with choices but it may take away an advantage you may be unaware of.
Adding Design to Your Concrete Projects
Now that you’ve learned how to stamp and stain, it’s time to give some serious thought to the design of your projects.
The Family Roots of GLC3 Concrete
Education, imagination, and lots of experimentation have given George Lacker the right to say he makes some Great Looking Concrete.
A Look at Diamond-Polished Concrete
Polishing colored concrete creates an easy-care, lustrous floor.
Contractors Take a Shine to Polished Concrete
Contractors across the country have plenty of good things to say about polished concrete. “It’s a great alternative to surface coating and that’s what excites me the most,” says Rick Zingale of Centennial Surface Technology in Phoenix. “There are inherent problems with coatings,” adds Zingale, who’s been in the concrete […]
Testing Slump in Your Concrete Mix and Why It Is Important
However you define slump, the bottom line remains the same: Slump is a test for the rigidity of uncured concrete. Lower slump concrete is very stiff, and higher slump concrete is more fluid.
Transparent Concrete and Glass Fibers: The Future of Concrete
21st century concrete on display in the exhibit Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete, features innovations that range from translucent blocks and photoengraved building fronts to revolutionary materials that promise to change the rules of construction as we know them today.
Exhibits Leave Lasting Impression During Concrete Celebration
Thanks to a recent concrete extravaganza that featured a Concrete Carnival family festival, an exhibition and a concrete canoe competition, many not associated with the concrete trade have learned to appreciate its surprising and fascinating properties, too.
Concrete Contractor Takes Leap to the Decorative Market: Carlton Concrete, Visalia, California
Doug Carlton says he tried his darnedest to stay out of the decorative concrete market. With both his father and grandfather traditional concrete contractors, he was quite content to maintain the status quo when he started his own company back in 1987.
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