More than 100 people attended the awards banquet at the Concrete Decor Show and Decorative Concrete Spring Training on the evening of Thursday, March 18.
The evening kicked off with a silent auction, with proceeds benefiting the Petit Trou de Nippes region of Haiti. Donated items included a signed John Elway football, decorative concrete products and training opportunities.
In addition, Fu-Tung Cheng led a table-versus-table bidding war to raise even more money for the Haiti cause. The winning table, which gave itself the playful team name of “Ex-Crete,” included Cheng and Mike Heidebrink of Cheng Design, Jeff Kudrick and Michelle Radley of JM Lifestyles LLC, John Strieder of Concrete Decor magazine, Chris Franzen and Jack Thomas from Surecrete, Mark and Rebecca Donaldson from Concrete Ideas, and Shawn and Shannon Wardall from Wisconsinbased contracting outfit Specialized Construction Services. A total of more than $11,000 was raised at the event.
Over the years, every issue of Concrete Decor magazine has included an “Artisan in Concrete” feature that profiles an exceptional concrete artisan. In honor of their excellence in concrete, past Artisans were presented with awards for their work in the industry.
Finally, the highlight of the night was the introduction of the first seven members of the Decorative Concrete Hall of Fame.
