The American Shotcrete Association has opened its eighth 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. Awards will be granted in six categories: Architecture, Infrastructure, International, Pool & Recreation, Rehabilitation & Repair, and […]

The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, is accepting entries for its fifth annual Decorative Concrete Awards. The competition is open to DCC members and nonmembers. Entries are invited in the following categories: overlays, cast-in-place (stamped and special finishes), stained, polished, countertops, vertical […]

NewLook International, Inc. PermaPlate is an Eco-friendly polyurethane with zero Isocyanates. The multi-component aliphatic polyurethane coating is formulated for both industrial and commercial use where a unique, flexible, abrasive, resistant, chemical resistant and durable anti-graffiti coating is required. PermaPlate combines the high chemical resistance properties of epoxy with the advanced […]

The Concrete Countertop Institute is offering fire pit designs in Crater and Ridge models. The plans for each design include detailed cut sheets and assembly instructions at a level of detail that stretches to 30 pages. The plans are meant to be used with glass-fiber reinforced concrete, but they could […]

Citadel Polyurea Coatings has released Ultra-Hydro Stop H2O Primer, a water-based version of the popular Ultra-Hydro Stop Primer. UHS H2O is a two-component, 50-percent solids, water-based epoxy primer. It cures in only six hours and doesn’t need scuff-sanding prior to recoating. In addition, it can be safely applied to diamond-ground […]

Proline Concrete Tools has recently released several new products for the precast industry. The company has added a Game Board mold to its line of tabletop molds. The mold features a checkerboard pattern in the center of a Travertine texture and is 4 feet wide. Other molds in the line […]

WerkMaster Ultra Floor Systems, a manufacturer and provider of surface preparation, restoration and refinishing equipment and solutions, has teamed up with distributor Braxton-Bragg to sell in the United States. The partnership will provide customers with more opportunity to access WerkMaster’s technology and floor finishing products. www.werkmaster.com www.braxton-bragg.com

Rock-Tred has released a repair compound and a cure-time accelerator. The first is the Rock Tred Quick Patch, known as RQP. The 100-percent solids epoxy patching and repair compound can be used between coats of epoxy for last-minute touch-ups or to repair chips or small voids. The second product is […]

Texas retailer Decorative Concrete Supply Inc. has opened its fourth location in Fort Worth, Texas. The retail store and color-making facility occupies 5,000 square feet. It offers a showroom, expanded product warehouse and outdoor training facility like those found in DCS’s three other locations, in Dallas, Houston, and Buda (between […]

CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp. has announced the discovery of new structures in cement. Discovered in mixtures of coal fly ash and hydrated calcium sulfoaluminate cement, these intriguing structures consist of micron-sized glass spheres upon which needles have grown radially. While these needles usually grow randomly in CTS’ Rapid Set cement, […]