Uniquely Talented, Featured Contractor - Page 3 of 13

Featured Contractor

Read about outstanding and talented men and women who make the decorative concrete industry what it is today.

Seamless Floor Coatings Inc., A Family Business Since 1939

Concrete Coatings Featured Contractor Vol. 5 No. 6 - December 2005/January 2006 by John Strieder Comments are Disabled

A head in the clouds is bad for business. Luckily, the Kolleck family does not have that problem. They have focused on floors for six decades, and their business, Seamless Floor Coatings Inc., is successful because of it.

Former Preschool Teacher Now Masters the Trowel

Featured Contractor Vol. 18 No. 7 - October 2018 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

Years ago, Cindee Lundin took a leave of absence from her job as a preschool teacher and enrolled at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota to work on her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. She already had two associate degrees — one in art and the other in child development. It was there that her passion to pursue art full time began.

Former Intel Employee Traded Semiconductors for Concrete Stains and an Airbrush

Featured Contractor Concrete Countertops Concrete Overlays & Toppings Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 10 No. 4 - May/June 2010 by David Searls Comments are Disabled

This former Intel employee traded semiconductors for stains and stencils — and now he’s making his mark at churches, Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Cafes, and everywhere in between.

Concrete Contractor Touts His Hardworking Team as the Key to His Success

Featured Contractor Concrete Polishing Concrete Overlays & Toppings Vol. 11 No. 5 - July 2011 by Natasha Chilingerian Comments are Disabled

For Martin R. Smith, president of Rockerz Inc., running a successful business is all about the people on your team. “I’m really driven, myself,” he says, “and I like to hire people who rise to the challenge. Personality, to me, is what sets certain people apart.”

Skookum Floors, Decorative Concrete Inspires New Business Venture

Vol. 1 No. 3 - Fall 2001 Featured Contractor by Robert Simpson Comments are Disabled

When Mark Donaldson and partner Rebecca Meyers saw a decorative concrete floor they knew instantly this was the product they were seeking. Impressed with decorative concrete’s cost-efficiency, durability and unlimited design potential they were quick to recognize its commercial possibilities.

Epoxy Artisan in Florida Passionate About Color and Quality

Concrete Coatings Featured Contractor Vol. 19 No. 8 - November/December 2019 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Shakespeare wondered what’s in a name, and Elton John Strawderman, founder of Epoxy Artisan, could likely give him an answer or two. Yes, his mother did name him after the British superstar, on a dare from a friend, he says, adding it’s often a good conversation starter. However, rather than […]

Serendipitous Events Lead Contractor to Concrete Countertop Business

Featured Contractor Concrete Countertops Vol. 13 No. 2 - February/March 2013 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

Two months before graduating from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor’s degree in architecture, Eric Boyd and two other students opened their own design-build firm. One of the first jobs they landed was a kitchen remodel where the client asked for concrete countertops, somewhat of a novelty back then.

Creativity with Concrete Pushes One Contractor Far Outside the Norm

Outdoor Spaces Building with Concrete Concrete Art Featured Contractor Vol. 15 No. 5 - July 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Dan Sawatzky’s background doesn’t immediately lend itself to him becoming a premier concrete artisan, but his creativity with concrete has led him to work that is far outside of the norm. Sawatzky’s Imagination Corporation is a backyard business run by father and son.

Adrian Gascon Creates Unbelievable Artificial Rock Waterscapes

Featured Contractor Vertical & Carved Concrete Vol. 15 No. 1 - January 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Adrian Gascon has reinvented himself personally and professionally a few times. He sold cars and played and coached baseball and basketball, then through luck and hard work began fabricating top-secret planes for the government, making $20 an hour at 20 years old.

Concrete Contractor Expands and Diversifies into Decorative Field

Featured Contractor Vol. 19 No. 3 - April 2019 by Joe Maty Comments are Disabled

Shawn Halverson, CEO of Surfacing Solutions Inc.in Temecula, California, talks about the time some years ago when he took a break from construction after working in the structural concrete industry for about 21 years, beginning in the mid-1970s. Then, this phenomenon called decorative concrete emerged as a major player in the trade, and Halverson became intrigued.