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Featured Contractor

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

Concrete Finisher Takes Over Family Business After Apprenticeship

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 16 No. 1 - January 2016 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Mike Riggs is a guy who can say that he really did grow up in the concrete business. His first job was for Progressive Concrete Works, a concrete company his father started in 1954 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Virginia’s Amazing Greystone Masonry Showroom

Outdoor Spaces Featured Contractor Vol. 15 No. 3 - April 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Luisa is the senior sales representative and Dan is president at Greystone Masonry, the company they founded 18 years ago. The Dittmanns have enjoyed a high level of success, doing a lot of work for increasingly sophisticated homeowners and for the many government facilities in their region of the country.

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A Concrete Master: Jimmy Hazel with Clastic Designs

Featured Contractor Concrete Countertops Vol. 15 No. 7 - October 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Jimmy Hazel began his career working in the family stone business, but quickly tired of the monotony once he discovered decorative concrete’s variety.

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Young Professional Finds Success with Long Time Friend in Concrete

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Concrete Polishing Concrete Placing Concrete Overlays & Toppings Vol. 16 No. 7 - October 2016 by Jacqueline Valle Comments are Disabled

When you’re 22 years old, it’s hard to seriously imagine that you could be one of the founders of your own business with some friends and succeed in doing it.

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Gil Santistevan, a Master in Crafting Decorative Concrete

Vol. 1 No. 1 - February 2001 Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete by Bob Graham Comments are Disabled

It’s more dainty, more elegant, like between silk and cloth with hard-eners. The grays and browns last forever. He also likes to sprinkle color on top of the concrete with a brush to create freckles, just like real stones offer.

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A Profile on Masterpiece Concrete Compositions

Featured Contractor Vol. 6 No. 2 - April/May 2006 by Christina Camara Comments are Disabled

Bernie Apodaca and Debra O’Leary use a variety of systems to suit each customer’s taste and budget. Their projects are elegant and innovative.

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Concrete is an Expansive Canvas at Acanthus Inc.

Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 6 No. 6 - December 2006/January 2007 by John Strieder Comments are Disabled

Shellie Rigsby started by conquering acid stain. Now, the Texas-based artist is setting her sights even higher.

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Concrete Contractor Specializing in Hardscaping: Site Technologies Inc., Roswell, Ga.

Outdoor Spaces Featured Contractor Vol. 7 No. 3 - May 2007 by Susan M. Brimo-Cox Comments are Disabled

Beautiful streetscapes. Retail and commercial spaces with the look and feel of parks. Incredibly designed school campuses. The great ones all have something in common: Hardscapes that make them accessible and welcoming to human interaction.

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Decorative Concrete Contractor Flourishing South of the Border

Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 7 No. 5 - August 2007 by Sue Poremba Comments are Disabled

Mexico’s decorative concrete construction industy lags behind the decorative industry in the United States, but staining and other techniques for coloring concrete are helping this contractor flourish south of the border.

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Unique Concrete Pushes the Boundaries of Decorative Concrete

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Vol. 7 No. 6 - September/October 2007 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

Unique Concrete is true to its name. Like many decorative concrete contracting firms, it constructs pool surrounds, patios, sidewalks and driveways. However, unlike other contractors, it also specializes in laying concrete on top of decks.

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