Suppose your little decorative concrete flooring business suddenly could make deals as if it were a coast-to-coast firm?
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Vibrant Epoxy Floors Match this Restaurant’s ’50s Vibe
The floors at this theme restaurant are alive with eye-popping pinks, blacks and sparkles. But the story about how they were sealed is just as much of a conversation-starter.
Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery Gets the Decorative Concrete Treatment
Greg Hryniewicz isn’t a man who sits around and says “better luck next time.”
The general contractor to whom he submitted a proposal for a flooring job at a Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery in White Marsh, Md., was not awarded the contract.
Popular Hamburger Joint Gets New Stained Concrete Floor
After three years of spilled milkshakes, splattered ketchup and oversquirted mustard, the carpet in the dining area of the Fuddruckers in Modesto, Calif., had to go. Franchise owner Kevin Bidlack considered replacing it but knew the fix would be temporary. Three years later, he’d have to do it again.
Concrete Contractor Touts His Hardworking Team as the Key to His Success
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.”
Raising the Concrete Bartop in New England
The only things that can be added to create a standard countertop mix are integral color, a densifier and the know-how acquired through years of decorative experience.
Stone-textured Overlay Transforms Maine Ski Resort
Michael Day of Day’s Concrete Floors Inc., North Monmouth, Maine, was hired in 2011 to do some serious makeover work at the Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Resort Hotel in Carrabasset Valley, Maine.
Engraved Zodiac a Perfect Fit for Asian Restaurant in British Columbia
For those of us who remember how trendy the whole zodiac thing was in the 1970s, it’s fun to see it pop up now and again. Here’s an example, a stained and engraved zodiac pattern on concrete in a Chinese-style restaurant called Temptasian in Vernon, British Columbia.
Bidding, Pouring and Finishing Concrete at a Northwest University
The 34,000-square-foot colored and stamped concrete courtyard that Allied Concrete Applicators poured at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Wash., presented a laundry list of challenges that had to be dealt with during installation.
A Concrete Spread at a High-end Central Charlotte Restaurant
Inside, decorative concrete that resembles Venetian plaster is troweled on some walls while molded log tiles made out of glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) cover others. Huge columns shaped to look like intricately crafted wooden chair legs were designed with a CAD program, fashioned out of foam and chicken wire, and covered with troweled-on white concrete
