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HTC has improved its SR Series resins. The new version, which replaces the old style of SR and MR resins, offers a longer life span, with 30 percent more resin than the previous generation. An improved design features wider spacing between segments, improves cooling and prevents scratches that result from […]
Amano Pioneer Eclipse has introduced the PE420GP, a high-speed propane powered grinder/polisher that operates like a burnisher but produces results like expense concrete grinders. The PE420GP is designed after the Mean Machine, an industry-favorite floor burnisher manufactured by Amano. Powered by an 18-horsepower 603cc Kawasaki engine, this floor polisher uses […]
Neither Scott Cohen, who owns The Green Scene in Northridge, Calif., nor Allen Miller, CEO and president of Concrete Revolution in Denver, Colo., have ever had a problem with alkali-silica reaction in their glass and concrete countertops.
Surface Gel Tek has finalized agreements with Bob Harris of the Decorative Concrete Institute and Chris Sullivan of ChemSystems Inc., making them spokesmen for surface preparation products Tek Gel for Profiling and HD 24. Harris will be utilizing Surface Gel Tek products in all of his training workshops and at […]
StoneMakers Corp. is expanding its dealer network and hopes to involve more decorative concrete companies. StoneMakers recently developed a concrete additive that is ideal for building retaining walls, waterfalls, fire pits, pizza ovens and other stone features. They have trained close to 200 companies on the techniques, but most are […]
Colorado Machinery, which has been serving the construction industry in Colorado for more than 40 years, has been appointed as a dealer for Leica Geosystems’ line of machine control products. Colorado Machinery will sell Leica Geosystems 2-D and 3-D machine control systems, construction positioning systems, digital levels and rotating lasers. […]
The Multiquip J-Series J36E2 is the first electric trowel capable of meeting finishing requirements from pan floating to high- speed finishing. Powered by a 2-horsepower electric motor, the 36-inch-wide trowel is ideal for enclosed areas such as laboratories, food processing plants and areas where exhaust fumes or noise are not […]
One thing I noticed is that it seemed like a lot of the wet-cast apron-front sinks I cast had developed very fine hairline cracks in the corners. The cracks never opened up but would show up when the sinks got wet. I don’t know if the sinks cracked during striping and handling or from concrete shrinkage later — all I knew was I had to stop them.
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.”
Often, in the process of selling a client on the advantages of concrete, contractors or designers essentially break out a laundry list: It’s durable. It’s versatile. It’s green, design-friendly, affordable, and on and on. Thanks to this house, we can now add “zombie-proof” to the list of concrete’s marketable features.
