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Aztec Products Inc. has hired Joe Gambacort as Canadian regional sales manager. Gambacort has extensive experience in the Canadian sanitation marketplace as well as the concrete grinding and polishing marketplace. He will operate out of Aztec’s new branch office in Brantford, Ontario. Aztec floor-cleaning machines are engineered for quality work […]
Gunite Supply & Equipment has launched the Gunite Store, an online store that allows ordering of shotcrete tools, nozzles and other accessories. The Web site allows gunite and shotcrete contractors to easily search through the catalog of tools and accessories. The Gunite Store offers a complete line of tools, parts, […]
Sakrete has launched its new Web site with improved product features and capabilities, which include product information and project “how-to” videos. A new concrete calculator is available to assist customers in selecting the right amount of company material for each specific project. ? (800) 738-1621 ? www.sakrete.com
Sakrete has introduced Maximizer in several Home Depot markets in the eastern United States, including in Florida, New York, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. Maximizer is a brand of lightweight, high-yield concrete mix. It features a proprietary formula with a higher volume of cement for a more uniform mix, making […]
Picking the right sealer. Teaching the client. Selling a plan. Contractors have several ways to make sure their projects — their calling cards — stay maintained, durable and looking great.
Sometimes the most basic steps in completing a successful concrete pour are overlooked or minimized. When your goal is a floor with vibrant color, a polished slab that draws the eye or even a perfectly finished sidewalk, floating is one of those steps that get you to that point.
Traditionally, dyes weren’t UV-stable and, therefore, could only be used on interior applications. No longer.
SS DYE-namic from The Stamp Store helps bring dyes into the 21st century.
This column covers a topic that could determine the sustainability of your business: indoor air quality both during and after construction. Although air quality for your workers and your clients has always been your responsibility, new federal rules are making it essential.
Decorative concrete lends color, resonance and beauty to the African Cemetery Memorial, completed last year at Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla.
This column has little to do with discussions of intuitive freestyle art versus disciplined mechanical graphics, or with criticism of superfluous decoration as contrasted with really spare concrete – my normal "literary" territory. It’s a column about me and a museum. It’s a tale of two topping slabs.
