The handsome floor of the Arts and Crafts Room was the finishing touch at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix, a facility improved by a series of decorative concrete projects as part of the 2010 Concrete Decor Show & Decorative Concrete Spring Training.
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Blastrac promotes personnel
Blastrac has promoted Jonn Rippman to national sales manager and training director and Paul Robb to engineering manager.
Lap Lines and Roller Marks When Sealing Concrete
Sealing concrete can be frustrating! Roller marks and their cousins, "lap lines," are just two of those frustrating problems that can plague professional decorative installers.
How to use Self-Leveling Overlayments on Structurally Sound Substrates
Whether you use self-leveling material as your primary pour or over existing concrete, it’s an efficient way to get going on a job.
Concrete Staining Recipe: Wildflower Drops
The techniques featured in this beloved annual feature may give you the look you’re after for finishing that one job. Or, they may provide the spark you need to come up with something new.
Lightning Strike Roller Screed from Lura Enterprises Inc.
The Lightning Strike Roller Screed first made its name at the 2007 World of Concrete show, where it won the Most Innovative Product Expert’s Choice award in the placement tools and equipment category.
Niche Markets Help Keep the Recession in Check
Nothing, and I mean nothing, keeps a person up at night like worry over finding the next job or project. Running a business has become more like a chess game, trying to maneuver yourself into the best position to keep the cash flow moving forward.
Breathtaking Ocean Views from Pale Gray Italian Terrace
The latest creation of Brazilian architect and artistic concrete pioneer Oscar Niemeyer draws you into its grand oval entrance with a cool, understated terrace of pale gray.
Alkali aggregate reactions subject of ASTM subcommittee
Members of ASTM Committees C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and C01 on Cement, as well as other interested parties, are invited to join the new Subcommittee C09.50 on Risk Management for Alkali Aggregate Reactions. The subcommittee will develop standards on the mitigation of harmful alkali-aggregate reactions in concrete.
Olympic and Paralympic Village constructed with Lafarge help
The construction of Vancouver’s Olympic and Paralympic Village for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games involved all of Lafarge’s expertise in LEED certification, which was required by the specifications to reduce the buildings’ environmental footprint in terms of energy efficiency, water consumption, heating, use of local materials and reuse of any surplus.