With its distinctive Rice Krispies look, pervious concrete was designed to let liquids pass through it. The material poses some clear challenges for decorative concrete contractors.
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Processes that Ensure Quality Work Are Needed Now More Than Ever
The lack of communication between owners and designers at the top of the building process and the workers at the production end, as well as the training needed for a seamless transition from client’s conception to finished project can create a dysfunction in the industry that is in desperate need of fixing.
Flexible and Breathable Treads Take Safety To the Next Level
Seven years ago, Mike Menendez, a veteran in the decorative concrete overlay business, was presented with a franchise opportunity for detectible warning systems, which signal terrain transitions to pedestrians. After evaluating the products, he felt that he could create a better one. The end result was SafetyStepTD.
Why the Formula Approach for Polished Concrete Hurts Our Industry
The weak economy does not have to make our industry buckle under price pressures. We’ve forgotten that polished concrete is already the best bargain in the flooring industry, and what’s more, we’ve allowed the formulaic installation to become entrenched in specifications.
2010 Concrete Restoration Contest Award Winners
A closer look at the interior and exterior first place winners of the 2010 Concrete Restoration Contest.
Solid Tips for Improving Your Bid’s Chances
If you’ve been in business for even a short while, you’ve invested your time and efforts in identifying bid opportunities. You diligently filled out all the necessary documents, put the insurance and bond requirements in place, met the time restrictions, obtained the correct license and so on. Then you sit back waiting to hear if you were the one who was awarded the project.
An Overview of Concrete Dyes and Their Benefits
As complements to stains, as colorants on polished concrete jobs or on their own, dyes are earning a more permanent place in the decorative concrete artisan’s tool kit.
Two Reasons Concrete Artisans Struggle in Business
Our industry of decorative concrete is full of amazing and talented artists who have taken our trade to a level I truly never thought I would see in my lifetime. Every issue of this magazine is proof of it. But.
Concrete Artisan Brings Decorative Concrete to Alabama Market
Travel-tested diesel generators, a fleet of polishing machines and a bundle of big-name contracts – all part of how Jeff McCool and his team do decorative concrete in the Deep South.
Sports Stadiums Across the Country Embrace Decorative Concrete
Three of the nation’s most beloved sports franchises – the New York Yankees, Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys – embraced decorative concrete when they built their new homes.
