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Valspar Flooring, a division of Valspar Corp., announces its ValsparCOMPLETE single-source solution for facilities seeking turnkey design, sales and installation of highperformance, seamless floor and wall systems. ValsparCOMPLETE begins with a detailed site survey conducted by Valspar technical engineers, who create a customized flooring solution using the company’s extensive line […]
Just because a slab requires control joints doesn’t mean the joints have to be straight. Here’s how to bend them to your will.
Cart-Away Concrete Systems Inc., a supplier of concrete mixing equipment, is rolling out Cart- Away Supply store franchises. Cart-Away has relationships with rental and landscape yards around the country that are being leveraged to benefit new Cart-Away Supply franchisees. Cart-Away Supply franchisees will receive exclusive use of an advanced line […]
Concrete Decor publisher Bent Mikkelsen recently spent some time taking in two high profile industry events. Here is a look at what he found.
The Cheng Concrete Training Academy has announced a nationwide expansion, starting with a facility located in Atlanta, Ga., called the Cheng Center of Excellence – Atlanta. This new training facility will offer the curriculum developed by author and designer Fu- Tung Cheng and his team of concrete professionals, starting with […]
They hail from North Carolina, South Dakota, Arizona and California. They brought new life to an elementary school, an amphitheatre, a museum and a front porch. Meet this year’s winners of our second annual Concrete Restoration Contest.
The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association has announced its lineup of presentation speakers for its 2008 convention at Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa March 4-8 in Las Vegas. The theme for the 36th annual gathering of cutting professionals is “Adventure.” Returning keynote speaker Charles Vander Kooi will offer a […]
To encourage safety on the job site, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers has developed Best Practice Guidelines for Addressing Buried Hazards. The guidelines document was prepared by the association’s Masonry and Concrete Saw Manufacturers Institute, which is made up of more than a dozen companies. The SMI buried hazards guidelines […]
Kathleen Riley (Kitty) Kono, who recently retired as vice president of global cooperation at ASTM International, received the Astin-Polk International Standards Medal from the American National Standards Institute. ANSI honored Kono, who filled the ASTM International global cooperation position since its creation in 2001, for expanding the role of standards […]
The American Concrete Institute released several new publications in September. 503.7-07: Specification for Crack Repair by Epoxy Injection — This specification gives requirements for repairing cracks in concrete with injections of two-component epoxyresin adhesive. ITG-4.3R-07: Report on Structural Design and Detailing for High-Strength Concrete in Moderate to High Seismic Applications […]
