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Contractors Show Their Creative Uses with Shotcrete

While swimming pools and road construction projects have been the mainstay of many contractors in the shotcrete industry, a number of shotcrete artists are taking the concrete medium to new levels of creativity and usefulness.

How to Avoid Sealing Pitfalls

Tips & How-Tos Concrete Sealers Vol. 7 No. 6 - September/October 2007 by Rob Spiegel Comments are Disabled

Sometimes a coat of sealer will pop back up just hours after you’ve put it down. Here’s how to keep it in its place.

Lafarge grows

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Lafarge announced that one of its subsidiaries has completed the purchase of the Heritage Division of H.B. Mellott Estate Inc. The business will be consolidated into Lafarge’s North American Aggregates, Concrete & Asphalt operations. The H.B. Mellott Heritage Division consists of four construction aggregate quarries and three concrete plants in […]

DCS expands in Texas

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Decorative Concrete Supply Inc. opened a new Houston location, its third in Texas. The Houston branch will serve Houston metro and southeast Texas cities. It will provide customers a showroom and expanded product warehouse, just like its Austin/ San Antonio and Dallas locations. Decorative Concrete Supply opened the Dallas branch […]

The Bottom Line on Solvent Sealers for Concrete

Tips & How-Tos Concrete Sealers Vol. 7 No. 6 - September/October 2007 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

CCI Flooring Inc. in Crest Hill, Ill. installs and distributes sealing products. The company is involved in more than 500 decorative concrete jobs per year. CCI President Bob Bauer worked with solvent-based sealers from 15 different top suppliers before settling on a product he likes.

Using Gelled Acid Solutions to Enhance Your Decorative Concrete Business

Tips & How-Tos Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 7 No. 6 - September/October 2007 by Jack Innis Comments are Disabled

On the lookout to make the job of prepping concrete surfaces safer, quicker and more environmentally friendly, many concrete decorators have added a new tool to their arsenal: Tek Gel, a gelled acid solution from Surface Gel Tek LLC.

Bonsal buys Amerimix

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Bonsal American Inc. has acquired Amerimix Industries Inc., a manufacturer of bagged and bulk mortar and stucco mixes for commercial contractors and distributors. Amerimix is based in St. Petersburg, Fla. “Amerimix is an excellent strategic fit with Bonsal American’s existing operations in Florida and will enhance Bonsal American’s position with […]

One of the Fastest Growing Segments in Overlays: Vertical Overlayments

Tips & How-Tos Concrete Overlays & Toppings Vol. 7 No. 6 - September/October 2007 by Brad Berg Comments are Disabled

Vertical overlay finishes are being installed everywhere. They are the fastest growing segment of the overlay market, and that segment is growing faster than any other type of decorative overlayment.

Patent service specializes in construction industry

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Superior Solutions, a Sacramentobased sales and marketing agency, is branching out with a new company that offers the construction industry a dedicated patent, trademark and copyright consulting service. Insignio Patent Consulting is a full-featured shop offering assistance to everyone from independent contractors to corporate directors. “Unlike impersonal Web site services […]

Challenges of Working with Concrete in the Winter

Business & Technology Concrete Placing Vol. 7 No. 6 - September/October 2007 by Sue Poremba Comments are Disabled

If you live above the Mason-Dixon line, chances are your winter months are cold and snowy. It’s great weather for skiing, but not so much for those who work with concrete.