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Multiquip’s three new MTX-Series rammers aim to take the tough work, the fatigue, and the strain out of compaction. The MTX-70, MTX-80 and MTX-90 gasoline-powered models deliver up to 3,500 pounds of impact force for effective compaction of cohesive and mixed soils. Each rammer excels in trench work, around retaining […]
It’s fun to say but hard to do. Here’s when and how to accomplish this feat with the least risk to you or your customer.
Bob “Hot Rod” Rohr isn’t your everyday installer of heating systems. The Rogersville, Mo., heating expert got turned on to radiant heat about 15 years ago and dove, well, toes-first into the technology.
Mike Miller, a Benicia, Calif., artist, calls his work "sensory concrete."
This column is all about stacking the deck in our favor. You have probably noticed there are few safety nets in this business, which validates the importance of doing everything possible to control the controllable. Ask any successful decorative contractor and I will bet there is at least one thing they all have in common: organization.
MAPEI has introduced Ultraplan Easy, a fast-setting, self-leveling underlayment. Surface preparation is now as easy as “clean, prime, and pour.” Ultraplan Easy is intended to reduce the need for mechanical surface profiling of concrete before floor coverings are installed, significantly reducing cost savings per square foot of installation. Developed with […]
When applying overlays over overlays, certain tools and techniques can make the job easier.
Concrete countertop guru Fu-Tung Cheng saluted his latest group of top proteges at January’s World of Concrete.
Surviving the Slowdown. Keeping your decorative concrete business profitable during periods of economic slowdown.
The Commercial Construction
Show, owned and produced by D&D
Communications Group LLC, will take
place May 15-17, 2007, at the Donald E.
Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont,
Ill., adjacent to Chicago’s O’Hare
International Airport.
