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Cheng Design Exchange announced the winners of its second annual Members Circle of Distinction Design Challenge at the World of Concrete 2006 in Las Vegas. The concrete countertop design competition received 93 submissions, resulting in a total of seven “Best” category winners, two Merit Awards, and 11 Honorable Mentions.
Gilberto Perez, president of CEMEX in the United States, delivered a check for nearly $570,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund on behalf of CEMEX Inc., a leading producer of cement, concrete and concrete products. As part of the plan to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, CEMEX matched, two-to-one, all […]
A look at the pros and cons of liquid and powder releases. When a contractor decides to apply a release agent to a wet concrete surface to keep it from sticking to a stamp, there are two ways to go: liquid or powder. Each has advantages, but each also causes problems.
Two Minnesota firms, Bulach Construction Inc. and Custom Rock, have merged to form Bulach Custom Rock. With more than 40 years of experience, Bulach Construction is well-schooled in architectural concrete, including colored, stamped, stained and textured concrete and overlays. Projects range from commercial exteriors to retail spaces to residential walkways […]
If you’re new to making concrete countertops, you may have encountered any of a number of pesky problems. Even experienced concrete countertop artisans encounter a problem now and then, but they will also tell you that practice makes perfect.
Lafarge North America Inc. is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Paris-based Ciments Lafarge entered the North American cement market in 1956 with the opening of a cement plant in Richmond, B.C., forming Lafarge Cement North America (LCNA). The company entered the United States market in 1973 in a joint […]
Advance registration is open for CONEXPO Asia 2006, which will be held May 15 through May 18, 2006, at the China National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing, China. Similar to CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the show will be the China-Asia Pacific region’s construction industry showplace in 2006, featuring equipment, product and technology exhibits, […]
Achieve pure, consistent color while providing your customers a highly reflective surface. Ninety-nine percent of the cement used in the United States is gray. The other 1 percent is a startlingly bright white color. Because it represents such a small share of the market, many contractors know little about white cement concrete.
The United States and Mexico announced in January that a duty on Mexican cement shipped to the U.S. will likely be dramatically lowered and, in three years, eliminated. Under the agreement, imports from Mexico would be capped at 3 million metric tons per year and be subject to a duty […]
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