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Reward Wall Systems has added a new manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Ore., near Portland. The new plant started producing Reward’s iForm flat wall insulating concrete forms (ICFs) in November and will serve Reward’s growing customer base in the Northwest. Since introducing the iForm in early 2000, Reward has increased its […]
Special mats and tools can be used to imprint the pattern or texture in these tight areas. Flexible (or floppy) mats typically have about half the weight of a regular mat and thus can be bent to get closer to the wall or corner.
Grace Construction Products has signed an agreement to license the use of its STRUX 90/40 synthetic structural fiber reinforcement technology in the U.S. and Canada to Polymer Group Inc. STRUX 90/40 synthetic structural fiber reinforcement is the latest addition to Grace’s growing line of high performance synthetic structural fibers. It […]
The International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) announces the establishment of the Minnesota Chapter and Virginia Chapter. The ICRI board approved its 28th and 29th chapters’ charters during the ICRI 2003 Fall Convention in Tampa, Fla. Anyone interested in joining either chapter or learning more about its activities should contact Minnesota […]
John Salvatore was recently appointed president of Degussa Corp., the North American subsidiary of Degussa AG. In addition to his new responsibilities as president, Salvatore will continue as business unit head of Degussa Construction Systems Americas and president and CEO of Degussa Construction Chemicals Inc. Degussa has also hired Christopher […]
Micro-Finish, from Elite Crete Systems, is a pre-mixed, “just add water” overlay system designed for creating an extremely smooth finish. It is sold as white, but can be custom colored with Portion Control Colorants to achieve over 30 base colors. It can also be stained with Chem-Stone Reactive Stain or […]
A milestone has been achieved with the 1,000th student graduating from Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association training classes held November 6-15, 2003. Since the CSDA offered its first class, Cutting Edge, in 1993, 686 students have graduated from this program. Since Operator Certification was started in 1996, 161 students have […]
Airspeed Skateparks’ work was featured on the cover of last year’s World of Concrete issue. Since that time they have started incorporating both color and texture into their work, and decorative concrete has become a valuable extension of their skate park design services.
Members of the Portland Cement Association announced the latest effort by their industry to significantly reduce emissions and provide key environmental benefits by proposing a change in the manufacture of portland cement. Tom Chizmadia, PCA board member and chairman of the association’s Environment and Energy Committee, outlined PCA’s proposal to […]
