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Integration services through alliance – Construction Software

On Center Software and nSpin offer a technology designed to enhance construction industry software using integration components that link industry-leading take-off, estimating, and accounting products.

ZipWall’s Pioneering “Dust Wall” System Isolates Concrete Dust in Work Areas

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It doesn’t matter how good your dust recovery system may be, but when it comes to working indoors a dust control barrier system is imperative to maintaining clean and happy customers. ZipWall is the award-winning product that offers an effective method to isolating the dust and debris that’s associated with concrete cutting, profiling, or other applications.

To get this polished concrete looking floor add color to the concrete sealer prior to applying the concrete sealer.

How Adding Color to Concrete Sealers Creates Beautiful Effect

Vol. 2 No. 2 - April/May 2002 Concrete Sealers Staining & Coloring Concrete by Craig Park Comments are Disabled

Creating Beautiful Effects Takes Knowledge and Practice One of the least expensive and most practical ways to add decorative effects to a concrete project is to add a color to the finishing sealer. While many contemporary projects are using integral coloring or color hardeners, tinting sealers offer an alternative that […]

Brilliant New Concrete Color from QC Construction Products

Vol. 2 No. 2 - April/May 2002 Staining & Coloring Concrete by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Here’s a design truth retailers understand: before customers make the decision to purchase, they make the decision to enter the store. This showroom floor has proven irresistible to shoppers, with show-stopping color from QC Construction Products.

New Southwest concrete homebuilder show

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The first Southwest Regional Concrete Home Builder Show is scheduled for September 5–6, 2002, in San Antonio, Texas. Permanent Buildings & Foundations magazine (www.permanent buildings.com) the business newsmagazine for the concrete builder and the Cement and Concrete Promotion Council of Texas have joined to launch the new show which will […]

Decorative Resurfacing of Cracked Concrete Balconies

Vol. 2 No. 2 - April/May 2002 Concrete Overlays & Toppings by Dan Cook Comments are Disabled

More often than not, decorative resurfacing begins with some type of repair, whether it be patching of small holes before a chemical stain, thin repair of spalled concrete, crack repair, or a full depth structural repair. This article will discuss a project requiring both repair and prevention of recurring cracks on post-tensioned concrete decks.

How Using Admixtures in Concrete Work Saves Time and Money

Vol. 2 No. 2 - April/May 2002 Business & Technology by Cindy Grawl Comments are Disabled

Discover ways admixtures can improve concrete’s ultimate durability and strength and make it easier to work with.

2002 National Concrete Canoe Competition

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The ASCE 150th Student Conference in Madison, Wisconsin will include a concrete canoe competition. Participating civil engineering students will design, build, and race canoes constructed of concrete. The event is scheduled for June 21–24, 2002.

It’s Time to CARE About Sales Silence

Vol. 2 No. 2 - April/May 2002 Business & Technology by Ken Lundin Comments are Disabled

Shhhh… Close your eyes and don’t make a sound. The sound of silence is the sound of sales increasing substantially for you and your company. The sound of silence represents the ability to truly hear what prospects are saying, before worrying about your next statement. It also represents the lack of time salespeople spend honing their sales skills

How To Enhance Concrete With Stenciling

Vol. 2 No. 1 - February/March 2002 Concrete Art Staining & Coloring Concrete by Gail Elber Comments are Disabled

To enhance newly-poured concrete or to rejuvenate existing concrete, stenciling is a decorative application worth considering. It may seem like a simple process, but a few fine points separate nice-looking, profitable stencil jobs from the rest. We’ve asked some experienced stencilers for tips to elevate your stenciling jobs from so-so […]