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Tag: Fun with Concrete
Bubbles, Balloons and Broken Glass: Concrete Ideas from Outside the Box
Mike Miller explores examples of the concept of sensory concrete, which gives the material a voice. Sometimes the material is the concrete itself, and sometimes it’s the material or the process influencing the concrete.
Making Unique Art Out of Leftover Concrete
Benjamin Bobinac, a Phoenix, Ariz., foreman who has worked at Fisher Shotcrete Inc. for a dozen years, is one of those guys who messes around at the end of a job, shaping little statues – mostly heads, in his case – out of the leftover concrete.
Concrete Pottery With a Twist
Gerald Parker says he became more creative with concrete. Using a sand mold, concrete could be formed into any shape. With his Fine Arts degree and background with work as a mason, he decided to make pottery.
Magical Decorative Concrete Castle
Step inside Bart Sacco’s gated castle and you’ll begin to discover just how magical a decorative concrete journey can become with some creative thinking, excellent product training and all the right tools.
ASCE Concrete Canoe Race
Twenty-two student teams from colleges and universities across North America recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete in the 17th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers and largely sponsored by Degussa Admixtures Inc./Master Builders.
Can Concrete Fly? The Concrete Frisbee Put to the Test
At a recent symposium sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, students from 17 universities took part in a contest to see which team could come up with the best flying disc — made of concrete.
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