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While new big box retail construction in the form of Home Depots and Wal-Marts has slowed in this economy, schools offer promise for contractors who polish concrete.
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World of Concrete speakers discuss the importance of establishing standards and specifications for concrete polishing.
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Q: We have a hospital expansion project and are considering polished concrete as the flooring material throughout. Our issue on this project is moisture (about 92% internal relative humidity after eight months), so the sheet vinyl originally installed has failed. I've been looking online for...
Dan Bishop never dreamed of building a boat deck with polished concrete. But when a loyal customer asked Bishop, president of Moderncrete Concrete Design of Austin, Texas, to recreate the deck of a fishing boat, his team of concrete artisans went to work.
Vexcon Fusion is an advanced concrete repair treatment for polished concrete floors.
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Ward Pedley Jr. might be the face of polished concrete. The head of Pedley Concrete in Owensboro, Ky., has been a concrete contractor for 28 years and has branched into polished concrete in just the last two years.
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Canada's greenest school, named for one of the world's leading environmental scholars, has selected the FGS/PermaShine Polished Concrete Floor System, according to the project team.
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A student once asked me, "Where is the decorative industry headed? What will be the latest and greatest?" My answer--colored, polished concrete.
The Harm A. Weber Academic Center is a recently completed green building at Judson University in Elgin, Ill. The 88,000-square-foot building houses the new Benjamin P. Browne Library and the Division of Art, Design and Architecture.
Polished concrete is a very viable flooring option for commercial and retail facilities, as well as schools and factories.
Wet cured concrete develops the best performance characteristics, it's believed that wet curing floors have better surface hardness and resistance to abrasion.
Brian Whinnery says that his company concentrates on a wide range of decorative finishes but he also installs industrial flooring.
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For big box retail stores, it's not only the levelness and flatness of a floor that counts, it's also the ability of a floor to reflect light that matters.
Many are still marketing polished concrete as a no-maintenance floor, claiming that all you need is a neutral cleaner to clean the floor, and that's about it. But the reality is that there is no such thing as a finished floor that requires no maintenance.
When international lighting manufacturer Electronic Theatre Controls Inc. was building its new corporate headquarters in Middleton, Wis., it had a unique design goal: All employees, administrative and factory staff alike, were to enjoy a carpeted floor throughout the entire 250,000-square-foot...
In 2002, a few contractors aggressively marketed the concept of diamond polished floors, but after five years of growth, how has the industry changed in terms of tools, procedures and the market for polished concrete floors?
The Lofts in downtown Miami combines modern lines with luxury, integrating concrete, wood, and steel throughout the building. In Phase 1 of this three-phase project, George Lacker, GLC3 Concrete, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was commissioned to do decorative concrete work in this southern Florida...
The Enhancer Pro Series penetrating agent brings color to polished concrete.
Polishing saves removal cost, corrects problem concrete, and beautifies concrete slabs. Placing concrete, adding color, seeding semiprecious stones, and polishing all create stone-like surfaces that save money. The main variables that affect the polishing process and equipment needed are the...
Diamond-polished concrete has many advantages.