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EDITORIAL COMMENT

  • Just Getting By

    Name a $2 billion building that stands 68 floors high, is made of the finest structural concrete money can buy, and remains vacant along the Las Vegas Strip.

     

FEATURES

Industry Trends Roundtable

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    What's Next?

    This year's roundtable panelists discuss the future.

     

Other Articles

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    SCC Revisited

    When self-consolidating concrete (SCC), first billed as self-compacting concrete, was developed several years ago some thought it would quickly take a significant share of the concrete market and there were many claims made about its properties and what it could do.

     

DECORATIVE CONCRETE PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Winners

  • Chronic Taco, Las Vegas, NV

    With the most votes this year, Chronic Taco is the 2010 Readers' Choice Decorative Project of the Year.

     
  • Red Rock Visitor's Center - Walkways, Las Vegas, NV

    A vision that seemed overwhelming at first was in the end, art you can walk on.

     
  • The Ultimate Mancave, Wapakoneta, OH

    This project came to life when the owner expressed his disappointment of not being able to put down real hardwood flooring in his mancave, a den-like oasis complete with fireplace, wet bar, and comfortable seating—after installing radiant heat in his concrete floors.

     
  • CityCenter, Las Vegas, NV

    T.B. Penick & Sons, in collaboration with MGM Mirage Design Group and landscape architects, worked to design 480,000 square feet of the 18 million-square-foot CityCenter in Las Vegas.

     
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    Concrete Garden, Ålesund, Norway

    The city of Ålesund (pronounced Ole-sund), with a population of 43,000, is located on several islands connected by bridges and undersea tunnels along the western coast of Norway.

     

Entries

  • Pool Deck with Cantilever Edge

    Graded and formed pool house with ½" steel rebar and 12" forms including setting of water lines and drainage for bathroom.

     
  • Patio with Cut in Border, Delmar, NY

    All plywood down on driveway and lawn so as not to damage property.

     
  • Steve Eames Home, Brunswick, NY

    Dug out all clay and put in new drainage with excavator and skid steer.

     
  • FRWA Intake Facility, Sacramento, CA

    The new water intake facility and pumping plant located on the Sacramento River, upstream of the town of Freeport, will divert water and pump it through pipelines to other FRWP facilities.

     
  • Bartow County Civic Center, Cartersville, GA

    CSolutions signature surface seeded and polished concrete flooring system delivers the beauty and durability terrazzo without any of the concern over potential delamination, blistering or the necessity to maintain a floor wax.

     
  • Hashi, New York, NY

    We did the bar top and panels, concrete "wood" tile for the floor, concrete wood furniture, concrete wood wall paneling, and front building facade with embedded signage that lights at night.

     
  • Showroom Front Slope Vanity, Bellingham, WA

    For our showroom, we needed to build a bathroom vanity that virtually everyone walking in the door would want in their master bathroom.

     
  • Three Stall Garage/Man Cave, St Joseph, MI

    I am a decorative concrete contractor based in Holland, MI, although people bring us all over Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Montana, etc...

     
  • Bridges Restaurant, Graysonville, MD

    The Bridges Restaurant is a new construction, high end restaurant built on Chesapeake Bay waterfront in Maryland.

     
  • Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery, White Marsh, MD

    The Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery is an interior fit-out within existing retail space at the White Marsh Town Center north of Baltimore, Maryland.

     
  • Heiner Residence, Salado, TX

    These clients were interested in something different and unique.

     
  • Chaney Residence, Austin, TX

    This project, located in the Hill country also known as Austin, Texas, was challenging to say the least. The decorative concrete artisans of Stain & Stamp, Inc. did not know what they were getting themselves into January 2010.

     
  • Showroom Project, Waco, TX

    Decorative concrete is not a trend, but an industry that is here to stay.

     
  • Scott Welsh Residence, Mequon, WI

    This residential patio project was designed for the homeowners by architect Jovo Ivekich from Elements Design Studio in Milwaukee.

     
  • Mahwah Project, Mahwah, NJ

    The homeowners were interested in creating a larger entertaining area in their backyard.

     
  • Baja Lizard, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California, Mexico

    This project took a lot of time to complete. We had to patch, hand grind and polish before starting. Once this was done the work started.

     
  • ABC Construction Logo, Brigham City, UT

    This logo was done over a period of five days, with a two man crew.

     
  • Spiral Staircase, North Berwick, ME

    When initial discussions about the concrete spiral staircase began with the client, the objectives were to create a functional staircase that would take up as little space as possible, to open up the room to the 2nd floor for better air circulation to distribute heat more evenly through the home...

     
  • Primate Park at Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, Syracuse, NY

    Primate Park at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo is a new exterior exhibit.

     
  • Woods Floor, Blaine, WA

    We ground and polished the concrete floors in a newly constructed coffee shop, located in Blaine, Wash.

     
  • City of Ormond Beach Granada Beach Approach, Ormond Beach, FL

    Edwards Concrete Co. started this project on April 12, 2010, and finished the project on May 7, 2010. It took seven men a total of 495 hours to complete.

     
  • Junior Achievement World at Broward College, Pompano Beach, FL

    Artistic Surfaces contributed a vibrantly colored stained concrete flooring medallion for the 64-foot rotunda space at the new Junior Achievement World Huizenga Center located at Broward College in Pompano Beach, Fla.

     
  • Target Field, Minneapolis, MN

    The Legends Club Level of Target Field showcases Minnesota’s rich history of Twin Hall of Famers and the Met Club.

     
  • UCSD North Campus Housing, San Diego, CA

    UCSD North Campus Housing is a $93 Million student housing design build project constructed by Turner Construction, T.B. Penick Structural with HD Concrete Flooring by T.B. Penick Innovative Concrete Systems.

     
  • Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

    Southland Concrete Creations recently completed the concrete floors of the new Tampa Museum of Art building on Ashley Street in downtown Tampa.

     
  • Fellwood Park, Savannah, GA

    Sustainable Fellwood is a mixed-use, mixed income development composed of 220 Housing Units and other community components located just west of Savannah, Georgia's historical district.

     
  • Route 18, New Brunswick, NJ

    At its groundbreaking, The Conti Group's Route 18 Rehabilitation project was the largest project ever undertaken by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).

     
  • Smoke Rise Residence, Kinnelon, NJ

    There were many aspects to this project- a retaining wall, pool deck, pool coping, wall cap, and a covered patio.

     
  • Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA

    Macrosynthetic fibers played an important reinforcing role in the $9 million expansion project at the Erie Art Museum in Erie, PA.

     
  • Ringwood Residence, Ringwood, NJ

    Unique Concrete was selected for this project because our approach was both decorative and cost effective.

     
  • Middletown Police Station Memorial Walkway, Middletown, RI

    Chief of Police, Anthony Pesare, while finalizing the plans for the new police headquarters in Middletown, R.I., had an inspiring idea.

     
  • Murphy Residence, Las Vegas, NV

    This project began like most other Lagoon pool projects that are submitted to us to participate in, to do all of the rock work, as a line drawing plan.

     
  • Montego Condominiums in Oceanside, Oceanside, CA

    The SSI team is never afraid of a challenge, so when one of our clients asked for 30 concrete countertops to be placed on the roof top of their building SSI said no problem.

     
  • Meadows School Athletic Complex, Las Vegas, NV

    The Meadows School in Las Vegas, NV is a private pre-K through 12th grade college preparatory school.

     
  • Mauro Vanity, Bellingham, WA

    The customer wanted his countertop to reflect his love for climbing and the outdoors.

     
  • Li'l Teeth Dentistry, Aurora, CO

    In January, architect Paul Battista visited Colorado Hardscapes' Design Center with a vision.

     
  • West Career & Technical Academy, Las Vegas, NV

    West Career & Technical Academy in Las Vegas, NV, is the newest technical academy in the Clark County School District opening to students for the first time this 2010–2011 school year.

     
  • Matsuo Powder Room Vanity, Nanaime, British Columbia, Canada

    This project was commissioned several months after winning the client’s confidence by designing and crafting a feature fireplace surround as a highlight to their living room, which set the tone for a major house renovation.

     
  • Vickie's Floors, Bellingham, WA

    We poured then ground and polished the concrete floors in the great room and master bedroom/bathroom of a newly constructed home addition, located in Bellingham, Wash.

     
  • Karvekrete, St. Croix Falls, WI

    This 3,000-square-foot home in St Croix Falls, Wis., sits on a six-acre lake view lot.

     
  • Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park Orientation Center, Middlebrook, MO

    More than four years after the Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park in Missouri was devastated by more than a billion gallons of water from the breach of the upper Reservoir at Ameren UE’s Taum Sauk Hydroelectric plant, the 10,000-square-foot visitor center, also known as the Black River Center, was...

     
  • Hospital Virgin Mary, Burgas, Bulgaria

    The Hospital Virgin Mary, located in Vetren Village, Burgas, Bulgaria, was constructed by New Construction Group Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria. The project took two months and a crew of four people to complete.

     
  • Higgs Residence, Carrollton, GA

    We received a phone call from a friend and student of ours who, along with his brother, are very successful concrete contractors.

     
  • Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, Chandler, AX

    A crew of five men traveled to Chandler, Ariz., for six weeks to polish and stain 3500 square feet of concrete floors for a new night club at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino.

     
  • Five-Story House, Austin, TX

    ModernCrete was asked to complete floors in a single-family five-story home in Austin, Texas, on Lake Travis.

     
  • Exxel Pacific Floors, Bellingham, WA

    Following a flood that damaged their floors, Exxel Pacific opted to go for having their existing concrete floors ground and polished by us.

     
  • Encore Beach Club, Las Vegas, NV

    All plywood down on driveway and lawn so as not to damage property.

     
  • East 54, Chapel Hill, NC

    Carolina Bomanite began working with Winston-Salem, N.C. Architects Dishner Moore more than a year in advance of the construction of this urban village of luxury condos, shops, and dining in Chapel Hill, N.C.

     
  • Dream Home, Orono, MN

    It’s easy to overlook the simple yet elegant details of Charles Cudd De Novo’s 2009 Dream Home.

     
  • Crossroads Fellowship, Odessa, TX

    The Crossroads Fellowship church in Odessa, Texas, was constructed in 2007 and used in excess of 20,000 square feet of stained and sealed concrete as the finished flooring of choice in the Entrance Lobby and Youth Chapel.

     
  • Common Area Patio, Brookfield, WI

    Notable items: Lighting incorporated in vertical face of patio, exposed aggregate inlays seeded with stone and cat's eye marbles, multiple accent releases simultaneously broadcast, bull-nose edging on patio, color hardener dusting of caulked joints, decorative sawcutting and scoring.

     
  • Campbell Residence, Brighton, CO

    This residential project was done in Brighton, Colo.

     
  • Camp Ripley Hangar Restoration, Little Falls, MN

    Camp Ripley was looking to make a venue for their troops that would allow them to stay on base and have a place to relax with their fellow soldier.

     
  • Cameron Park, Keystone, IA

    All plywood down on driveway and lawn so as not to damage property.

     
  • Camden Development, Irvine, CA

    Surfacing Solutions Inc. was hired to complete the architects vision in Irvine, California.

     
  • Bright Star Academy Daycare, Cedar Park, TX

    Our company has completed several projects for this particular owner in the past, but the scope had always been limited to wall murals.

     
  • Bellinger Fireplace, Bellingham, WA

    The customer wanted her fireplace hearth and mantle to complement the brick surrounding her fireplace.

     

GREENSITE PROJECT OF THE YEAR

Winners

  • 2010 GreenSite Awards

    For the third year in a row, Concrete Construction and its sister publication, The Concrete Producer, present the GreenSite Awards to honor concrete's contribution to sustainable construction.

     
  • Proximity Hotel

    Billing itself as the "Greenest Hotel in America," the 147-room luxury Proximity Hotel uses 40% less energy and 30% less water than a comparable hotel.

     
  • Concrete Village

    Billing itself as the "Greenest Hotel in America," the 147-room luxury Proximity Hotel uses 40% less energy and 30% less water than a comparable hotel.

     
  • West Hollywood Hotel & Residence

    The mixed-use project includes a 12-story luxury hotel with 305 rooms, a 16-story residential tower with 143 high-end condominium units, and three levels of subterranean parking.

     
  • Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir

    In December 2005, a 700-foot section of the dam surrounding the Taum Sauk upper reservoir failed and released 1.4 billion gallons of water down Proffit Mountain and into Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park in Annapolis, Mo.

     
  • Erie Art Museum

    Macrosynthetic fibers played an important reinforcing role in the expansion project at the Erie Art Museum.

     
  • David & Molly Begent Residence

    Salt-water corrosion was a major concern for this residential project situated 10 feet above sea level.

     
  • Vancouver Olympic Village

    Vancouver's Olympic and Paralympic Village was home to 2800 athletes and officials at the 21st Winter Olympic Games.

     
  • Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

    With 39 points awarded by the USGBC, the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center is the first prison in the U.S. to achieve LEED Gold certification.

     
  • One World Trade Center

    One World Trade Center is the main building of the new World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.

     
  • Randall Bordel House

    The Bordley Randall House is an 18th century home on a 11/4-acre lot, nestled in a city block adjacent to the State Circle in the historic center of Annapolis.

     
  • Hawthorne Residence

    This Tampa Bay residence features concrete roof tiles, precast concrete countertops, sinks, and stair treads, and stained concrete floors and patios.

     

NEWS & EVENTS

  • Safety Excellence Awards

    The American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, recognized concrete contractors with exemplary safety records at the association's annual conference on Sept. 16, 2010, in Salt Lake City.

     
  • Abstracts for Sustainability

    The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md., is seeking abstracts for the 2011 International Concrete Sustainability Conference.

     
  • ACI Names President

    ACI announced Kenneth C. Hover, Ph.D., PE, as its new president.

     
  • Richard “Dick” Stehly

    When I spoke at his funeral, I wanted everyone to know how important Dick was to our companies: American Engineering and Testing Inc. and American Petrographic Services Inc.

     

SLABS ON GRADE

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    Archimedes' Principal, Part II

    They might be called slabs on grade, but until they're loaded or cracked, they're really mostly “slabs on air.”

     

TILT-UP

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    2011 Tilt-Up Achievement Awards

    Marking its 20th consecutive year, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, Mount Vernon, Iowa, recently announced the 2011 Tilt-Up Achievement Awards.

     

SAFETY MATTERS

  • Protecting Employees in the Workplace

    Travel through any workplace and you'll likely find yourself in a minefield of hazards-sparks, noise, chemicals, falling objects, and sharp edges, just to name a few.

     

JOBSITE PRODUCTS

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    Pervious Head Attachment

    The Pervious Head attachment for the SXP-D Laser Screed is designed specifically for the unique characteristics of pervious concrete to ensuring rapid and even placement with one pass,

     
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    Rolling Edger

    The constraints for installing pervious concrete flatwork allow very little time for edging.

     
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    Slipform Paver

    Accomplish high-production slipforming of pervious concrete with GOMACO paving equipment.

     

PRODUCTS SOLVING PROBLEMS

  • Organizing Communication

    Effective communication can be a problem when construction companies work on large, complex projects.

     

PROBLEM CLINIC

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    Effect of Recycled Aggregates

    How do the properties of recycled-aggregate concrete compare to those of concrete made with natural aggregates?

     
  • Adding Water to Concrete on the Jobsite

    Under what conditions are we allowed to retemper ready-mixed concrete at the jobsite? If we receive a batch that has too low a slump, can we add water to make the concrete more workable?

     
  • Color-Matching Patches

    I am patching and repairing some existing concrete curbs and sidewalks that are a light sandy color. The quick-mix patching products tend to be dark gray, which does not match well at all. How can I get the repair concrete to be a better match?

     
 

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