Video: Stencil Process Makes Lush Looks Simple

Rachel Bruce is teaching contractors to stain great designs on slabs without requiring a high degree of artistry

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Video: Garceau Brothers Put Contractor Experience to Work for Customers

Video: How to Sculpt Concrete to Look Like Stone

Road base is typically introduced after the subgrade has been prepared and compacted to a stable and level surface.

What Is Road Base?

Going back to basics, this article details the importance of the correct road base in the durability and life of roads.

Spring rains left this foundation with standing water in the excavation. Concrete placements should take place promptly before saturation of the grade occurs.

Standing Water in Prepared Footings: A Problem or a Precaution?

The Concrete Foundations Association addresses the concern for structural integrity of concrete footings due to water in the excavation.

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Fast and effective

What to do if roads are worn out? If only the top layer is damaged, only that layer needs to be repaired. Take advantage of innovative solutions.

The number of options decorative concrete provides homeowners is a major factor in the annual valuation of the anticipated global decorative concrete market size. The market is estimated to reach more than $23.8 billion by 2026.

Polished & Stamped Concrete: Go-To Options for Decorative Concrete Contractors

A market analysis of the polished concrete and stamped concrete market - and why the numbers are looking UP

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How to Stamp Concrete to Look Like White Cement

Indiana contractor Mike Lindsey uses a white-on-white stamping technique to achieve a limestone look.

The outdoor living space Emil J. Gera created displays some of the best decorative work this Pennsylvania concrete contractor has created to date.

Dream Catcher Project Highlights Contractor’s Best Decorative Talents

Emil Gera has been developing his decorative concrete skills for the past 13 years to expand his father’s concrete finishing business, and it’s evolved well beyond the initial days of simple patio stamping.

A large portion of Patterned Concrete of Cincinnati's stamped work involved creating the massive area under the Ark where visitors form a queue to enter the Bible-themed attraction.

Noah's Ark rises above over 30,000 square feet of "mud" stamped concrete

Paul Schneider’s concrete stamping skills were put to the test when he was hired to create and complete a queue line area resembling a well-traveled mud path underneath the largest timber-frame building in the world.

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BonWay Decorative Concrete Border Kits and Mat Set

The BonWay division of Bon Tool Co. has expanded its decorative concrete product line with four new Decorative Concrete Border Kits and a 4-piece Border Stamp Set.

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Fast and effective

What to do if roads are worn out? If only the top layer is damaged, only that layer needs to be repaired. Take advantage of innovative solutions.

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Travertine Texture Mats from Butterfield Color

Butterfield Color’s Travertine texture mats were cast from natural travertine slabs chosen for their outstanding character and interest.

The new roundabout project joins SR 129 with Fleshman Way, which motorists use to travel east across the Snake River from Clarkson, WA, to Lewiston, ID.

Knox Concrete Curbs and Stamps Roundabout Project

Idaho contractor completes first major state highway project with curbing and stamping skills honed on numerous successful residential and commercial projects throughout Lewiston and surrounding area.

A stamped concrete floor just may be the perfect decorative accent on your next project.

Stamped Concrete: Set in Stone

Firmitas, Utilitas, and Venustas: A stamped concrete floor just may be the perfect decorative accent on your next project.

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Solomon Colors Offers Innovative New Texturing Tools

Brickform Concrete Dimensions reusable urethane stencils create new design opportunities for concrete contractors.

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Solomon Colors Concrete Dimensions Reusable Stencils

Solomon Colors explores new depths of decorative concrete with Concrete Dimensions reusable stencils.

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Your work is meant to weather through some of the toughest conditions. Your equipment should do the same. That's why the best contractors trust JLG®.

[VIDEO] Proline Seamless Pattern Stamps at World of Concrete 2017

[VIDEO] Proline Seamless Pattern Stamps at World of Concrete 2017

Proline Concrete Tools' Seamless Pattern Stamps provide decorative concrete contractors with an accurate and efficient way to produce a variety of stone looking designs in the same time it takes to produce a seamless texture design.

Finished flagstone design illustrates quality achieved using the magnetic seamless pattern stamps.

Magnetic Technology Delivers Consistent Quality Stamped Concrete Design

Proline Concrete Tools Seamless Pattern Stamps provide decorative concrete contractors with an accurate and efficient way to produce a variety of stone-looking designs in the same time it takes to produce a seamless texture design.

Stained Concrete Category: Grand Prize Winner - Concrete by Hallack, Turlock, Calif. - Museum of Art of Sonora

Scofield Announces 2016 Decorative Concrete Award Winners

The contest is free to enter, and is open to any Contractor, Architect or Designer who uses or specifies Scofield Systems. Projects are judged on skill of installation, creativity, artistic expression, and integration with the overall design intent.

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Proline's End Grain Edgeliner

The “finishing touch” is what the End Grain Edgeliner will add to a wood plank, stamped patio or concrete counter top.

Sundeck of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas won the WOW! Award, best overall project, for Mission Concepcion Park, also in San Antonio. The surface needed to be durable enough to hold up under significant bike and foot traffic. The acid stain was applied first, followed by months of using a needle scaler to remove the surface of the concrete. The beautiful transformation to stained and exposed concrete pavement presents a wonderful contrast between liquid nature and solid infrastructure.

The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC) Announces Winners of its 9th Annual Decorative Concrete Awards

The winners were recognized at a ceremony at the World of Concrete, Las Vegas, on January 17, 2017.

After the touch up and antiquing process a solvent-based acrylic sealer, Brickform Poly-Seal, was applied.

Concrete Stamping Brings Textures of Ancient Greece to the Carolinas

Stone textures originally taken from the pathway leading to and from The Parthenon in Athens, Greece transforms the entry way to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Municipalities are constructing parks with stamped concrete as a feature.

Patterned Concrete: The Value of Being Backed by a Brand

Beyond stamped concrete, franchisees get exclusive branding, training, tooling, and support for a competitive edge.

This pool deck was restored to its original brilliance using the Original Solid Color Stain and Translucent Enhancer from NewLook International.

Rehab Your Stamped Slab

Video: Garceau Brothers Put Contractor Experience to Work for Customers

Video: Garceau Brothers Put Contractor Experience to Work for Customers

Founders of Butterfield Color talk about how their history as decorative contractors informs and improves the way they make and market colorants and other decorative-concrete supplies

The Turowski Pool Deck by Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, Calif. won the WOW! Award for best overall project. Cast-in-place stamped concrete, countertops, decorative and structural walls, fire bowls, a large fire pit and a swimming pool were part of this challenging residential landscape, built into a hillside adjacent to the owner’s home.

6th annual Decorative Concrete Award winners announced

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Appalachian Flagstone Stamp Pattern

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Fast and effective

What to do if roads are worn out? If only the top layer is damaged, only that layer needs to be repaired. Take advantage of innovative solutions.