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Saint Louis Art Museum Features Unique Concrete Elements
Coffered ceiling and polished exterior tilt-up concrete panels are just a few of the concrete features of the new 200,000 square foot expansion project.
September 7, 2012
The concrete coffered ceiling at the St. Louis Art Museum was formed with more than 1,600 cubic yards of concrete poured in place to form a 48-inch-tall framework with 698 rectangular openings that let in light from above.
Decorative Concrete
Hope and Change
August 24, 2012
Decorative Concrete
School Floors Make the Grade
August 24, 2012
The architect for St. Philip High School wanted a flooring system that incorporated school colors and decorative saw cuts. Polished concrete was able to achieve that look at less than half the cost of terrazzo.
Decorative Concrete
How to Achieve Success on Exposed Aggregate Polished Concrete Floors
Concrete polishing contractor Total Polish Solutions shares its best practices for this high-design, concrete floor finish that is often likened to terrazzo.
August 24, 2012
Total Polish Solutions was brought in to finish what other subcontractors could not on 99,000 square feet of exposed aggregate polished and burnished concrete floors at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Studio Arts Design Center.
Decorative Concrete
How to Improve Your Polished Concrete Photography
Tips on equipment, lighting and composition to help you improve your camera skills for polished concrete floors photos.
August 21, 2012
Photo 1a. With full control of where the camera is focusing, you can choose to a focus point near the camera to highlight the exposed aggregate (Photo 1a).
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Creating an Outdoor Polished Concrete Carpet
The WerkMaster COLOSSOS helps with grinding and polishing of over 23,000 square feet of concrete for the Comedy Carpet in England
August 6, 2012
The Comedy Carpet was over 23,680 square feet of outdoor concrete with over 160,000 individually cut granite letters embedded in the concrete.
Worksite Equipment
Aggregate Hardness Map of the United States
It's essential for contractors cutting and grinding concrete to choose diamond blades and abrasives based on the aggregate hardness of their geographical area.
July 23, 2012
Map of the U.S. featuring general hardness of the aggregate in that geographical location. Areas in red (California, Arizona, etc.) are granite, slate, traprock, basalt and quartzite. Areas in brown (Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.) are hard chert, quartz, flint rock and hard river rock. Areas in dark blue (Wisconsin, Indiana, etc.) are pit gravel, limestone and dolomite. Areas in light blue (Kansas, Missouri, etc.) are soft limestone, sandstone, dolomite limestone, siliceous and soft shell. Areas in yellow (New Mexico, Colorado, etc.) are medium hard river gravel, medium traprock, decomposed granite and medium crushed gravel.
Decorative Concrete
An Old Floor Gets a New Life
Decorative concrete contractor Get Real Surfaces restores a concrete floor in a Ronald McDonald House with a dye and polish.
July 9, 2012
The finished basement floor was a charcoal gray color and polished to an 800 resin.
Decorative Concrete
Picture Perfect Polish
Polished concrete offers a low-maintenance finish and light reflectivity for an airplane hangar.
July 9, 2012
“The owner was looking for a durable and abrasion resistant flooring option that looked good,” says Syncon, Inc. President Ryan Klacking of an aviation company's choice for polished concrete for a new airplane hangar.
Decorative Concrete
Polishing Goes Back to School
Eagle Valley High School in Eagle, Colo., has a concrete cafeteria floor that was dyed and polished by Concrete Floor Systems.
July 9, 2012
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Decorative Concrete
Polished Concrete: An American Export
Contractors in Thailand learn polishing is a ‘stand-up’ industry.
July 9, 2012
Polishing contractors in Bangkok, Thailand, are happy to learn their new concrete polishing equipment will no longer require them to polish 1,000-square-foot jobs by hand.
Decorative Concrete
Concrete Contractor Diversifies Business with Polished Concrete
May 18, 2012
Always looking to diversify its full-service concrete business, Keith D. Smith Concrete Contracting, Inc. recently added concrete polishing to its lineup of services.
Decorative Concrete
Specification Glossary, Part 3
May 18, 2012
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Exposing a Concrete Beauty
Royale Concrete found a well-preserved concrete substrate under 65 years of grime, then gave the slab a new life with an exposed aggregate polish.
May 18, 2012
Royale Concrete rescued a 65-year-old concrete floor at a farm chemical warehouse by exposing aggregate and polishing to an 800-grit finish.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Self-Leveling Topping Corrects Concrete Floor Overpour on Polishing Job
Husqvarna Construction Products
CTS Cement's Rapid Set TRU Self-Leveling topping helped a contractor bring an overpoured concrete floor back to specification in order to achieve the desired polished-concrete surface
April 18, 2012
In order to achieve the desired polished concrete finish on this lobby floor, Concrete Flooring Solutions used CTS Cement Rapid Set TRU Self-Leveling product to bring an overpoured floor back to its specified recessed depth.
Decorative Concrete
Polishable Concrete Overlay Helps Contractor Meet Aesthetic Goals for Frozen Yogurt Chain
Custom Concrete Designs utilized a polishable overlay and a vibrant color palette to develop a brand identity for High Five Yogurt's concrete floors.
April 9, 2012
Custom Concrete Designs utilized a variety of colors from L.M. Scofield to create a vibrant color palette at High Five Yogurt stores in Florida.
Decorative Concrete
Don't Let Bad Edging Ruin a Good Polished Concrete Floor
Edging is the key to a winning polished concrete floor, but you need the right knowledge, the right tools and the right attitude to achieve success.
March 20, 2012
The biggest challenge with edge work on a polished floor is achieving the same depth of cut and overall look as the main part of the floor.
Decorative Concrete
Contractor brings professionalism to polished floors, industry
Profile of Floorlab and owner Derek Mackenzie
March 20, 2012
Derek Mackenzie, owner of Floorlab, Toronto, Ontario.
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