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Tom Ralston Concrete's Decorative Concrete Project Wins ASCC Best Cast-In-Place Specialty Finish

Tom Ralston discusses the company's winning decorative concrete project which took four months to complete, used about 186 yards of concrete and incorporated a new solar powered aggregate

Feb 6, 2012
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
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