Depiction Software Fortells The Future

If you are a contractor working with decorative or other cement products, Depiction Software is a company that can make your job a lot easier, and save you money as well. How?
Depiction Software is a member of the Decorative Concrete family and provides a unique service. They have developed a special estimating software package over […]

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The Color Makes The Concrete

Colormaker is a company that has made its mark in the decorative concrete industry.  The company is one of our suppliers here at Concrete Ideas, and we are proud to be associated with them.
Colormaker uses a wide variety of concrete primers, toppings, sealers, finishes, and, of course, as their name denotes, an array of colors.  […]

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Something Better is Coming

 Something Better Company (SBC) is a unique company located in Phoenix, Arizona. SBC offers both training and treatments regarding concrete to be used in many decorative and useful ways. In addition, SBC is continually looking for and creating new products, strengths and technologies.
Their innovative training program offers training that will help individuals learn how to […]

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Walk on the Wild Side With Decorative Concrete

In Nebraska City, Nebraska, the city council just had a very important vote.  In addition to a number of improvement items for the area including walking and bike trails and other issues, approval was granted to construct concrete overlaid crosswalks.
Lately, the use of various forms of decorative concrete, such a stamped and polished concrete, have […]

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Take A Shine To Decorative Concrete

For years, many hotels and convention centers were immersed in thick, overly bright too glitzy patterned carpeting reminiscent of Las Vegas.  During the past decade, especially most recently, things have begun to change to a more subtle, minimalist, yet elegant, trend.
This is where many of the new types and styles of flooring come into play.  […]

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Resurface And Save Money!

If your concrete is not looking as fabulous as it once did, if years of wear and tear and taking away the beauty that once was, why not resurface the concrete. Resurfacing is great way to take the old concrete and make it look new, at a fraction of the cost of a completely new […]

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Honorable Mention - Poem On Concrete

I realized while surfing the net that we all take certain things for granted. One of the items we take for granted is concrete.
Oregon and Washington State have decided they will no longer aid and abet this trend of failing to recognize the Superstars of the concrete industry. I found this article on www.constructionpros.com.An important […]

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Paying The Price For Good Concrete Work

I recently came across an add for stained concrete installed for .95 cents a square foot. Wow! I almost fell off my chair. How can someone advertise this when you can’t even buy the right products for that price; let alone labor, insurance, phones and business expenses? I understand that we all should try […]

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World of Concrete 2008 - WOC

The big reveal of “concrete ideas worlds first 2008″ will be proudly displayed at booth # S14221 make a note of the booth, you won’t want to miss this!
If you thought last years, worlds first all concrete poker table was innovative, you will not believe what we have for you this year! It will without […]

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Search Of Decorative Concrete

Up until a few years ago it was almost an impossible task finding local decorative concrete product suppliers and decorative concrete contractors . The yellow pages wasn’t sure where to list them either in Concrete or Flooring or Contractors, and there really wasn’t a section for decorative concrete products at all. Only recently with the […]

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