The growth of retail spaces, educational institutions, industrial plants, restaurants, healthcare institutes, and others are anticipated to drive the self-leveling concrete market.
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The bottom line is polished concrete floors are a large investment, and human error can ruin the finish and cost businesses labor and downtime. Buying inexpensive products is not the answer, because chemicals can cause yellowing and require frequent stripping. The best way to maintain polished concrete floors is by implementing an effective hard floor care program using superior products that require less labor.
Read MoreCargill has launched a breakthrough polyaspartic ester product, Altor™ 205, which will fulfill a longstanding industry need for a coating that delivers faster return to service (cure time) with significantly longer working time (pot life). By combining these benefits, Altor 205 allows users to cover more square footage in less time, which can reduce labor time and enable them to take on more jobs.
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has broken ground on the Nancy and Rich Kinder building for modern and contemporary art, designed by Steven Holl Architects. The new 164,000-square-foot museum building is shaped by gardens of horizontal porosity and is open on all sides. Seven gardens slice the perimeter, marking points of entry and punctuating the elevations. The largest garden court, at the corner of Bissonnet and Main Street, marks a central entry point on the new Museum of Fine Arts, Houston campus.
Read MoreHelix Steel has been reinforcing concrete with Twisted Steel Micro Rebar (TSMR), globally, for over 16 years. In that time, we have accumulated a vast amount of knowledge on the various aspects pertaining to reinforcing a concrete structure. This information has been assimilated into training modules and published online for our partners and end users.
Read MoreSteven Reinstadtler, market manager, Construction Coatings, Coatings, Adhesives & Specialties, Covestro LLC, will present the case study “A polyaspartic coating made a commercial bakery floor look really sweet,” at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31. He will detail the process of replacing a sheet vinyl floor with visible loose seams and patching in the commercial bakery kitchen at the SpringHouse Country Market, a well-known institution in Washington, Pennsylvania.
Read MoreInnovative Chemical Products (the ICP Group) has announced the acquisition of Rock-Tred Corporation, a leading manufacturer of polymer floor coating solutions that repair, maintain, protect and beautify floors. Rock-Tred will be integrated into ICP Construction, Inc., one of the three divisions of the ICP Group.
Read MoreRPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) today announced that it has acquired Prime Resins to be part of its USL Group. Prime Resins is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and equipment for infrastructure construction and repair.
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PRISM thought this an opportune time to showcase some of the latest in concrete building materials technologies, including products from: Florock® Polymer Flooring, Vexcon Chemicals, Scofield, and StreetBond.
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Ocean Village was a series of 11 dilapidated buildings, which sat on the Rockaway Peninsula of New York with a beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean. Now, after years of decline, the concrete clad 1,000+ unit apartment development has become a new showcase for the area, thanks to a $60+ million repair and a team effort put together by L+M Development, which included Sto Corp. and its energy-efficient, eye-catching cladding, StoTherm ci Lotusan®.
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