American Society of Concrete Contractors

Manila Zoo, Bomanite of Southeast Asia, Philippines

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:15:00 GMT

The Manila Zoo rehabilitation project did a GFRC Pre Cast installation to simulate bamboo using a combination of customized yellow based color hardener and stains to create the natural bamboo finish. The fabrication workshop was done inside the Zoo complex and we used silicon molds and casted natural bamboo. The result of the GFRC Precast installation created a durable natural looking finish facade installation that covered most of the animal enclosures, fences and gates.

10 West Walnut & AMLI Old Pasadena

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:13:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
10 West Walnut & AMLI Old Pasadena, Trademark Concrete Systems, Inc., Camarillo, CA
First Place: Vertical & Facades, Over 5,000 SF

The “10 West Walnut & AMLI Old Pasadena” project is an extensive mixed-use development in the heart of Old Pasadena. The project includes an office building and five residential buildings. The two developments share both retail and outdoor spaces that adjoin the complexes. WE provided all the site concrete work consisting of: 55,000 SF of built-up slabs with different decorative colors and finishes, 64,000 SF of built-up sub-slabs for precast pavers & tile paving areas, 500 LF of board form walls, 2,500 LF of curbs, 500 LF of stairs, cast-in-place fireplace & fire pits, along with many more concrete elements throughout the site.

Broken Window House

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:10:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Broken Window House, Captivating Concrete, Tawas City, MI
First Place: Stained Concrete, Under 5,000 SF

The customer wanted a weathered look that matched the rest of the interior of his lake house, which was completed with an acid stain.

New Google World Headquarters

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:07:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
New Google World Headquarters, FST Design Build Concrete, Milipitas, CA
First Place: Stained Concrete, Over 5,000 SF

This project created concrete color with aggregates that met the design and LEEDS requirements for a LEED Platinum building. Other conditions were the ability acquire enough of the exact same cement, sand, slag, and aggregates to complete the project over a 3-4-year period. created a cement slurry compressor station that recycled all the cement slurry into clean reusable water and concrete bricks that were recycled to new concrete and created a silica dust free project. Every set of stairs within the 1.1 million square foot building was cast-in-place. This project was completed over a 5-year period. The independent FF results were average FF 48 overall on the unshored suspended slab conducted with a Face Meter. Amazing artwork was added to the polished floors throughout the structure.

The Grand LA

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:04:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
The Grand LA, Trademark Concrete Systems, Inc., Camarillo, CA
First Place: Project Video

The Grand LA finally arrived in Los Angeles in 2022, the $1 billion complex that was over 15-years-in-the-making. Designed by famed architect Frank Gehry, Gehry Partners, & OJB the project was intended to invigorate Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill neighborhood. The project features over 100,000 SF of decorative flatwork ranging from level 10 all the way down to the projects striking valet at the ground level.

Mid-Continental Public Library

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:02:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Mid-Continental Public Library, Musselman & Hall, Kansas City, KS
First Place: Polished Concrete & Overlays, Under 5,000 SF

Project consisted of both interior as well as exterior elements to create a unified aesthetic from inside the café to the outdoor patio. We placed and polished a 2,200 SF floor in the library café using the Bomanite Renaissance deep grind system. We also installed a cast-in-place bench that is bisected by a glass curtain wall separating the café from the exterior patio. On the outside, we installed an 1,800 SF outdoor patio to match the aesthetic of the interior floor. The patio was framed by a Bomanite Revealed band as well. There were multiple elements to the intricate project, including hand grinding and polishing the concrete bench. Great representation of the potential to create a seamless design.

The New American Home 2023

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:58:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
The New American Home 2023, Ryerson Concrete, Las Vegas, NV
First Place: Polished Concrete & Overlays, Over 5,000 SF

The New American Home ‘23, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) official exhibition home, is located this year in Las Vegas, NV. This two-story luxury home is unveiled as a part of the 2023 International Builder’s Show (IBS) and will be the 40th edition of The New American Home (TNAH). self [1]leveling overlayment, LEVEL TOP PC-AGG was used throughout the first floor’s main living area, office and bathrooms as a modern, polished flooring solution. After being poured over a prepared substrate, LEVEL TOP PC-AGG is ready for grinding and polishing within 24 hours. The use of micro-fibers prevents shrinkage and cracking, increasing the floor’s appeal and longevity.

Never Alone Clubhouse

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:52:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Never Alone Clubhouse, Wicked Kolors, Clarksville, TN
First Place: Multiple Applications, Under 5,000 SF

All products for this project required acceleration in order to provide faster cure times. Moisture vapor barrier was installed throughout. White Epoxy prime coat and areas of proposed overlay primer were installed concurrently due to short project timeline. The broken stone areas were created using a cementitious overlay , hand textured and hand stained . The watercolor effects as well as the dragon fly imagery on Epoxy areas were created using a proprietary color dispersion system.

MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:48:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management, Orcutt/Wilson Architecture, Phoenix, AZ
First Place: Multiple Applications, Over 5,000 SF

The Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) School of Concrete and Construction Management project aimed to create a modern and functional facility while showcasing the possibilities of concrete as a building material. The 54,000 SF building features classrooms, labs, and offices, with an exterior that includes a mix of brick, storefront, and precast concrete panels to complement the surrounding campus architecture. The project team incorporated concrete in various forms and finishes, including cast-in-place, precast, and hollow core planks with integrally colored, board-formed, sandblasted, polished, and graphic concrete applications.

Calvary Chapel Lynchburg

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:46:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Calvary Chapel Lynchburg, Decorative Concrete of Virginia, Lynchburg, VA
First Place: Decorative Resinous Coatings, Under 5,000 SF

Decorative Concrete of VA applied a vapor barrier epoxy to the tile and broadcast sand to rejection. Also applied a self[1]leveling overlay over the tile to level out the drains and raise the tile surface to get it level to the surrounding concrete. Finished with a vapor barrier epoxy to the entire project followed by 3 colors of metallic epoxy and a urethane top coat.

Kidron Fire Station

rzuellig — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:44:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Kidron Fire Station, Performance Concrete Solutions, Canton, OH
First Place: Decorative Resinous Coatings, Over 5,000 SF

This approximately 10000 sqft job had to be completed while working around a full working fire department, so when things got hot the fire station had a job to do whether Polyaspartic was on the ground or not. When designing a floor for a fire station, you have to take in the amount of wear and tear the floor will receive from foot traffic, chemicals, and daily use of equipment. When looking at the colors used in the flake, the metallic colors, the perforated logo, and the topcoat, all things were very carefully chosen to provide correlation and durability with the fire station.

Webster 11

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:49:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Webster 11, Normal, IL, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, CA
First Place: Countertops/Firepits/Furniture

This project consisted of installing the concrete pavers, CMU planter walls, bocce ball court, water fountain, concrete water wall, concrete fireplace & outdoor BBQ kitchen. There were a lot of miscellaneous items that were being installed which required a lot of layout and design work to be able to assemble everything together correctly. The water wall has a concrete structure with plumbing that allows the water to fall creating a full see thru water wall feature.

Colene Hoose Elementary School

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:48:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Colene Hoose Elementary School, Normal, IL, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, CA
First Place: Concrete Artistry, Under 5,000 SF

A natural playground integrates play spaces into the surrounding environment. Rather than traditional playground equipment, the design often incorporates elements of nature, like rocks, trees, and water. Children are encouraged to develop creative interactions with nature rather than be guided by prescribed activities. The playground at CHES will be the largest adventure playground in America.

T.B. Penick & Sons installed the Lithomosaic art piece known as the “Rainbow River” and worked with Lithomosaic artist Robin Brailsford who fabricated the Lithomosaic based on her interpretation of the student’s drawings. The fish were made using glass, porcelain, and specialty stone pieces in various colors to make each of the fish portraits stand out from the surrounding “water” which was made using porcelain in a range of blues, whites, and cream color along with round glass marbles in various colors to simulate bubbles.

The Shanghai Road Underpass Art Concrete Paving Project

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:46:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
The Shanghai Road Underpass Art Concrete Paving Project, Orangestone Construction Technology, Beijing, China
First Place: Concrete Artistry, Over 5,000 SF

Shanghai Road underground area repair includes pedestrian passage renovation. After the underpass rehabilitation and update, the extremely childlike concrete mosaic pavers with artistic lighting design preserve the practicality of more trendy taste. It reduces neighborhood traffic, makes walking easier, and creates a public leisure space with retail, dining, and entertainment. With blue-purple as the main color, the curves clash To generate waves, peppered with 6 concrete mosaic beautiful nodes echoing the sea culture, Sand-washing art pavers, concrete mosaic art pavers are colorful, anti-slip, durable, and echo the city's marine theme.

Specialty Shops Southpark

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:44:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Specialty Shops Southpark, Sundek National Accounts, Grand Prairie, TX
First Place: Cementitious Overlays, Under 5,000 SF

Sundek repaired failing textures at Specialty Shops SouthPark in Charlotte, North Carolina where a classic texture finish was applied to all 1685 square feet while the entrance remained open. Colored sealers were applied and one color to the whole project before switching to the second color. For the second colored sealer, four paint shields were inserted into the control joints on all sides of each section which made our process very efficient. After, a final clear sealer was applied.

Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness at Universal Beijing Resort

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:43:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness at Universal Beijing Resort, Universal Creative, Orlando, FL
First Place: Cementitious Overlays, Over 5,000 SF

As guests first arrive in the land, they step into the Village Marketplace and are welcomed by an elaborate concrete medallion defining the Chinese Zodiac. This medallion was achieved as a combination of precast elements, cast-in-place colored concrete, concrete staining, and concrete engraving. At the outskirts of Marketplace is the Panda Village. This area features another concrete medallion, executed utilizing precast concrete mosaic chips that are wet set into a full depth concrete subbase. This black and white concrete mosaic is the jewel of the surrounding paving surfaces; surfaces that consist of imprinted wood planks, textured dirt concrete, and imprinted grass.

Across the waterway from the Marketplace is the Jade Palace Courtyard. The Palace itself towers high overhead on the mountaintop while the surface below displays an intricate flower that was hand engraved into the concrete surface. Here, the simple architecture of the marketplace gives away to the more formal and regal red-style buildings and the surrounding decorative and imprinted concrete surfaces. The floors of the Jade Palace are a combination of blue and green polished self-leveling concrete and a stampable overlay imprinted designed simulating large mountain stones.

Jurassic World Isla Nubar at Universal Beijing Resort

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:41:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Jurassic World Isla Nubar at Universal Beijing Resort, Universal Creative, Orlando, FL
First Place: Cast-in-Place Stamped Concrete, Over 5,000 SF

The prehistoric adventure begins when guests step through the iconic Jurassic World gates at Universal Beijing Resort and proceed into a tropical paradise of craggy mountain peaks, lush rainforests, and majestic waterfalls that cascade into a pristine lagoon. The 113,000 sq ft of textured and imprinted concrete interwoven with natural stone brings the realism of worn dirt and mud at the base of 187,000 sq ft of hand carved rockwork and tree roots. The west side gates open onto one of the park’s most impressive landmarks: a heavily fortified domed enclosure, the Aviary. The cast in place concrete, imitating wooden bridges and natural stone, guide guests through the experience. In the Atrium, guests wind along the serpentine queue towards the land's dark ride where man meets raptor beast. The polished concrete and salt /pepper exposed aggregate surfaces create the perfect balance of form and function. Hidden throughout the land are numerous imprinted and textured concrete details such as dinosaur prints, volcanic rocks, and carved tree roots. The combination of stone, concrete, epoxy resins, acid [1]based staining, metal embeds, and themed painting gives the final effects of prehistorical adventure. Jurassic World guests can take a break from their prehistoric adventures and sit down to a leisurely meal at Hammond’s, an elegant table-service restaurant overlooking the park’s lagoon.

Republic Plaza

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:40:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Republic Plaza, Colorado Hardscapes, Denver, CO
First Place: Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Under 5,000 SF

Colorado Hardscapes installed 156 linear feet of Sandscape Refined curved benches and 189 linear feet of Sandscape Refined planter walls with a more conventional shape. The biggest challenges of this project were the difficult access and hot summer temperatures. Working right off 16th street, we were limited to only using Tremont Street for access in addition to the complications of downtown in general. This required us to place the benches in smaller loads. Despite placing multiple batches, the Sandscape Refined has a consistent finish and color from one side of a pour joint to the next. With its superior structural capacities, faster production time and cost-effectiveness, cast-in-place concrete offers an outstanding solution for various construction projects.

Transformers Metrobase at Universal Beijing Resort

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:38:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Transformers Metrobase at Universal Beijing Resort, Universal Creative, Orlando, FL
First Place: Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Over 5,000 SF

Metrobase China at Universal Beijing Resort is a distinct otherworldly environment. Enormous towers erupt from the multi-colored cast in place concrete surfaces, sending signals deep into space and communicating with other N.E.S.T. facilities around the world. Sand blasted ancient Cybertronian glyphs pattern the surfaces while embedded stainless steel monograms and precast concrete medallions adorn the monument bases. Twenty-six different exterior concrete finishes, combined with eleven unique interior flooring surfaces, produce a grand total of 230,000 sq ft of finished concrete and stone surfaces.

Presidio Tunnel Tops

rzuellig — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:13:00 GMT

2023 DCC Award Winner
Presidio Tunnel Tops, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, CA
First Place: Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete Structures, Over 5,000 SF

Back in 1993, work began to replace the seismically unsafe Doyle Drive, and the progressive idea to construct two tunnels with parkland on top was born. Countless hours of community input, collaboration between the Presidio Trust and the National Park Service, and fundraising (to the tune of $98 million) by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy have resulted in Presidio Tunnel Tops, a park that will change the face of San Francisco. In 2014, the “Partnership for the Presidio” launched an international design competition to find a team to work with the community to design Presidio Tunnel Tops & Landscape Architect James Corner Field Operations selected to develop the 14-acre parkland for San Francisco’s historic Presidio. We worked closely with Field Operations to develop all the site concrete including 4,400 CSF of the one[1]of-a-kind decorative shotcrete overlook walls, 139,250 SF of Lithocrete paving seeded with decorative aggregate ranging in size from ¾”, ¼”, and 1/8”, 10,600 CSF of walls with a light a quarried stone finish, 1,020 LF of stairs, 100 LF of stadium seats, 1,450 LF of curbs with a Titanium Dioxide admixture, and 8,500 SF all other site concrete.

USAFA Air Gardens

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:18:00 GMT

In the early days of the U.S. Air Force Academy, the focal point of the cadet parade grounds was a 600-foot grid of concrete, landscape, and pools known as the Air Gardens. By the late seventies, the Academy decided the upkeep on the area was just too much and filled 13 of the 15 pools with dirt and grass. The area remained untouched for 46 years. In 2020 Colorado Hardscapes, Greenwood Village, CO was selected to restore the gardens to their former grandeur.

After more than a decade of discussions and planning, in 2020 Colorado Hardscapes was selected to work with G.E. Johnson Construction to restore the Air Gardens to its former iconic grandeur.

35,175 sq. ft. of specialty concrete was developed with white cement and white aggregate to complement the white marble bands surrounding the area as well as to contrast with the pools, finished with a charcoal plaster. Over a mile of exposed finished vertical edges of copings, walkways, and fifteen bridges required innovative forming and finishing techniques. The layout throughout the Air Force Academy, including the Air Gardens, is at multiples of seven, resulting in saw cutting all the paving into 21” "tiles" consistent with the original layout. In addition to the challenges of the layout and specialty concrete mixes, Colorado Hardscapes overcame the challenges of COVID-19, working through the winter, and having concrete delivered to a secured site.

Runk & Pratt

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:17:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Runk & Pratt, Decorative Concrete of Virginia, Lynchburg, VA
First Place: Decorative Resinous Coatings, Over 5,000 SF

Built in an old grocery store, the owner opted for a two-toned look that felt like water, with a few added highlights. The mixing crew from Decorative Concrete of Virginia alternated between three-gallon batches of dark and light blue, followed by a three-quart batch of white to have plenty of time to blend the colors. 150 gallons of the metallic coat were mixed for the job and the 8,000 SF project was placed in one pour.

Carnival Square Halong City

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:15:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Carnival Square Halong City, Bomanite International Ltd., Quezon City, Philippines
First Place: Concrete Artistry, Over 5,000 SF

The Sun Plaza Grand World is located next to Ha Long Bay, Vietnam and is adjacent to the 13-acre Sun Carnival Plaza. The multi-function park includes 1,550 m2 of water music area, outdoor theater area up to 25,000 m2, and an ornamental garden of 18,000 m2.

The multi-colored design was based on the shape and light of the sun. A geodetic machine was used to accurately locate the color points. Each slab of color had to be installed and the flat elevation maintained separately. Working during the government lock down for Covid-19, QA/QC was unable to enter the site, leaving most of the work to be accomplished via video call and viber.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:13:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Trademark Concrete Systems, Camarillo, CA
First Place: Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Over 5,000 SF

The most recent addition to “Museum Row” on Los Angeles’ famed “Miracle Mile” is the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. This is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the art, science, and history of moviemaking. Trademark Concrete Systems, Inc., installed over 33,000 SF of interior concrete topping slabs for exhibition spaces within the historic Saban Building. At the building’s exterior crews placed over 37,000 square feet of EcoCast® textured cast-in-place paving, 13,000 SF of Bomanite Grasscrete paving, and various other decorative concrete elements throughout this iconic project.

ASU-Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:04:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
ASU-Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7, Unlimited Designs, Salt Lake City, UT
First Place: Vertical/Facades, Over 5,000 SF

The project was a value selected procurement process that involved pricing and an evaluation of skill level to complete the work, along with the firm's ability to assist with design. Due to the complexity of the project and the fact that the building will serve as a new gateway to the Tempe campus, Unlimited Designs worked closely with the architects and owner to develop project drawings. The building was designed to meet specifications for LEED Gold at a minimum, and many environmental concerns were addressed. The geometry of the panels was designed so that as the sun crossed the sky it would minimize direct sunlight hitting the windows. The project was first modeled in 3d software in coordination with extensive light studies to develop the panel geometry. Due to the critical location of each panel there were minimal tolerances allowed in both the manufacturing and placement of the panels.

Decorative Concrete Institute Facility

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:59:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Decorative Concrete Institute Facility, Bob Harris, Structural Services, Inc., Waxahachie, TX and Lee Ann Harris, Decorative Concrete Institute, Temple, GA
First Place: Stained & Dyes, Under 5,000 SF

This project was based on a Basilica in Venice that the owners love. The design was installed over integrally colored concrete textured with seamless tamps. Six colors of acid stain were used with varying dilution ratios. The project was particularly challenging because it was stained in the winter when stains react and absorb more slowly. The concrete also has significant slope which meant the stains could not be over applied or they would run and wick onto the adjoining pattern.

WestStar Tower

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:56:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
WestStar Tower, Bomanite Artistic Concrete & Pools, El Paso, TX
First Place: Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete Structures, Under 5,000 SF

The concrete placement at WestStar Tower had to be done in 4-foot sections to avoid splatter. The work was fast paced with five concrete trucks, each holding a different color, on site simultaneously. After placement, the walls, raised planters and benches were sandblasted to expose the aggregate, then sealed.

Fort Edmonton Park Indigenous Peoples Experience

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:51:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Fort Edmonton Park Indigenous Peoples Experience, Desco Coatings of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
First Place: Stained & Dyes, Over 5,000 SF
First Place: Project Video

The Indigenous Peoples Experience is the story of Edmonton’s river valley. This canvas of a floor was ground and polished to difference depths; exposing texture to embody the banks of the river. The penetrating dye formed the markings of animal prints, lot lines, and text. The entire project was laid out in full scale with massive rolls of paper as the floor had to line up with the set pieces to be installed later.

Words from Treaty 6 encircle the gathering space; stark reminders of commitments made. Laid out with giant multi-part stencils and cut by hand, each letter was thoughtfully installed, the gravity of the project never escaping the workers.

Norton Children’s Hospital Healing Garden

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:43:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Norton Children’s Hospital Healing Garden, Architectural Concrete Construction, Louisville, KY
First Place: Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Under 5,000 SF

The Norton Children’s Hospital Garden posed a unique set of challenges the contractor had never faced. In the winter, beginning at 4 a.m. and in below freezing temperatures, the contractor installed custom radii forms atop a foam subgrade. This required out of the box problem solving to attach the forms to the foam without compromising the foam boards during demolding. This project was on the second floor of a parking garage, so weight was a huge factor in the installation process; no gravel subgrade could be used. A pumpable, lightweight concrete mix with custom integral colors was developed to meet the hospital’s vision. The custom colors gave this finished product a one of a kind look for the children to enjoy while recovering.

Downtown Danbury Transit Oriented Development

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:40:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Downtown Danbury Transit Oriented Development, Connecticut Bomanite Systems, Bethel, CT
First Place: Cast-in-Place Stamped, Over 5,000 SF

Included as part of the revitalization process of the Downtown Danbury Transit Oriented Development were reconstruction of the sidewalks and streetscape. Over 14,416 SF of sidewalks were installed using Bomanite Medium Ashlar Slate and Soldier Course Belgian Block imprint patterns with the traditional Bomanite color hardener and releases to provide durability, wear, and fade resistance.

Dennis Collins Park

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:38:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Dennis Collins Park, Beyond Concrete, Keyport, NJ
First Place: Cast-in-Place Stamped, Under 5,000 SF

Two areas in a park overlooking the Bayonne Bridge were transformed using Bomanite stamped concrete. Project scope included a 2,200 SF circular area using a cobblestone pattern in shale gray with highlights, and a granite textured border in light ash with a forest brown highlight. Formwork for the second circle were checked with a laser to be absolutely precise. Concealed control joins create a seamless boardwalk. A raised stage of both 6-inch and wide planks provided the real wood decking appearance the customer desired.

Legoland Lego Movie World

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:36:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Legoland Lego Movie World, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, CA
First Place: Cementitious Overlays, Over 5,000 SF

The new LEGO Movie World is a themed land featuring rides and attractions designed to bring the LEGO movie characters to life. The pavement design expresses the theme of the park, and is consistent with actual LEGO pieces. The colors had to be matched to LEGO’s official color system. This was achieved with a high strength, richly pigmented cementitious overlay over a 5-inch standard broom finish concrete to achieve the opaque, UV-resistant palette. The contractor also installed the integrally-colored pedestrian and fire lane stamped concrete with a running bond slate pattern.

Aloft Hotel

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:33:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Aloft Hotel, Sundek of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
First Place: Cementitious Overlays, Under 5,000 SF

This pool deck spec included a custom design and colors to create a unique play area. The contractor prepped and installed classic texture colors in Tweed Gray, Varsity Blues, Vapor Trails and Ravishing Red to the pool deck and cabana for a bright, clean, and modern hardscape.

Rebecca Fuscardo Booth at Deco-Crete Expo

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:31:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Rebecca Fuscardo Booth at Deco-Crete Expo, Fuscardo Concrete, Weirton, WV
First Place: Concrete Artistry, Under 5,000 SF

The background of the piece is a textured mat slab with a geometric pattern cut and stained post pour. The peacock was ground in freehand using a 4” grinder with a V-blade and wasp followed by hand-stained UV acetone armor dyes to bring the piece to life. The geometric pattern was stained using an air brush and everything was sealed using D1 sealer.

Smith Mountain Lake Garage

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:28:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Smith Mountain Lake Garage, Decorative Concrete of Virginia, Lynchburg, VA
First Place: Decorative Resinous Coatings, Under 5,000 SF

The customer chose a brown, gray and black metallic epoxy to cover a cracked garage floor. An epoxy with a long pot life was selected to give the material plenty of time to flow together, producing distinct veins of color.

The Orchard

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:22:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
The Orchard, Wicked Kolors, Clarksville, TN
First Place: Multiple Applications, Under 5,000 SF

This customer requested a floor that he “would not see anywhere else.” The multi-step process was achieved via a trowel-mix overlay, metallic epoxy and a seamless urethane topcoat. The overlay was hand-textured, then grout lines were cut with a hand grinder. Newly created tiles were stained, and the logo was hand engraved. The overlay was then flood-coated with 100% epoxy and six colors of epoxy were dropped. Finally, the entire floor was given a urethane topcoat.

Fruitport Community School High School Addition & Renovation

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:19:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Fruitport Community School High School Addition & Renovation, Burgess Concrete Construction, Moline, MI
First Place: Polished Concrete & Overlays, Over 5,000 SF

The scope of work included a school logo inlay, cast-in-place benches, and a kidney-shaped platform. This project extended over three years and all pours needed to blend together to match 43,000 SF of existing floors, benches, and walls.

Phaze Concrete Office Lobby

rzuellig — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:09:00 GMT

2022 DCC Award Winner
Phaze Concrete Office Lobby, Phaze Concrete, Cedar City, UT
First Place: Polished Concrete & Overlays, Under 5,000 SF

White concrete for the stairs and landing was locally sourced, and included crushed marble sand and aggregate, and white Portland cement. The landing and stair treads were seeded with Mother of Pearl decorative aggregate, white and black glass, and hand ground and honed. The 30” column was hand polished and dyed black to replicate polished steel. The floor was ground to a heavy aggregate exposure and polished with scoring and dye to create a traffic flow from the stairs to the hallways.

UC San Diego Mesa Housing Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:58:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
UC San Diego Mesa Housing Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc.

First Place: Cast-in-Place Special Finishes, Over 5,000 SF

UCSD Mesa Housing Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge is an exciting new addition that enhances the campus experience, promotes a healthy lifestyle, and establishes UCSD as an easily accessible destination.

The design intent was achieved with a two-color transition from a turquoise blue that fades to a cobalt blue. The turquoise area is a blend of three different shades of¼" turquoise glass.

Lighter and darker shades of turquoise provide depth and interest and avoid a boring uniform color. Similarly, the cobalt area is a blend of three different shades of¼" cobalt glass.

The bridge was poured in different sections. One challenge was moving the pour materials onto the bridge, including all the buckets of premixed glass. This required tying ropes to the bucket handles to pull them up onto the bridge, then staging the buckets along the narrow bridge perimeter. The main challenge was pouring such a large amount of concrete and doing the process within a narrow window of time; requiring us to work with a combined team of over 15 workers.

Little Island @ Pier 55

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:47:00 GMT

Ruttura & Sons Const. Co., Inc., West Babylon, NY

2021

Little Island is a $250 million Hudson River Park Trust project which takes the idea of piers and parks to a new level. The most visible portion is the pots, fabricated giant cups put together with pieces called petals. 39 sets of formwork were made after extensive 3D computer modeling to create the 132 pots.

While the pots were modeled, cast, and assembled, marine contractors drove the pilings in stages, up to 200 ft. below the river. The project includes a total of 267-cylinder piles, each supporting approximately 250 to 350 tons.

The "jewel" of the project, according to Kevin Zimont, a project executive with construction management firm Hunter Roberts Construction Group, is the 700-seat amphitheater. "Architectural concrete designed for a 100-year life cycle made it difficult to satisfy the architect's wishes," says D. Thomas Ruttura, Ruttura and Sons Const. Co., Inc.

Confluence

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:24:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
Confluence, Coloscapes Concrete

First Place: Vertical Facades, Over 5,000 SF

The basis for the design consisted of cast-in-place, two-sided board form walls with integrated two inch rigid insulation placed in the center of the walls. The height of the walls ranges from four feet tall to twenty-six feet tall and encompasses most of the building footprint, and extending to the second floor in some areas. The material used for the form liner was lx4 cedar planks, randomly spaced.

Final design of the walls included several material types which added to the installation complexities. The walls had several design arrangements that included straight walls from footings, walls with integrated roof areas (placed monolithically with walls), forming configurations which led to tricky material consolidation (large lateral notches), and twenty foot plus wall heights with varying top of wall elevations.

Design of the wall details in general was vague and left to the contractor to provide solutions. The integrated two-inch, rigid insulation centered in the wall was provided by Thermomass. All insulation was prefabricated to fit and shipped to the project for installation.

The project duration for the wall installation was essentially two distinct timelines of approximately six weeks each. Zero lot line boundaries led to limited staging and tight material handling. Confluence is located on a corner lot with high public visibility, and the final product influenced the streetscape design done under a separate contract and designed by another architect.

Harris Re-creation of the Church of San Salvador

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:22:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
Harris Re-creation of the Church of San Salvador, Bob Harris, Structural Services, Inc., and Lee Ann Harris, Decorative Concrete Institute

First Place: Stained & Dyes, Over 5,000 SF

This nearly 1600 SF project is located at the Decorative Concrete Institute facility in Temple, GA. The first step was to stamp a 6" slab with buff integral color using Roman Slate seamless texture. The design was based off a 200-year-old basilica floor in Venice, Italy and has six key elements: the inner medallion, along with different three-dimensional patterns. Once the design was laid out the entire pattern was cut free hand using a 4" angle grinder. Six colors of acid stains were used at varying degrees of dilution. Once the coloring was complete, the surface was cleaned and neutralized, and dry, multiple applications of siloxane modified methyl methacrylate clear sealer were applied.

6721 Columbia Gateway

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:19:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
6721 Columbia Gateway, Hyde Concrete

First Place: Polished Concrete & Overlays, Under 5,000 SF

6721 Columbia Gateway is a renovated, vibrant, multi-tenant office offering versatile social spaces. The 3,800 SF first floor features areas for conferencing, lounging, and gaming, and a community kitchen. The space required a durable, high-end finish to accommodate heavy foot traffic, without sacrificing design. The architects knew the existing concrete slab was not in the best condition, so they specified a polished concrete overlay. Hyde's scope of work included the first-floor main corridor, amenity space, lounge, and library.

The main challenges were installing the divider strip pattern and achieving the appropriate overlay aesthetics. The floor was divided down the middle in a flowing pattern with two finishes using PVC divider strips. The client wanted one overlay finish to look as though it had salt and pepper aggregate exposure, while the other needed a heavy aggregate exposure. This required sourcing a unique aggregate mixture with the correct stone size and color. The aggregate was incorporated into the overlay material to replicate the aesthetic of heavy aggregate exposure.

The second challenge was delaying the setting time of the concrete without compromising the water/cement ratio. To achieve this, citric acid was used to increase the initial fluidity of the concrete, giving finishers enough time to properly manipulate the concrete for consistent aggregate distribution. A steady hand and careful attention was necessary throughout the overlay finishing process.

Skyline Community College

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:13:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
Skyline Community College, Floor Seal Technology

First Place: Polished Concrete & Overlays, Over 5,000 SF

Skyline College wanted to create a state-of-the-art innovative science event center on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean outside of San Francisco. DES Architects and XL Construction designed and constructed a 30,000 SF building which took almost two years to complete. DES designed a highly decorative overlay floor in their main conference area, atrium lobby and in the corridors utilizing a Tekflor System. The desired color was black. Floor Seal Technology began producing mockups utilizing 3/8" overlayment self-leveling topping coupled with colorful glass and mirror aggregates. After 15-20 samples, the chancellor chose a mockup with over 18,000 lbs. of red, gold, and black, different sized glass, and small chip mirror, broadcast with no separation. Sitting on a bed of radiant heat the 3/8" overlay aggregate installation took one day with over 15 installers and was finished with a Mirrorcrete polishing system, exposing an array of impressive color and shine surrounding "The Compass Rose' marble centerpiece. Prefabricated riser and poured-in place treads for the grand staircase required the same high level of detail.

Red-Tailed Hawk Inclusive Playground

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:10:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
Red-Tailed Hawk Inclusive Playground, Colorado Hardscapes

First Place: Multiple Applications, Under 5,000 SF

At the end of 2017, seven-year-old Ashaun made a wish for an all-inclusive park. Designed by Urban Play Studio, the 8,000 SF playground suits all kids, no matter their physical capabilities. Colorado Hardscapes' contribution to the site features a sensory wall composed of a tactile composition of shapes, textures, and colors, a wavy walk that undulates like a roller coaster, and swings, spinners, and slides of several sorts. Micro-Top XT was used to make the sensory wall pop with color, while an imprint texture mat added a high-touch surface to the rising wall. Con-Color stain was used to add swooshes of whimsical flair to flatwork surfaces. This project called upon Colorado Hardscapes' artistic capacities as there was only a sketch to start with. The team was able to be creative in conceptualizing the parts and pieces of this one-of-a-kind sensory wall.

SoFi Stadium

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:06:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
SoFi Stadium, Trademark Concrete Systems

First Place: Multiple Applications, Over 5,000 SF

The sheer size of this project is unique; nothing this large having ever been developed in the Los Angeles decorative concrete market. As with the over 720,000 SF of decorative paving, everything on this project was on a whole other scale. Trademark truly learned what they were capable of, stretching decorative concrete flatwork placements to 300 CY, a day, back-to-back, while maintaining consistent surface retarder finishes. The stadium roof structure anchors to the ground at three locations around the site, called abutments. At each abutment is a unique 14' wall with batters ranging from 11-39 degrees and consisting of a surface retarder finish. Most of the vertical elements did not have of a 90-degree vertical face; most walls utilized custom cut foam to achieve custom batters and radiuses. The 6" planter curbs transitioned using foam to an 18" tall battered seatwall while maintaining a surface retarder finish. Every vertical wall on the site had a surface retarder finish, meaning every wall had to be stripped and hand finished to achieve the design teams intent. Trademark detailers spent over 2,400 hours {300 Days) detailing every single site element to support the field with this project. All survey and layout was based off shop drawings. This project pushed our team to new heights and we all really enjoyed the challenge, this once in a lifetime project will be missed.

Brandon Beier Residence

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:02:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
Brandon Beier Residence, Knox Concrete, LLC

First Place: Decorative Resinous Coatings, Under 5,000 SF

This project included a SunMetal application to an approximately 2400 SF full basement and a three-bay garage slab-on-grade for a $2 M+ custom home. Knox Concrete shotblast, prepped and applied an MVB primer and a custom metallic "antiqued marble" design to fit the homeowner's Tuscan theme. Most difficult was coordination with other trades to not contaminate the area. The homeowner had interesting color suggestions, including a white base with off-white accents, silver veining and Himalayan salt pink for the light accents. Knox was worried about the pink, however it added a nice complimenting color. All in all a remarkably successful project with a very satisfied owner.

Happy Basset Barrel House

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:59:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
Happy Basset Barrel House, Lamberson Construction Concrete by Design

First Place: Countertops/Furniture/Firepits

Lamberson Construction created and executed this 63' long bar top for a local brewery to mimic hand carved rock with a "river'' down the middle. The countertop is all concrete and covered with an epoxy coating. A custom scratch coat mix was used for the base, and a Kirtbag carving mix for the outside texture coat. 128 lineal feet of multi-color fiber optic lighting was embedded into the "river". The river and bar top were filled with Simiron casting epoxy with Simiron polyaspartic sealer as a topcoat. Work was completed in a little over six days.

Kalkaska Trout Inlay

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:56:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
Kalkaska Trout Inlay, Fisher Companies

First Place: Concrete Artistry, Under 5,000 SF

Fischer Companies was presented a unique opportunity to work with Grand Travers Construction Co. to complete a decorative trout mosaic inlay for a newly constructed clock tower in the trout capital of Michigan.

During the initial meeting Grand Travers wanted to place the tile into the concrete on the day of the pour. After much thought Fisher suggested a plan to precast the six-foot by six-foot concrete tile two inches thick.

A Trinic GFRC mix was used to gain 10,000 PSI and pretensioned stainless steel cables were embedded for transportation and installation. Each tile was hand cut and placed on lexon plastic to achieve a smooth, uniform tile.

A mirrored template was adhered to the underside of the clear lexon to place each piece of tile in the proper location. Once the tiles were secured, the concrete was poured into the form.

Using the pretensioned cables, the tile was secured to the transportation skid and the concrete was sealed. The 6 foot by 6 foot piece was set in place using the embedded cables.

3rd Street Improvements, Phase 2

rzuellig — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:43:00 GMT

2021 DCC Award Winner
3rd Street Improvements, Phase 2, T.B. Penick & Sons, Inc.

First Place: Concrete Artistry, Over 5,000 SF

T.B. Penick & Sons had the pleasure of collaborating with Las Vegas Paving and Southwick Landscape Architects on this project to achieve the city's design-intent. The paving patterns colors, and materials were identified early on as a main design element. The street was being narrowed and the sidewalks widened to promote a more walkable space and enhance aesthetics. This portion of 3rd Street is adjacent to the Arts District, with a theater in the middle of the project, so color and pattern were encouraged on every element of design.

Penick achieved all the project's design elements including a green glass band that meanders throughout the project, fine mirror glass embedded on the surface, decorative saw cuts, stain superimposed on the surface to simulate a leopard pattern, and large bands of quarried stone finish.