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.