Concrete Services FAQs
How long has concrete been around?
Concrete structures built in Egypt 3,600 years ago are still standing.
How are patterns added to concrete?
You can put patterns onto concrete using brooms, floats, and rock salt.
How was the first women of the American Concrete Institute??
Kate Gleason was the first woman member of the American Concrete Institute. She came up with a technique for pouring concrete used to build low-cost homes
Is concrete environmentally friendly?
Concrete is also environmentally friendly!
Concrete's environmentally friendly features make it the building material of choice for sustainability....meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Concrete also supports recycling in that it can be made using by-products from manufacturing and power plants, reducing landfill needs. Its service life is measured in decades, but when the end finally comes, concrete can be crushed and recycled as a high-quality aggregate for hundreds of applications. Concrete is also green in that it is manufactured locally, and unlike asphalt, it produces no toxic runoff.
