Unlike dirt floors common in some rural parts of the world, concrete floors are easily cleaned of disease-carrying pathogens—but they come at a high environmental cost. A lower-carbon flooring mix ...

The quest for inexpensive joint free floors to minimize maintenance problems with floors as they age is an on-going effort by many companies. In the 1980s in Europe engineer Xavier Destree placed high ...

Concrete flooring is affordable and surprisingly versatile, even allowing you to customize it in many ways with DIY techniques. Although installing it in your bathroom could be a big mistake, the ...

One of the most common obstacles to concrete polishing is the presence of existing coatings, sealers, adhesives or paint on the surface. These materials must be completely removed before polishing can ...

From countertops to fireplace surrounds, decorative contractors continue to push the limits of concrete. The beauty of decorative concrete begins with the mix design, and with several precast mixes ...

Concrete has quietly become one of the planet’s biggest climate problems, yet it remains the backbone of modern cities and infrastructure. A new class of graphene concrete is starting to change that ...