Concrete Polishing Council

Congratulations to these CPC Members who are now certified: 4 Season Floors, Etna, OH; Barton Malow Co., Southfield, MI; Bencker Contracting, Clayton, NC; Desco Coatings of Alberta Ltd., Edmonton, Canada; FinalFinish, Canton, OH; FV Group Corp, Rose City, TX; Haywood Floor Covering Inc., Hayes, VA; National Concrete Polishing, Richfield, OH; Place Services Inc, Canton, GA; R. Brothers Waterproofing, San Jose, CA; Redimere Surface Solutions, Danville, IL; Royale Concrete, Fairfield, IA; SBR Concrete Polishing, Cleveland, OH; Solid Surface Care, Charlotte, NC; Stoney Hill Concrete, LLC, Myerstown, PA; Surfacing Solutions, Temecula, CA.

The ASCC Safety & Risk Management Council has published a new Safety Bulletin on portable ladders. ASCC’s series of safety bulletins focus on news, laws, and issues affecting the concrete contractor. The latest bulletin covers ladder selection and inspection for stepladders, extension ladders, and job- built wooden ladders. View a complete list of safety bulletins here: https://ascconline.org/concrete-safe/publications/bulletins

Offered online and on demand, CPC Polishing Certification sets you apart from the competition. https://ascconline.org/concrete-polishing-cou/certification

American Concrete Institute and the American Society of Concrete Contractors will be publishing the polished concrete specification 310.1.20. Craftsman Certification is one of the requirements. Get your crew certified today! https://ascconline.org/concrete-polishing-cou/certification

Want to hear from your peers around the country discuss how they’re dealing with COVID-19 safety precautions, onboarding and retaining new hires or understanding and mastering specifications? Join us for these roundtable discussions and several more timely topics at the ASCC Virtual Annual Conference coming September 23-25 to a computer near you.

ASCC’s virtual Annual Conference is your opportunity to share the conference experience with your employees. Estimators, safety directors, middle managers, CFOs, HR personnel and others can attend without travel costs or time away. Register now and share ASCC resources with your entire company. Register here: https://ascconline.site-ym.com/event/2020annualconf

Looking for assistance with on-the-job safety practices for COVID-19? Members visit the ASCC website or, with a specific question, call Joe Whiteman, director of safety services, for one-on-one attention.

There’s no charge to attend the Decorative Concrete Council Awards or the Safety Awards receptions, part of the ASCC virtual Annual Conference. See the year’s most outstanding decorative concrete projects and congratulate your peers whose safety numbers set them apart. Safety Awards Reception, Wednesday, 9/23 3-4 pm Central DCC Awards Reception, Thursday, 9/24 3-4 pm Central RSVP here: https://ascconline.site-ym.com/event/2020annualconf

ASCC announced its Annual Conference 2020 will be held virtually, with committee and board meetings from Monday, Sept., 21 through Thursday, Sept. 24., and seminars, breakouts and awards receptions Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24 & 25. To see the schedule and register, go to our website: https://ascconline.org/events

ASCC & CPC member Hyde Products, Pasadena, MD was hired to install a 6,100 SF polished overlay at the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Lab in Rockville, MD.

Upcoming ASCC Webinars To register: ascconline.org/events June 17 Clark Branum, Diamatic Contradictions in Polishing Specifications... July 8 Chris Sullivan, ASCC/DCC New Decorative Finishes Aug 12 Rochelle Plue Good Cyber Hygiene: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business

Now is the time to submit to the Emerging Leader's Gaining Strength Award. Click here to read more: https://ascconline.org/Por/0/Gaining_Strength_Form-2020.pdf

ASCC member Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, CA, installed this pool deck on a hillside 25-ft below the front of the residence in Saratoga, CA. The installation also included the home’s entrance, patio and driveway. The integral color, which includes white cement and is called Ralston Limestone, was a special order from another member, Solomon Colors. 100 yds. were delivered in bags. The majority of the concrete received a sand washed finish. The architect is Kakuchi and Kankel Design Group and the gc was Mehus Construction.

Concrete Polishing Council (CPC) Tradesman Certification Manual now available directly through the ASCC Bookstore. Designed to help polishers prepare for the certification exam, this book provides an excellent overview of the polished concrete industry and what it takes to produce successful floors. Covers safety, polished concrete, grinders/equipment, diamond tooling, maximum refinement, chemicals, and concrete and includes the CPC Position Statements.

ASCC members can join their peers on a weekly virtual safety roundtable, Thursdays at 1:00 pm Central. The topic is best practices and challenges in dealing with the corona virus on jobsites and in the office, whether you’ve never stopped working, or you’re transitioning back to work. If you would like an invitation for anyone in your company to join in, contact Joe Whiteman at [email protected] or 833-281-9602.

Brian Wolf, partner, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, will present an ASCC webinar on Wednesday, May 13 at 3 PM central on Sources of Recovery for Damages. To register, http://ascconline.org/events.

ASCC has added a number of resources to its website for members regarding how concrete contracting companies can best deal with the coronavirus while continuing to work. Click here to see a list: https://ascconline.site-ym.com/general/custom.asp.

Welcome new ASCC members Magni Telescopic Handlers, Roselle, NJ; B & B Concrete Placement, Romulus, MI; Elegance Construction, Agoura Hills, CA; 4 Men Pour Concrete Services, St. Paul, AB, Canada; Hemma Concrete, Marietta, GA; Rock Hard Concrete, St. John, IN; Valley Point Corp., Secaucus, NJ; Industrias Quoklean, Mexico City, Mexico; Gemelli Concrete, Washington, MI; Pan Technology, Carlstadt, NJ; US Formliner, Athens, GA; FV Group, Royse City, TX; Charles Sinelli and Sons, ...Howell, MI; BEAM Concrete Const., Melissa, TX; Zoho, Pleasanton, CA; Tonage, Westbury, NY; National Concrete Polishing, Richfield, OH; Rudolph Libbe, Walbridge, OH; Walkway Management Group, Carrollton, TX; TRM Concrete, Plainville, MA; Ashine Diamond Tools, Xiamen, Fuijian, China; Texas State University, San Marcos, TX; Blankenship Concrete Polishing, Dallas, GA; Place Services, Canton, GA; Haywood Floor Covering, Hayes, VA; EcoCoating Solutions, Gaithersburg, MD; Adapt Build Group, Spencer, IA; Reid Construction, Tyler, TX; Axtell & Sons Painting; Informa, Lyons, CO; Pavilion Floors, Woburn, MA. See more

Online. On Demand. Don't wait to get CPC Certified. https://ascconline.org/concrete-polishing-cou/certification

A field crew for ASCC member Hyde Products, Pasadena, MD, cleans up after applying a broadcast coat of chip flooring at the new Catalent pharmaceutical building in Baltimore, MD. Scope of work was 60K SF of urethane cement with broadcast chip flooring. Notice Hyde Concrete has made the transition from hardhats to the much safer helmets.

The Concrete Polishing Council (CPC) has published five Position Statements on topics of concern to the polished concrete contractor and those who specify polished concrete. The position statements clarify the polished concrete contractor’s point of view for architects, engineers, owners and others. The five statements are: #1 Slab Protection by Others #2 Slip Resistance of Polished Concrete... #3 Coordinating the Concrete and Polishing Contractors’ Subcontracts #4 Separation of Semirigid Concrete Floor Joint Fillers #5 Effects of Slab-Surface Finish Density of Polished Concrete View the position statements here: http://ascconline.org/concrete-polishin/technical-documents

Construction Safety Week is May 4-8, Safety Week is our opportunity to recognize and celebrate the promise to do whatever it takes to send everyone home safely every day. What’s your plan for the week? Go to constructionsafety.com for planning resources.