Summer 2007
 

Featured Case Studies
Polished Concrete and Sculpted Rock

Product Spotlight
Lithocrete: Design paving with recycled glass and your choice of aggregates
Enjoy lunch and experience Lithocrete for yourself

News & Announcements
New national title for CHI's Jay Fangman
CHI In the News: Green Issue features stained concrete floors

Research & Development
Concrete Colors to Dye for

 
 
Science concepts in concrete
 
Pavilion of Reflection at Olinger Crown Hill Wheat Ridge, CO

The most unique venue at Crown Hill is the new Pavilion of Reflection which features Bomanite imprinted concrete in a Northern Brown/Desert Tan colored Colorado Sandstone pattern. Natural boulders and the water and fire features were incorporated into the Bomanite paving.
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Pavilion of Reflection at Olinger Crown Hill Wheat Ridge, CO

Inside, the pavilion's atmoshpere is created with open-beam wood architecture and an integrally colored polished concrete floor. The reflective nature of the Mesa Buff integrally colored polished concrete floor lends a nice contrast to the texture of the imprinted concrete that paves the transition from inside to out.
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Ravenna
Littleton, CO


Ravenna is a new private golf course community in Colorado that needed two distinct water features for its development. Colorado Hardscapes built the Muller Engineering designed water features to be as organic to the terrain as possible, aesthetically pleasing, and functional.
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  Lithocrete: The Structural Alternative in Achitectural Paving

Colorado Hardscapes once again brings the latest techniques in concrete to Colorado. Lithocrete is a patented process of imbedding and fully adhering materials and concrete together in a patented concrete matrix to produce dramatic concrete paving. For more information, specifications and some of the hundreds of material possibilties please click here to visit the Lithocrete page of our website.

Wenesdays in August from 12pm to 1pm enjoy lunch and an interactive presentation about Lithocrete with a brief presentation, sample tour and question and answer period. John Buteyn will lead you through the Lithocrete process to offer a better understanding of the many design possibilities of Lithocrete in Colorado Hardscapes' Design Center at 8085 E. Harvard Avenue, Denver, CO, 80231.

Please RSVP with the date you will attend (August 15th, 22nd or 29th) and number in your party at any time to Ashley at 303-750-8200 or email info@coloradohardscapes.com. If you have interested colleagues or clients feel free to bring them along.
 
Our Team Profile: Jay Fangman Elected Director for DCC
 
The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC) elected Colorado Hardscapes' own Jay Fangman council director for 2007-2008 in Las Vegas on April 12, 2007 at the council's board meeting.

The DCC is a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the capabilities of those who build with concrete, and to providing them with a unified voice in the construction industry. The DCC advances the quality and use of decorative concrete systems including stamped and stained concrete as well as concrete floor systems. There are approximately 530 member companies of the ASCC.

Jay Fangman has been a member of ASCC and DCC for 6 years. He has been with Colorado Hardscapes as a concrete consultant and director of business development for the past 18 years. Altogether Jay has 33 years of experience in the concrete industry, spending 15 years in the concrete ready mix industry prior to joining Colorado Hardscapes.
 
Meet the other members of Our Team
 
  Green Issue Features Stained Concrete with Graphics
Sources + Design's July/August 2007 issue features green projects, including the Army Aviation Support Facility at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, CO. The Coover-Clark & Associates designed building is LEED Silver Certified and includes stained concrete floors with graphics done in part by Colorado Hardscapes. The graphics and colors used in the concrete celebrate the Colorado Army National Guard including their logo, compass graphics and flight vectors. Click below to read the article:
"Army Aviation Support Facility" from Sources + Design, Read the article
 
  Concrete Dyes by John Buteyn
Concrete dyes, available to Colorado Hardscapes through Bomanite, expand the possibilities of coloring a concrete floor. Concrete dyes are available in a wide range of colors and can be applied as water based or solvent based.

They do not react chemically with the concrete but utilize very fine colorants that penetrate the concrete and produce coloration similar to what you might expect from a chemical stain. Dyes are easy to apply, quick to dry, produce immediate color, and require little clean-up, resulting in earlier completion of a project.

Some of the dyes are not UV stable so at this point we only recommend the use of dyes for application on interior floors. A successful installation includes sealers and maintenance of the floor for long lasting beauty.

Email John your questions about dyes for concrete
 

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