Decorative Concrete Construction Details

Description

Specifying decorative concrete poses many challenges as it comes to mix designs, reinforcement joints, and finish options. This course is designed to explore what makes up the mix designs for decorative concrete finishes, clearly defines reinforcement options and purposes, and provides the attendee with the information needed to properly specify and design with decorative concrete. By the end of the course, the attendee will be able to clearly understand what coloring techniques to use, what to look for in concrete mix designs, finish options along with corresponding budgets and different joint details for concrete flatwork. The course will end with an actual project case study showing installed instances of each element identified in the course.

Objectives

1. Identify key attributes of decorative concrete mix designs

2. Compare concrete reinforcement options

3. Discover the difference between control joints, expansion joints, and decorative joints

4. Define 3 ways to color new concrete and 7 different ways to finish the same mix of concrete

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Course Number: Concrete 201
Duration: 1 hour
Credit Type: ASLA CE