The Decorative Concrete Council, an arm of the American Society for Concrete Contractors, has selected these projects as the best of 2008 in their categories. These results represent the DCC's first annual decorative concrete competition.
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Artistry, Greater than 1,500 square feet
First Place: T.B. Penick & Sons Inc., San Diego, Calif.
Kellogg Park, San Diego, Calif.
Artistry, Less than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, Calif.
J. Ellington Library, San Jose, Calif.
Artistry, Second Place: Royal Coat Decorative Concrete Inc., Morehead City, N.C.
Maritime Museum Lobby Floor, Beaufort, N.C.
Cast-in-place, Special, Greater than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Progressive Concrete Works Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.
Summit at Copper Square, Phoenix, Ariz.
Cast-in-place, Special, Second Place: Site Tech, Roswell, Ga.
Renaissance at Colony Park, Ridgeland, Miss.
Cast-in-place, Stamped, Greater than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Progressive Concrete Works Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.
Citadelle, Glendale, Ariz.
Cast-in-place, Stamped
Second Place: Patterned Concrete of Cincinnati, Fairfield, Ohio
Kentucky Department of Transportation, Fort Wright, Ken.
Countertops, First Place: Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Magid Patio, Steps and Walls, Aptos, Calif.
Overlay/stamped, Less than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Unique Concrete, West Milford, N.J.
Hamburg Baptist Church, Hamburg, N.J.
Polished, Greater than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Colorado Hardscapes Inc., Denver Colo.
UCHSC Education Building, Fitzsimmons Campus, Aurora, Colo.
Stained, Greater than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Colorado Hardscapes Inc., Denver Colo.
Solterra, Lakewood, Colo.
Stencil, Greater than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Todd Rose Decorative Concrete Inc., Lincoln, Neb.
Terra Centre, Sioux City, Iowa
Vertical, Less than 1,500 square feet
First Place: Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Germany Patio and Wall, Scotts Valley, Calif.
Vertical, Second Place: Sundek of Washington, Chantilly, Va.
The Potomac Club, Woodbridge, Va.