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The 2012 Award Winners

The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, has announced the winners of its fourth annual Awards competition for decorative concrete products.

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Tom Ralston Concrete, of Santa Cruz, Calif., won the WOW! Award, given to the best overall project, for the Ruppel Hardscape, built into the backyard of a home in the the Saratoga Hills of Northern California. The Ruppel backyard also garnered 1st Place for Best Cast-In-Place Specialty Finish and 2nd place for Best Vertical Surface. The hillside project included layout and design for a patio, upper patio walls, a staircase, retaining walls, wall caps, a pool deck and a fire pit.

T.B. Penick & Sons, a San Diego company, won an honorable mention in the WOW! Category for the Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge in central San Diego.

The entries were judged by: Clark Branum, UltraFlor program manager for Diamatic USA; Howard Jancy, architectural consultant with Jancy and Associates; Bob Harris, founder and president of the Decorative Concrete Institute; and Rebecca Waseileski, editor of Concrete Contractor magazine.

The Decorative Concrete Council membership includes contractors, manufacturers and suppliers of decorative concrete products.

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Multiple Applications, Over 5,000 Square Feet
Two Rivers Steakhouse - Hyde Concrete, Annapolis, Md.

Multiple Applications, Under 5,000 Square Feet
Mavanowski Garage - Cornerstone Decorative Concrete, Fennville, Mich.

Cast-In-Place Special Finishes, Under 5,000 Square Feet
Darby Residence - Creative Construction by Design, a Corp., Danville, Ill.

Vertical Application, Over 5,000 Square Feet
Ruppel Hardscape - Tom Ralston Concrete, Santa Cruz, Calif.

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