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Santa Cruz Sentinel--February 1, 2012
SANTA CRUZ - Tom Ralston Concrete won top honors in January at the 2012 World of Concrete in Las Vegas, his first best overall award.
The winning project involved revamping a hillside in Saratoga, installing undulating concrete retaining walls, a series of scalloped concrete stairs, patios, a pool deck and fire pit.
Ralston claimed first place for "Cast in Place Specialty Finishes," then competed against 50 other entries in 11 categories to be chosen "Best Overall Decorative Concrete Project" in 2011.
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Tom Ralston Concrete won another first place award at the 2011 World of Concrete in Las Vegas for our Rockview Home floors, walls, and stairs. This is our fourth first-place award in a national, industry-wide competition. Our multi-colored acid stained floors have beach glass, seashells, and craggy fissured walls that emulates the seashore outside of the home that overhangs and overlooks the Pacific Ocean.
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Decorative Concrete Hall of Fame: The 2011 Inductees
by Stacey Enesey Klemenc
The Decorative Concrete Hall of Fame announced its first group of honorees at the 2010 Concrete Decor Show & Spring Training, in Phoenix, Ariz. It was only fitting that the Hall of Fame welcome its 2011 inductees at the 2011 Concrete Decor Show, held last March in Nashville, Tenn.
The new members were chosen by Hall of Fame members and owners and staff of Concrete Decor parent company Professional Trade Publications Inc., which manages the Hall of Fame.
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Tom Ralston has something to sing about. When his company's work has been featured in virtually every major industry publication, and is ranked 6th in the nation for decorative concrete in Concrete Construction Magazine's 2004 Top 100, it makes life just a little rosier. As Tom Ralston concrete continues to grow in the decorative concrete industry Tom understands the value of doing things with style.
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Tom Ralston has brought a vast amount of his own creative energy to what most might regard as a pretty straightforward industry. With the growing diversity in the concrete industry of the 21st century, Tom Ralston continues to push the envelope with custom specialty projects that make this small town concrete contractor a force to be reckoned with on the national scene.
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July 21, 2003 - After Tom Ralston Concrete recently finished a handsome concrete wall for the Pacific Gardens Chapel in Santa Cruz, CA, local skateboarders promptly began destroy it while practicing radical new "railing" and jumping techniques. Owner Gary Benito rapidly became frustrated and turned to Tom to brainstorm a solution.