Aggregate Concrete, Concrete Driveways, Concrete Patios, Concrete Retaining Walls, Decorative Concrete, Residential Concrete
Exposed-aggregate concrete offers a timeless concrete finish that’s as beautiful as it is practical and durable. This decorative style of custom concrete is common here in Whatcom County; you’ll see it most often on patios, driveways and retaining walls. Because it...
Concrete Driveways, Pervious Concrete, Stormwater Management, Sustainability
Ribbon driveways have so many benefits, it’s a bit of a surprise that we don’t see them more often here in the Pacific Northwest. What is a ribbon driveway? When you pull into your driveway, only a small part of your vehicle — its tires — comes into contact with the...
Commercial Concrete, Concrete Driveways, Concrete Parking Lots, Concrete Sidewalks, Pervious Concrete, Stormwater Management
PeaceHealth has been engaging in a fair amount of construction north of its hospital — PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center — in Bellingham. For starters, a new PeaceHealth women’s health clinic has been announced along the new Birchwood Avenue near where it passes...
Concrete Driveways, Concrete Patios, Concrete Retaining Walls, Decorative Concrete, Residential Concrete
With the holidays behind us, it’s a great time to begin planning for spring and summer home remodeling projects. Here are several projects you might consider as a way to upgrade your home this year. Concrete patios Summers in the Pacific Northwest are incredible:...
Concrete Driveways, Concrete Sidewalks, Government Concrete Projects, Pervious Concrete, Residential Concrete, Stormwater Management
A few years back in Sultan, a small town on Highway 2 northeast of Seattle, contractors covered 32,000 square feet of driveways, streets and sidewalks with pervious concrete. The goal was to reduce standing water and improve stormwater management during the wettest...
Concrete Driveways, Concrete Maintenance, Pervious Concrete, Residential Concrete
If springtime is for housecleaning, fall is a great time for concrete maintenance. A good Saturday of concrete maintenance should be on your annual calendar to ensure that your investment stays in great shape and works like it’s supposed to. Here are four things you...