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Side shot of a concrete pool with a contemporary white deck and cascades pouring water from the pool wall. Cascades are one feature that can be incorporated into a concrete pool design.
5 Epic Concrete Pool Design Features

Why is it that the desire for a private backyard retreat draws people to concrete pool design? It’s because concrete pools allow for a high level of customization, creating a one-of-a-kind centerpiece for relaxation and fun in your favorite outdoor space. Concrete Pool Design: A Customizable Paradise At Speck USA, we consider concrete an art form. Its numerous applications have

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Daylight shot of an al fresco dining area. Concrete solutions for restaurants help settings like this survive many seasons.
Concrete Solutions for Des Moines Restaurants

What conveniences are worth investing in for your restaurant? Chef-grade kitchen appliances, well-designed seating, and concrete solutions, right? Yes, concrete solutions. Concrete offers businesses so much more than a trusty sidewalk or parking lot. It also has a number of indoor applications that are particularly useful in restaurants. Concrete Solutions for Restaurants At Speck USA, we’ve seen how different concrete

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Three concrete solutions laid side by side: traditional, polished, and stamped. These are each option to an consider for a Finished Basement with Concrete.
Create an Epic Finished Basement with Concrete

This is the year! You will finally finish your basement so it looks just as epic as the rest of your home. How are you going to do it? Why not go for a finished basement with concrete? “Wait a second,” you may be thinking. “Isn’t my basement already a collection of concrete slabs? Why would I want more concrete

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Close up on a garage floor coated with epoxy concrete. Garage floors are just one of the epoxy flooring applications for homes.
4 Epoxy Flooring Applications for Homes

Epoxy flooring may sound like a specialized product for a specialized place. But there are plenty of epoxy flooring applications for homes. In fact, you may find yourself asking, “Why haven’t I looked into this before?” once you get a look at all that epoxy can do.  Epoxy Flooring Explained Epoxy flooring is one of the most versatile flooring solutions

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A parking lot service crew from Speck USA stripes a Des Moines parking lot.
3 Ways Parking Lot Service Improves Your Customer Service

What does parking lot service have to do with your customer service? A lot, it turns out. It helps to remember that your parking lot is still thought of as part of your business facility. If it’s not accessible, navigable, and, above all, safe, you’re setting your customers up for a slew of inconveniences. Those, in turn, become inconveniences for

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A pristine parking lot filled with cars and lovely landscaping shows why your parking lot should be a high priority for you business.
5 Reasons Your Parking Lot Should Be a High Priority

It can be tempting to ignore your parking lot. After all, you don’t sell parking lots, and who even pays attention to those things anyway. But don’t fall into that kind of thinking. The reality is that people do, in fact, notice parking lots, and it’s actually the first impression that they’ll get of your business. If your parking lot

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A concrete pool deck stamped with a crisp, white tile pattern surrounds a rectangular inground pool and spa.
3 Reasons to Get a Concrete Pool Deck

A thriving pool environment requires more than a great pool. Among other things, a concrete pool deck is a must. This is what supports your backyard and your guests as they enter and exit the pool. Take it for granted and you’ll end up with an expensive, bulky mess in short order. Invest in its design and upkeep, and you’ll

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Closeup on an elegant concrete floor as a worker applies a sealing coat with a rolling foam brush. Sealing is one method through which you can improve the appearance of concrete floors.
How to Improve the Appearance of Concrete Floors

Most people think concrete floors are all substance and no style. Not true! You can, in fact, improve the appearance of concrete floors without sacrificing their durability or draining your budget. You don’t have to live with the same, drab slab beneath your feet. Look at your options and reimagine your most dynamic spaces. Options That Improve the Appearance of

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A white pickup truck from Speck USA with a resurfacing vehicle in tow repairs a commercial parking lot. Resurfacing and sealing from professional-grade services like these are part of how to maintain your parking lot.
How to Maintain Your Parking Lot

With the cold weather fast approaching, this is an ideal time to investigate how to maintain your parking lot. Soon enough, the dryer weather will give way to snowfall, and those puddles will morph into mini frozen ponds. These conditions threaten your parking lot with cracks, potholes, and the unhappy customers that come with them. If only there were a

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