Concrete contractors tend to be simply very skilled craftsmen that decided to work for themselves. On the surface this seems fitting, but think a little deeper. Most of these concrete contractors simply learned their trade by either watching someone else do it or recieved all of their training from the first concrete contractor they themselves first worked for. In some instances a concrete contractor learned his/her craft from only one specific person! The problem with this is that your knowledge base is then reduced down to the knowledge of only a few people. Terry’s Quality Concrete is a concrete contractor that believes in continuing education. We attend seminars, webinars, classes, and live training. We are a concrete contractor that believes that it is much better to have 20 years of experience rather than 1 year of experience 20 times. Most concrete contractors knowledge of concrete is limited to just the steps 
necessary to make concrete look good when it is initially placed on the ground. It is important for a concrete contractor to also understand what to do to insure concrete placed will last the test of time. After all what good is a beautiful driveway that will be deteriorating in 3-5 years or less. A recent study by a national concrete network estimated that less than 5% of the concrete contractors in the United States had ever attended any type of formal training at all! Terry’s Quality Concrete uses trained and certified concrete finishers who understand what causes concrete problems, so we know how to place concrete projects that will last for many years to come. For example, concrete failures are placed in one of the following categories: 1. Plastic Shrinkage Cracking 2. Honeycomb 3. Delamination 4. Crazing 5. Efflorecence 6. Curling 7. Bug holes ( blow holes ) 8. Pop out 9. Blow up 10. Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) 11. Dusting 12. Concrete blisters and 13. Scaling. (As stated by the American Concrete Institute) Run this list by your concrete contractor and his jaw will probably drop in confusion. Since most concrete contractors have had no formal training he probably won’t recognize most of them. So if you have a concrete project and want a concrete contractor who is fully trained and cerified call Terry’s Quality Concrete today at 515-255-4775 or Contact Us via email for a free consultation!
