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GCSAA is celebrating their centennial anniversary
By Emma Peterson. Celebrating 100 years of service and the dedicated members who made that legacy possible. Today, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) boasts more than 21,000 members “who are science-based college graduates who oversee all aspects of golf course management, from agronomics to environmental sustainability.” That ...
Choosing the right adhesive determines synthetic turf performance
By Jesse Sanchez. Understanding adhesive behavior helps contractors prevent failures, manage costs and deliver long-term durability. Selecting the correct adhesive, including solutions from NORDOT® Adhesives, is one of the most consequential decisions in a synthetic turf installation, shaping not only immediate performance but long-term durability and profitability. Although adhesives represent ...
New TracSafe® Anti-Slip Color Coat All-in-One
TracSafe Anti-Slip Color Coat All-in-One is an odorless water-based technology that bonds firmly to all types of flooring materials. Adding beauty and safety to concrete surfaces has never been easier. Daich Coatings has introduced the new TracSafe® Anti-Slip Color Coat All-in-One product featuring pre-mixed colorful stone coating and an anti-slip sealer, ...
Hazard awareness: Building a worker’s ability to see problems before they happen
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Awareness isn’t luck. It’s discipline. And in every outdoor trade, it’s what keeps workers whole and projects moving. In every outdoor trade — tile and hardscaping, landscaping, pool and spa, lighting, sports surfaces, agronomics, maintenance and outdoor living builds — there’s one skill that separates safe ...
Hardshell Coatings introduces Vuba Stone as a new surface solution
Hardshell Coatings now offers Vuba Stone, a durable, permeable stone surface for pool decks, driveways and patios. The company is the first certified installer in Central Maryland. Hardshell Coatings announced it is now offering Vuba Stone, a high-performance resin-bound stone surfacing system designed for residential and commercial outdoor applications. The addition ...
Choosing the right adhesive for synthetic turf
By Jesse Sanchez. Learn how different adhesive technologies and weather considerations influence the performance and durability of synthetic turf installations. Selecting the right adhesive is one of the most important decisions in synthetic turf installation. Companies such as NORDOT Adhesives emphasize that while buyers sometimes search for a single “best” ...
The TurfMutt Foundation rallies fans to vote for Louisville’s Waterfront Park, nominated for USA Today’s Best Riverwalk
Waterfront Park is home of the TurfMutt Great Lawn. The TurfMutt Foundation is thrilled to announce that Louisville’s Waterfront Park, home of the TurfMutt Great Lawn, is once again nominated for a USA Today Readers’ Choice Award for Best Riverwalk, an honor it had secured in 2025. As a champion for ...
Spring is coming — Is your business ready for the rush?
OCS Influencer John Kenney says the businesses that handle the busy season best are the ones that prepared in advance. For contractors in the outdoor living and pool industry, spring doesn’t ease in slowly. It arrives all at once. The weather breaks, homeowners start thinking about backyard projects and suddenly the ...
Why Choose NORDOT Adhesives?
High “Green Strength”, one-part, easy to use, installer-friendly. NORDOT® Adhesives have a unique and very important property called “Green Strength” (grab/tack as opposed to oily/slippery). This gives an adhesive the ability to hold two surfaces together when first contacted and before (still ‘green’) the adhesive develops its ultimate bonding properties when ...
Registration opens for 2026 Slag Cement School in Wilmington, Delaware
The school will include educational presentations on slag cement use in concrete construction, sustainable resources available and other presentations on the benefits of slag cement use. The Slag Cement Association (SCA) is pleased to announce that registration is open for the fifth annual Slag Cement School in Wilmington, Delaware, on ...
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