“This is a Blog for those of us that have to get up and go to work every day.”
We specialize in structural concrete applications. We film it. We talk about it, and we write about the struggles of the day.
Documentary
Always articulate and RICH in visual imagery and description, here you can enjoy the real life documentary of Gold’s Concrete.
An Array of Content
Dive into our YouTube channel and meet some of the most qualified guys in the industry as they do all different applications of concrete. See up close and personal techniques on excavations, underpinning, form setting, concrete finishing and more. Dive into our blog and get behind the scenes on the filmmaking and video productions.
Our YouTube Channel
- Education: Watch and learn about various types of concrete installation from basic flat work to more technical applications such as crawl space conversions.
- Time Lapse: In just a few minutes watch a timelapse of a project that took over four months of blood, sweat and tears.
- Engagement: Have a question about something? Can’t get a straight answer? Drop a comment anywhere on our YouTube channel and get a response!
- Entertainment: Sometimes all this talk of technical work detail gets a little redundant, and we spin off to more amusing footage.
Our Blog
- Information: We share valuable information on topics that no one else is discussing, such as costs, issues on the job, and tricks of the trade. We are not afraid. Haha, that rhymed!
- Tool Reviews: We talk about the tools we use, what we like about them, what we don’t like about them, why we use them or why we don’t use them.
- Technology: We talk about the process of documenting and filmmaking, the lenses we use, the hiccups we encounter and the productions we turn out behind the scenes.
- Psychology: Far out from construction, huh? No, not really. Let’s talk about it… Real stuff, real talk.
Testimonial to Gold’s Concrete
Navigating Home Renovations: Acting as Your Own General Contractor
Over the past decade Gold’s Concrete has earned a local reputation in successful crawlspace conversions and other concrete applications. Gold regularly works with builders, engineers ad architects in determining the best practices and approaches for a basement dig out. He is called out to analyze and give practical advise on complex situations, and has been…
Construction Project Insights: Building a Strong Foundation for Success
We started the excavation of this new foundation in June of this year, 2024. The property is nestled in a beautiful neighborhood in South Denver, Colorado, just a few blocks southwest of Washington Park. The new foundation is attached to an existing building, so the excavation crew had to be extremely careful not to damage…
Cost of Complete Driveway Repair and Replacement in Westminster, Colorado
I was at the office one morning in mid August when I received a phone call from a young lady in Westminster, Colorado inquiring about the cost of a driveway repair. In the driveway there was cracking and uneven settling throughout that resulted in several trip hazards that both she and her husband had fallen…
Exploring the Meaning of Genesis 3:17-19: Condemnation to Work and the Power of Choice
Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake;In toil you shall eat of itAll the days of your life.Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,And you…
Finding Opportunity in Adversity: A Personal Journey
It was dreadfully cold in December as I stepped down into the snow covered trench and started to dig. Every muscle in my body was sore and it was difficult to move. Condensation freezes on the handles of all the work tools. When you use them, from the heat of your body, the ice melts…
Navigating the Building Permit Process: When, Why and Who
Wanting to make repairs or renovations to your home or property without a contractor’s education, and not knowing how to navigate the maze of bureaucratic steps in the administrative process can be frustrating and overwhelming. In this blog we’re going to answer some basic questions in the permit-pulling process, such as: Why do we need…
Concrete Application Techniques | Tool Reviews | Personal Development
Concrete Applications In this blog we talk about both simple and complex techniques for forming and finishing concrete, underpinning foundations, applying shotcrete, and more. We document the steps of these interesting jobs, and we provide useful information that can apply to any concrete application. For example, In Assessing The Feasibility of a Crawlspace Conversion, you…
Assessing The Feasibility of a Crawlspace Conversion
Have you ever wondered what it would take to dig out a basement beneath your home? It would be great to have the extra living space, but it’s difficult to get a straight answer when you’re looking at renovations. Once we assess the situation we can get a clearer understanding of just how much work…
Understanding Human Resilience: Frankl and Panzram’s Divergent Paths
I’d like to present two books from two very different protagonists with one major thing in common: they were both exposed to a degree of violence and brutality that most of us will never know. The reason I would like to present these two authors is because they each responded to unimaginably traumatic situations in…
Transitioning from Sony to Canon: Life lessons from a Camera Upgrade
I recently upgraded camera systems and changed from Sony to Canon for a few different reasons. My old Sony Lumix was just no longer performing the way it’s expected to, and the cost of repairing or refurbishing it would have exceeded the value of the camera itself. So I had to make the decision to…
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