Most Innovative Products Contest Announces Winners

Market Wire, March, 2008

The winners of Most Innovative Products contest have been announced. Each year, World of Concrete exhibitors submit products to compete in Hanley Wood's Most Innovative Products contest. This sixth annual event, sponsored by CONCRETE & MASONRY CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS, combines World of Concrete attendee voting with expert evaluations to give both Attendees' Choice and Experts' Choice awards to products exhibited at the show.

Entries this year were the highest ever with 145 products in 14 categories. Driving the increase was the success of the 2008 World of Concrete with more than 1,700 exhibitors, and 84,000 attendees.

Winners will be published in the March/April 2008 issue of CONCRETE & MASONRY CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS, as well as in post-show issues of CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, MASONRY CONSTRUCTION, and THE CONCRETE PRODUCER; and online at CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION online, MASONRY CONSTRUCTION Online and THE CONCRETE PRODUCER Online.

The 2008 Most Innovative Products winners and their products are:

Business Tools
Attendees' Choice: PocketClock/G, Exaktime
Experts' Choice: Bluebeam PDF Revu, Bluebeam Software Inc.

Concrete Delivery
Attendees' Choice: SRS Washout System, Slurry Recycle Solutions
Attendees' Choice: Mayco - Hose-O, Multiquip Inc.
Experts' Choice: Cart-Away Supply / MixKing, Cart-Away Supply

Concrete Making Materials
Attendees' Choice & Experts' Choice: Geofoam SP, Cellular Concrete

Concrete Production Equipment
Attendees' Choice: Easymix 1.0, Liebherr Concrete Technology
Experts' Choice: Elite II Fiber Dispenser System, VM Fiber Feeders Inc.

Construction Supplies
Attendees' Choice: Joint Free Slabs Crack Inducer System, Joint Free Slabs
Pty. Ltd.
Experts' Choice: CoreFlex Thermoplastic Waterproofing Membrane, CETCO -
Building Materials Group

Decorative
Attendees' Choice: Masterworks, Pathway Polymers Inc.
Experts' Choice: One Day Floors, One Day Floors

Demolition and Repair
Attendees' Choice: Matrix Diamond Saw Blades, Deer King Industrial &
Trading Co. Ltd.
Experts' Choice: P.A.M. Positioner-Actuator, RNP Industries

Equipment
Attendees' Choice: Pettibone Traverse T10056, Pettibone
Experts' Choice: Striker 1500, Shotless Technologies Inc.

Formwork
Attendees' Choice: Corner Bracket Form, Reward Wall Systems
Experts' Choice: Eliminator, Precise Forms Inc.

Masonry Materials
Attendees' Choice: Rebar-Lok for 8-inch and 12-inch Block, Polylok Inc.
Experts' Choice: Mortairvent, Advanced Building Products Inc.

Masonry Tools and Equipment
Attendees' Choice: Hog Leg Wall Bracing System, EZ Grout Corp.
Experts' Choice: Mix-N-Place, Push Button Masonry

Placement and Finishing
Attendees' Choice: Super Saddle, G&S Super Saddle
Attendees' Choice: Curb Roller, Curb Roller Mfg.
Experts' Choice: Finishing Slicks, Concrete Innovations

Tools
Attendees' Choice: The Striker, DaveCo Industries
Experts' Choice: 4-Bolt Adjustable Template, Bolt-Rite Products/Div. of
Northwest Plastics
Experts' Choice: Kestrel 4300 Construction Weather Tracker, Kestrel Pocket
Weather Meters

Other
Attendees' Choice: ACI Concrete Knowledge Center, American Concrete
Institute
Experts' Choice: Cast In Place Window Well System, Western Forms Inc.
Experts' Choice: Flexible Bed Spiked Shoes, Midwest Rake Co.

About Hanley Wood

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