38th & Holly

SEMA Construction hired The Art of Concrete to tackle an innovative decorative concrete design for a drop structure at 38th & Holly. Instead of utilizing shotcrete or grouted boulders, the Landscape Architects at Stream Design utilized architectural concrete finishes to create this storm water improvement at 38th & Holly in Denver, CO.

INNOVATION

When The Art of Concrete opened its doors in 2017 they met with Stream Design early on about some of the ideas to create a more beautiful and functional drop structures to help not only enhance the storm water design, but also to bring extra value to the neighborhood. Together they came up with concrete finishes that can tie together nicely in a tiered design and encourage the flow of storm water. With a combination of Grasscrete, stamped concrete, exposed aggregate and stained concrete, The Art of Concrete installed the new decorative concrete drop structure.

Monolithically cast-in-place Grasscrete provides the plant's growth and harmonizes the hardscape and soft scape.

sustainability

By utilizing Grasscrete, the project incorporated a pervious concrete element to the paving. Grasscrete is a continuously reinforced monolithically cast-in-place concrete solution that allows water to flow through and plants to grow within the pavement.

Uncolored Stamped concrete and exposed aggregate concrete finishes are cost-effective and have decorative quality.

REsults

By incorporating different concrete finishes but utilizing uncolored concrete as the base of all of the paving, The Art of Concrete was able to provide cost-effective, yet decorative concrete to this City and County of Denver Public Works project.

AWARD WINNING JOB

This custom decorative concrete drainage structure received Second Place in the 2020 Decorative Concrete Council Awards Program in the category of “Multiple Applications: Under 5000 SF”.