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Free Form & Theme Plastering : "Free-form" plastering is the art of creating any form from nature or your imagination out of lath and plaster. "Theme" plastering is the creation of a specific effect or theme, often using a combination of free-form plastering, EIFS, Stucco and other plastering systems combined to create an all encompassing "theme". Examples of these systems can be seen at amusement parks, casinos, theatres and shopping malls all across North America. Some notable examples would be the Disney Theme Parks and all along the Las Vegas Strip.

Free Form & Theme Plastering

"Free-form" plastering is the art of creating any form from nature or ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 8:54am PST

Heavy & Highway Concrete :

Heavy & Highway Concrete

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 7:09am PST

Historic Restoration and Ornamental Plaster : Ornamental plaster has been used to decorate architecture for thousands of years. The process involves the creation and installation of detailed castings and molds, often set in complicated geometric patters, to enhance and enrich a buildings design. The preservation and restoration of our architectual treasures is a mainstay of the members of the OPCMIA.

Historic Restoration and Ornamental Plaster

Ornamental plaster has been used to decorate architecture for thousand ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 8:56am PST

Decorative Concrete :

Decorative Concrete

Updated: Feb 25, 2008 10:36am PST

Interior Gypsum Plaster : Interior Gypsum Plaster systems run the gambit from one-coat veneer finishes to cadillac three-coat systems that involve a scratch, brown and finish component. Gypsum is fire resistent, has excellent acoustic properties, and has unlimited design potential. Used in an interior application where the system is protected from moisture, gypsum will provide a durable and beautiful surface not for decades, but for centuries. Veneer systems provide the surface durability of "real" plaster while maintaining a lower labor cost comparable to high-end drywall. Interior Gypsum plaster is commonly used in schools, hospitals, security facilities, and anywhere a beautiful, fire resistent, and highly durable wall system is required.

Interior Gypsum Plaster

Interior Gypsum Plaster systems run the gambit from one-coat veneer fi ...

Updated: Jan 23, 2008 3:37pm PST

Flatwork Concrete :

Flatwork Concrete

Updated: Feb 25, 2008 10:37am PST

Portland Cement Plaster : Portland Cement Plaster, also commonly referred to as "Stucco", is a highly durable and water resistent wall system. A commonly used throughout the world as an exterior wall treatment, it is also used under tile and anywhere on the interior of a structure where moisture prevents gypsum or other water sensative materials from being used. The portland cement plaster system has unlimited design potential and is often the system of choice for the exterior of homes, shopping centers, hospitals, schools and office buildings everywhere.

Portland Cement Plaster

Portland Cement Plaster, also commonly referred to as "Stucco", is a h ...

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 7:19am PST

Commercial Concrete :

Commercial Concrete

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 8:54am PST

Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS) : Exterior Insulation Finish System, commonly referred to as "EIFS". EIFS is an elaborate wall "system" combining the use of EPS insulating foam board and acrylic polymers into a plaster wall, creating a system that adds insulating "R-value" to the wall and at the same time offering vibrant color choices, creative use of shapes and enrichments, and unlimited design potential. The system can be offered installed on site or as a prefabricated panel system. Special effect to imitate brick, stone, and marble are additional benefits both of exterior and interio use.

Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS)

Exterior Insulation Finish System, commonly referred to as "EIFS". EI ...

Updated: Dec 28, 2007 7:22am PST

Concrete Repair :

Concrete Repair

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 8:21am PST

Fireproofing : Fireproofing is an essential building component in high-rise office building and anywhere the integrity of a structure could be compromised by the heat generated during a fire. The system can be provided by a variety of cementious or miner fiber based materials. it is commly applied onsite using mechanical spray equipment, but can also be hand applied and part of a prefabrication process. The system provides an additional layer of protection in th event of a fire which could weaken the steel support of a structure, the material disapates the heat, permitting additional time for the evacuation of occupants and efforts of firefighters to contain a fire.

Fireproofing

Fireproofing is an essential building component in high-rise office bu ...

Updated: Jan 31, 2008 2:17pm PST

Curb & Gutter :

Curb & Gutter

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 8:17am PST

Specialty & Colored Finishes : Plasterers have been adding color to plaster materials for centuries. Some of the most beautiful marble walls and columns you may have seen throughout Europe, may very well be examples of colored plaster system such as scagolia. Colored plaster finishes such as colored gypsum veneer and aged lime based venetian plasters have drawn wide acclaim and use because of their unique properties, rich in design potential. With these system, the plasterer can truly create a uniqe one of a kind piece of art to adorn an office, theatre or home.

Specialty & Colored Finishes

Plasterers have been adding color to plaster materials for centuries. ...

Updated: Jan 23, 2008 5:53am PST

Residential Concrete :

Residential Concrete

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 8:52am PST

Motion Picture & Special Effects : From the earliest days of the motion picture industry, OPCMIA plasterers, shop hands, sculptors, and mold and model-makers have been helping the motion picture industry work it's magic and entertain a world of fans. Our members help to create movie and television sets, they create origional scuptures to replicate works of art and other scenery effects, they even made the mold to reproduce Mr. Spoke's ears from Star Trek. From Disney to Sony, from MGM to Universal; the men and women who help these studios build the back lot streets where your favorite chase scene is filmed, and make the monster masks from your favorite horror flick; these are all products from the hands of proud members of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Associaiton.

Motion Picture & Special Effects

From the earliest days of the motion picture industry, OPCMIA plastere ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2008 1:05pm PST

Industrial Concrete :

Industrial Concrete

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 8:43am PST

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