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Industry News
16 | www.ConcreteDecor.net | Dec. ’07/Jan. ’08
Cheng Concrete opens training
facility in Atlanta
The Cheng Concrete Training Academy has
announced a nationwide expansion, starting with
a facility located in Atlanta, Ga., called the Cheng
Center of Excellence – Atlanta.
This new training facility will offer the
curriculum developed by author and designer Fu-
Tung Cheng and his team of concrete professionals,
starting with the Essentials Workshop, a oneday
seminar imparting the basics of concrete
countertop design and education. The Essentials
Workshop is offered on a convenient, monthly
basis at the Cheng Center of Excellence – Atlanta as
of Jan. 5, 2008. According to a Cheng news release,
the professional concrete countertop industry
is growing at a particularly rapid pace in the
Southeast, second only to the California market,
which is considered the birthplace of the concrete
countertop industry.
The Cheng Center of Excellence – Atlanta is
headed by David Akers, a Cheng-certifi ed designer
and fabricator of custom concrete products. After
Mix equipment company debuts franchises
Cart-Away Concrete Systems Inc., a supplier
of concrete mixing equipment, is rolling out Cart-
Away Supply store franchises.
Cart-Away has relationships with rental and
landscape yards around the country that are
being leveraged to benefi t new Cart-Away Supply
franchisees.
starting his career as a designer and builder of
high-end cabinets, he designed and fabricated his
fi rst concrete countertop in 1972. He continued
working with concrete while spending years in
bridge design, engineering and construction. More
recently, he owned and managed a successful
fi rm in the Atlanta area specializing in the design
and development of medical facilities. His newest
endeavor, Amelia Concrete Fusion, which provides
design, fabrication, and installation of custom
concrete products for residential and commercial
use, will serve as the southeastern headquarters for
the Cheng Center.
The Cheng Center in Atlanta is the fi rst of
many Cheng training facilities expected to open
across the United States over the course of the
next year. By attending any of the Cheng Concrete
Training Academy classes (Essentials Training,
Advanced Training Seminar, and Concrete
Countertop Fabricator Training) individuals can
start becoming fully schooled in the Cheng design
aesthetic.
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Cart-Away Supply franchisees will receive
exclusive use of an advanced line of concrete batch
plants and mixing trailers designed to give these
locations a competitive advantage in established
markets.
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