Unlock Your Potential: Elevate Your Craft with our Exclusive Concrete Workshops!

Are you ready to take your concrete craftsmanship to the next level? Buckle up because we have some thrilling news for you! We're ecstatic to announce three additional workshop dates for 2024, including two workshops we haven't offered in years: Fabric-Forming and Furniture Design. It's time to seize the opportunity and invest in yourself because, as they say, you only live once!

Let's dive into the exciting lineup of workshops we have scheduled:

THE BASICS: OUR FUNDAMENTAL CONCRETE WORKSHOP

• Dates: February 10-11, 2024 & September 28-29, 2024

• Location: Goddard, KS, USA

Are you new to the world of concrete crafting? Look no further! C.D.S. is renowned for its advanced training, but now we're bringing it back to basics with a beginner's class. Led by our highly skilled instructors with over two decades of experience, this comprehensive 1.5-day workshop covers everything from templating to installation proficiency. Get ready to lay a strong foundation for your concrete journey and unlock endless possibilities in the industry!

THE CONCRETE HERO’S QUEST

• Dates: May 1-3, 2024

• Location: Napa, CA, USA

Ready to embark on a heroic journey in concrete crafting? Join us in beautiful Napa, California, for a 2.5-day hands-on workshop designed to elevate your skills to the next level. Led by experienced instructors, you'll learn advanced mold making techniques and gain insights into pricing, sales, marketing, and more. Don't miss this golden opportunity to become a hero in your field!

FABRIC-FORMING CONCRETE SINK + GFRC WORKSHOP

• Dates: June 21-23, 2024

• Location: Goddard, KS, USA

Experience the pinnacle of concrete craftsmanship at our Fabric-Forming Concrete Sink + GFRC Workshop! With over 19 years of expertise, we offer exclusive access to invaluable insights and hands-on training in fabric-forming and GFRC techniques. Shape the world with your own hands and create custom pieces of unparalleled strength and beauty!

FURNITURE DESIGN WORKSHOP

• Dates: August 16-18, 2024

• Location: Goddard, KS, USA

Ready to unleash your creativity and design timeless pieces of furniture? Join us for an immersive 2.5-day workshop led by Brandon Gore, the visionary behind Gore Design Co. and Hard Goods. This workshop isn't just about crafting furniture—it's an expedition into creativity and exploration. Invest in yourself, elevate your skills, and unlock your full potential in this transformative journey!

Don't sit on your hands, seize the opportunity to up your game in 2024! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced craftsman, there's something for everyone in our exclusive workshops. Join our community of passionate craftsmen and take the first step towards a promising future in the world of concrete crafting. Reserve your spot now and let's elevate our craft together!

Be Profitable in 2020 Making Concrete!

Owning and operating a decorative pre-cast concrete company is the dream that many of us have, but being profitable in this business is elusive to the vast majority of folks that try their hand at it. The failure rate each year for decorative concrete start-ups is over 50%, and that number increases in the second and third year of business. But why is that?

The short answer is that Concrete is Hard. Knowing how to mix concrete isn’t enough, you need to know how to market yourself, price your product, and avoid pitfalls that can make or break a concrete company.

You can’t learn these hard-fought lessons from training programs in which the trainers themselves do not own or operate successful businesses. You also won’t learn these skills from “guest trainers” that have only been in the game for a year or two. Concrete Design School is the only training program in which all the curriculum is taught by long-standing proven concrete business owners. Our 3 trainers have more than 50 years of combined industry experience, practical knowledge that will give you a competitive advantage in your local market.

If you want to stand a fighting chance at not being a statistic join us this February 24-29 in Eureka Springs, AR, USA for the Pinnacle Concrete Camp, the first of only 2 training events we’ll conduct in 2020. We are capping the class at 30 attendees and it is already more than half full. This training event is 6 days of the absolute finest and most relevant training available anywhere in the world - in fact, it is the only place you will learn these skills. We hope to see you this Spring! 

The September 2018 All-In Workshop & Fabric-Forming Workshop are SOLD OUT! You can still get into the Dusty-Crete and Post-Tensioning Workshop!

As anticipated the September 2018 'All-In Workshop' and 'Fabric-Forming Workshop' are officially SOLD-OUT! As of 8:00am this morning there is 1 seat available in the 'Dusty-Crete Workshop' and 'Post-Tensioning Workshop'. They won't last long so NOW is the time to register and book your travel arrangements, the class is in 1 week! See you in Eureka Springs. 

Dusty-Crete Workshop is now scheduled for September 2018, and we have a special Reduced Rate Workshop Package for all three classes!

Well, we went and did it - we scheduled our THREE MOST POPULAR CLASSES IN A ONE WEEK PERIOD! Do you know what this means?! You can fly out to the beautiful Ozark Mountains and in one trip learn our best practices, techniques, and hard lessons gleaned from over 70,000 hours of success and failure. This is unprecedented, we've never offered these three workshops back-to-back, so if you want to get in, get to getting, it's time to register! You can register for the Dusty-Crete Workshop here, or you can register for the All-In Workshop here. We look forward to seeing you in September.

That's a wrap for INCEPTION, and now we're looking towards March 2018!

The INCEPTION Training Event was an overwhelming success! We had attendees from all over the world - South Africa, Pakistan, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, and of course the United States. It was truly a pleasure having this diverse, talented, and enthusiastic group in our studio for a week. 

Now that INCEPTION has passed we have been receiving emails asking when our next workshops will be HELD. We have scheduled the following two classes at our Eureka Springs, AR headquarters:

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2.5 Day Fabric-Forming Concrete Sink + GFRC Workshop, March 12-14, 2018, Eureka Springs, AR

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1.5 Day Post-Tensioned Concrete + Current Techniques Workshop, March 15-16, 2018, Eureka Springs, AR

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We will be scheduling a Dusty-Crete Workshop in Burns, TN and a workshop with Jon Schuler in Angels Camp, CA for the first quarter of 2018. Keep an eye on the website for the announcement of the dates. 

June 2017 just got hotter! Dusty-Crete & Fabric-Forming Concrete Sinks + GFRC Workshops are now scheduled!

Is it hot in here or is it the Dusty-Crete pieces coming out of the shops of previous attendees of the World Famous Dusty-Crete Workshops? It's only going to get hotter now that the next Dusty-Crete Workshop taught by Dusty Baker has been scheduled for June 8-10, 2017. Brandon Gore will be teaching the industry-leading 2.5 Day Fabric-Forming Sink + GFRC Workshop, June 5-7, 2017. For those industrious creative souls that wish to attend both, we're offering a special reduced rate! Join us in Burns, TN - bring your shades, sunscreen, and clothes you don't mind getting dirty!