2011 winners best commercial
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DECKING AROUND, INC.
Picnic Pool Table
Project Location: Napa, California
Total Retail Price: $10,000
Weight: Table top = 420 lbs; benches = 120 lbs each; table & bench seat supports = 640 lbs
Concrete Mix: Table top is NeoMix D-FRC tinted green with color quartz sand. Table base is NeoMixD-FRC acid-stained to replicate wood texture. Bench seats are custom GFRC mix.
Turn-around time: approximately 3 weeks
Design + Fabrication Team: Jason Lund, Mike Phillips, Tommy T. Cook, David Jefferson
TAKING A CUE
David Jefferson’s Picnic Pool Table was awarded Best Commercial/Retail in the 2011 CHENG Concrete Circle of Distinction Design Challenge by judges Fu-Tung Cheng, designer (Cheng Design, Cheng Products, CHENG Concrete), Robert Brunner, industrial designer (Ammunition Group, Fuego), and Dan Gregory, editor and author (Houseplans.com).
Taking his cue from the business that commissioned the table, Jefferson, president of Decking Around, Inc. of Napa, California, created an outdoor picnic table that serves not only as a gathering place for customers, but also as a conversation piece. People who see the table marvel that, though it looks like a conventional billiard table it is, in fact, made entirely of concrete.
Project Objective and Client Feedback
The owners of a billiard establishment wanted to turn their patio area into a beer garden where customers could enjoy their favorite food and drink outdoors. The table created by Decking Around exactly fit the bill. “The owners of Billcos Billiards were really surprised and, now that it has been in service, they really like the easy maintenance and function of the table,” says Jefferson.
