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Concrete Realization

by Lexi Velasquez

AUSTIN - In a town of about 5,000 people, Managing Director Cory Hanneman and his team at element7concrete have built a multi-million dollar business in Granite Shoals, TX.

They service a 50-mile radius, but that does not stop the company from working out of state. The company has done work all over the country. “If it is a really special project we will go wherever, but we really try to dominate our local market,” said Hanneman.
    There are 26 full time employees who bring passion for the work, as does Hanneman and including their general manager who has been with the team for a couple of years. Hanneman recognizes his general manager and says he is “amazing and definitely thinks the same way I do.”
    Their vision for the future is to “scale more than to grow.” Right now they do jobs that have high attention to detail. The company installs stained and polished concrete flooring and industrial coating on both residential and commercial properties. “I figured buildings need to have floors and the most efficient coolest way to make a floor is to make something out of what is there, so that is what made me want to be in this kind of business,” said Hanneman. Read More….

Decorative Concrete Acts as a North Star for this Artisan

by Joe Maty

Decorative concrete is more than an occupation or a career for Cory Hanneman. It gave him direction at a time when he needed a compass.

“Decorative concrete utterly changed my life,” says Hanneman. “Until I was inspired by this trade, I was a classic underachiever. It was 2006, and I was in my sixth or seventh year of undergraduate studies of mathematics at the University of Nevada. I was nearly pulling straight A’s but had no reason why.”

By that time Hanneman had married a nice girl from Texas, had two young children, and “urgently needed to figure out what I was going to do when I grew up.” Read More…

Installing Concrete Patios: An Interview with Cory Hanneman

by Texas Homes For Sale

We started in 2006 as new owners of Texas Etch and Score Inc. Our passion was to make interior floors of foundation slabs that would never wear out or go out of style. In 2007 we acquired element7concrete as a concrete countertop making division; and in 2008, we combined operations under the element7concrete brand.

After stamping, staining, scoring, and sealing hundreds of outdoor living areas that were not poured correctly in the first place, we started our placement division in 2014 to control the quality from the beginning to the end. Read More…

On the shores of Lake LBJ, a Texan and his wife finally find the perfect pasture.

by Allyn Calton

A warm breeze blows gently across the rolling hills, tugging at the leaves of the tall oak trees and caressing the lavender-colored fields bursting with bluebonnets. The soothing sound of water cascading down a natural creek bed is occasionally punctuated by the neighing of horses. Relaxing on their limestone porch, John and Nancy Loftis gaze out across the lush, bucolic countryside. “There’s no place like the Texas Hill Country,” says Nancy. “This is exactly where we want to be.” Read More…