SUNDEK Welcomes Chris Klemaske as Director of Commercial Development
Chris Klemaske joins SUNDEK in Arlington, Texas as Director of Commercial Development. Where she will continue her role as an industry leader working with designers, architects and commercial developers on projects nationwide.
Chris began her construction career 32 years ago as an office administrator for Klemaske Brothers Concrete, Inc. She recognized early on that it was a male dominated industry at the time and decided she was interested in pursuing the restoration side of Decorative Concrete.
In 1990, Chris started her own decorative concrete restoration company called, Classic Concrete Care. Here she empowered other women to get involved in the industry and worked side by side in the field with her team cleaning and resealing decorative concrete finishes throughout the San Diego area.
For the last 19 years, Chris worked for T. B. Penick & Sons Innovative Concrete Services Group working directly with owners, developers and public officials, as well as designers, architects and artists on the creation and execution of decorative concrete projects. Chris was instrumental in the design and execution of decorative concrete projects ranging from public art to structural, architectural and infrastructural works. She has contributed to the renovation of the Coney Island Boardwalk in New York; Numerous Sea World projects in San Diego, The Annenberg Visitors Center, The Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City, The Atlanta Botanical Gardens in Georgia recognized as the WOW Award for DCC in 2018, The San Diego International Airport, which to date is the largest Decorative Concrete and Terrazzo project ever installed for T. B. Penick Innovative Concrete Systems Group, as well as many other iconic projects over the years.
Along with her many career accomplishments, Chris is a champion for the architectural concrete industry and a sought-after industry spokesperson. She served as the First Women National Director for the Decorative Concrete Council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC). She also became the First Women President for the San Diego Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). She belonged to the National Association of Women in Construction and sits on the ASCC’s Sustainability Committee and Public Relations Committee. In 2016 Chris was featured on the cover of Concrete Construction Magazine where they recognized her as one of the Most Influential People in the Construction Industry. She belonged to the National Organization of Women in Construction; and previously served on the board of ACE and the AGC Build & Serve Committee. In 2019 Chris became the First Women to be elected to the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) Board of Directors.
Throughout her 32-year career in the industry, Chris has broken many barriers for women in the industry. She has been a tireless advocate for women in the building trades and a promoter of the Decorative Concrete Industry as a structural form that melds together art, design, architectural integrity and functionality. SUNDEK is both excited and proud to add Chris to our growing and talented SUNDEK Nation family.
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