Exhibit 99

Dayton Superior Corporation Announces Notes Exchange Offer

    DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2004--Dayton Superior
Corporation today announced an offer to exchange up to $165.0 million
in aggregate principal amount of its 10-3/4% Series B Senior Second
Secured Notes due 2008, which have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for its outstanding unregistered
10-3/4% Series A Senior Second Secured Notes due 2008.
    The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on March 29, 2004, unless Dayton Superior Corporation, in its sole
discretion, decides to extend the exchange offer.
    The exchange agent for the exchange offer is The Bank of New York,
Attention: Corporate Trust Operations, Reorganization Unit, 101
Barclay Street - 7 East, New York, NY 10286. For information by
telephone, call (212) 815-1915.
    Dayton Superior Corporation is the largest North American
manufacturer and distributor of metal accessories and forms used in
concrete construction and metal accessories used in masonry
construction and has an expanding construction chemicals business. The
Company's products, which are marketed under the Dayton Superior(R),
Dayton/Richmond(R), Symons(R), American Highway Technology(R) and
Dur-O-Wal(R) names, among others, are used primarily in two segments
of the construction industry: non-residential buildings and
infrastructure construction projects.

    CONTACT: Dayton Superior Corporation, Dayton
             Edward J. Puisis, 937-428-7172
             Fax: 937-428-9115