Taking on the Sub Jobs
While fabrication is the focus of most stone shops, there’s a profitable – and challenging – sideline with installing tops as a subcontractor.
Author: Administrator
Truths My Father Told Me
By Tom McNall
The following is adapted from my book From Mops to Tops, and based on a chapter dedicated to certain proverbs that my father (may he R.I.P.) sounded into my soul over the years and helped me become the man I am today. So, to Mr. Franklin James McNall, this one’s for you.
New Silestone® Website
NEW YORK – Silestone® launched its new website, www.silestoneusa.com, along with a new online video today.
StatWatch: October 2010
Granite’s recovery at the start of Fourth Quarter 2010 is robust; although marble is in the doldrums and travertine is declining from a peak in mid-summer. Other calcareous, meanwhile, is just plain wacky.
ASLA 2011 Awards Competition Open (Dec. 8)
WASHINGTON – It’s time to start thinking about submitting entries for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 2011 awards.
Alpha® Taps Contest Winner
OAKLAND, N.J. — Turboshine is the new name for a polishing system from Alpha Professional Tools®.
New Cosentino N’America CEO
NEW YORK – Eduardo Cosentino is the new CEO for Cosentino North America.
MIA: Leadership Training
By James A. Hieb
DALLAS — Housing starts will recover by the end of 2012, according to a presentation at this year’s Marble Institute of America (MIA) Leadership Workshop.
November 2010
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MATERIALS
GRANITE
Marmi Bruno Zanet, Volargne de Dolce, Italy, introduces Stonewood-Palomino, a superexotic with brown/gold/sand chromatic lines with a dominant cream or smoky cream dilution. The company also introduces Mother Pearl, a refined quartzite with a clear luminous-like base and ochre stripes.
Contact: Marmi Bruno Zanet, +39-45-6861706
QUARTZ SURFACE
Daltile, Dallas, relaunches its ONE™ Quartz line of slabs and tiles with 24 new colors and two new collections: Micro Flecks with fine-grain detail, and Geo Flecks reflecting granite and limestone graining. All of the line’s 30 colors are available in 120” X 55” slabs with a polished finish; Collected Shells, Harvest Grains, Charcoal Sketch, Woven Wool, Star Gazer and Cancun Beach are in stock in 12” X 12” polished tiles, with all colors available on custom order in various tile sizes up to 24” X 24” and finishes of semi-polished, honed, leather and sandblasted.
Contact: Daltile, 800-933-8453
Becker’s Blog #11: Holidays @ Home
Editor’s note: Joe Becker continues his report on the natural-stone segment of the St. Joseph Cathedral restoration in Sioux Falls, S.D.