European Stone Masonry, Raleigh, N.C.
By K. Schipper
RALEIGH, N.C. – Joe Valles is definitely an old-school mason – but he’s also wielding a keyboard as deftly as a chisel.
Author: Administrator
JobSight: Residence Hall, Chicago
By K. Schipper
CHICAGO – The University of Chicago is a story in contrasts: an institution with an Ivy League reputation, but located in the broad-shouldered metropolis of the Midwest.
Straight from the Shop: Marble’s Not Scary
For the last decade, marble hasn’t been all that popular as granite became more affordable than ever. Granite’s ease of maintenance and scratch resistance made it easy for buyers to leave marble in the dust.
Facing Faucet Facts
If you work on enough countertop projects, it’s inevitable that a faucet situation will pop up at the end of a job and ruin your day.
Mickey Mouse Training
By Tom McNall
There comes a moment in every business owner’s life when it’s time to hand over the reins. Starting tomorrow, let someone else do the task that put you in the very position you’re at today.
May 2010
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MATERIALS
LIMESTONE PANEL
Neocantera Board S.A. de C.V., Mexico City introduces Light Stone Wall Neocantera, a natural limestone-faced product offered in 4” X 8” X 5/8”, 100-lbs panels in three colors (piñon, black and pink). The non-flammable panels offers superior acoustic insulation, and can be fixed to a variety of surfaces using common construction tools and screws/adhesives.
Contact: Neocantera, +52-15-55-6876060
1Q U.S. Granite Imports Up 45%+
First-quarter (1Q) 2010 U.S. imports of granite slabs, tiles and other dimensional products increased by more than 45 percent from the same period last year.
PIEDRA 2010: Seeing The Light
By Paul Daniel
MADRID – This year´s PIEDRA exhibition, held from May 5-8, ended up smaller than previous editions, but still showed plenty of interest on an international scale.
Carrara: ’09 U.S. Imports Stumble
CARRARA, Italy – An upcoming study of worldwide dimensional stone shows a tonnage drop by more than 10 percent from 2007 to 2009.
Cold Spring Offers BIM Data
COLD SPRING, Minn. – Architects, designers and builders will get a hand in selecting natural stone from Cold Spring Granite with its new online library of Building Information Modeling (BIM) families.