ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s a mix of old and new for educational offerings at Coverings 2010 next month.
While the program on April 27-30 at the Orange County Convention Center features perennial favorites among the 20 or so stone-specific sessions, this year’s lineup also includes new presentations on topics such as best practices and sustainability.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
There’s a motto for many in our trade: Friends don’t let friends buy laminate.
And, before all of you and the world, I must confess that I have failed.
By K. Schipper
Getting a piece of the custom-fabrication market may only be a tabletop negotiation away – if you’re prepared to make the table.
By K. Schipper
STAMFORD, Conn. – Mix Old World craftsmanship with American confidence – along with European sophistication and Yankee entrepreneurship – and you’ve got the recipe that’s driven successful U.S. small businesses in this country for generations.
Add in multiple family members and employees willing to do whatever it takes to get a stone job done – including ‘round-the-clock work to honor installation commitments – and you’ll find Dushi Marble & Granite LLC (DMG).
By Claire Santry
LONDON – Following a £4.5 million ($6.4 million) restoration project, the world’s tallest free-standing stone column – the Monument – reopened here early last year to those willing and able to climb 311 Pooil Vaanish limestone steps for what’s arguably the most-outstanding view of the British capital.
By Cameron DeMille
I recently received an email from a good friend of mine in Arizona who also happens to be a materials supplier for our industry. A homeowner contacted him about having a granite countertop repaired, and asked if there was anyone he could recommend. Since I live about an hour-and-a-half away, I got the call.
The definition of a well-measured job, and what a “good measurement” is worth, is going to vary from templater to templater and company to company.
By Tom McNall
I’ve mentioned before that a lot of new people in the stone-restoration trade are from the janitorial and carpet-cleaning industry. I get a lot of routine questions from many of these that have supposedly been in the business a long time, and I hear quite a few contemplate leaving the business.
SAN DIEGO — James Boland, a mason with a background in stone, became the new president today of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC).
CLEVELAND — Dimension Stone Anchorage Theory, Practice & Components is the newest technical bulletin available online from the Marble Institute of America (MIA).