The relationship between a fabricator and the template/install crew can be an orderly and mutually beneficial if it’s based on cooperation, an open communication channel and a well-defined set of operating procedures.
It can also be the opposite: a tension-filled, adversarial relationship with ambiguous or condescending communication, lots of finger-pointing, and inconsistent fabrication from one job to the next.
By Tom McNall
I get many e-mails and calls asking for standard procedures for stone restoration. They want to know times per-square foot, and hard-and-fast procedures for each and every stone.
VERONA, Italy – Clients can get a truer feel for the look of natural stone in custom jobs, as provided by new software co-developed by Marmi Bruno Zanet.
ST. MICHAEL, Minn. – A familiar name in the waterjet market – Calypso – will appear again soon, but under new ownership.
BOWIE, Md. – A group of talented newcomers to the trowel trades won notice late last month during competitions at the International Masonry Institute (IMI).
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – Consolidated Diamond, a longtime stone-tooling brand, is coming back to the market.
CLEVELAND – Four leading interior design associations now recognize CEU (continuing education units) credits being offered by the Marble Institute of America (MIA).
The History
Minnesota is often called a “fly-over” state, but the Minneapolis/St. Paul area comprises the country’s 16th largest urban area, even though the two cities are separate and completely different. I suppose the fly-over thing also comes from the stigma that it’s a nice place to visit, with many friendly people of German and Norwegian decent, but too cold to live there (and the Vikings can never win the big game).
One bright spot shines brilliantly in a stew of gloomy import numbers. It may look good, but don’t start the brass band until an occasional good number becomes a trend.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Braxton-Bragg LLC will be offering the Concrete Grinding & Polishing seminar on November 19-20.