By Tom McNall
If you’re downtown and a man comes up to you in an overcoat offering to sell you a watch, are you really expecting to get a Rolex for the $10 he’s pitching? And if you actually do expect to get a Rolex for a sawbuck, then have I got a deal for you: Ever thought about owning some oceanfront property (post-earthquake) in Arizona?
By K. Schipper
DUNDIS, Ont. – If you’ve never heard of NaturStone Corp., you’re not alone. However, company officials believe 2007 is changing all that, as they’re poised to make a series of big splashes in the block, cast polymer and engineered-stone markets.
By Donny Taylor
You’ve seen all the new gadgets and technologies in stoneworking. You drooled over the new robots and CNC routers. So … now what?
In the journalism game, there’s a not-so-popular genre of editorial writing that’s long on honesty and short on appeal. It’s called an eat-your-beans piece, and – when it comes to describing current economic conditions – it’s a hard line to resist.
Editor’s note: Last month, Jason Nottestad began his list of the tools he has on hand for transporting pieces and getting them level during an installation. This month, he finishes up with the gear he uses to complete a job.
By K. Schipper
Client: Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
Engineering/ Project Consultant: Atlantic Engineering Services, Pittsburgh
Client’s Representative: LLI/CMI Construction, Wexford, Pa.
Restoration Contractor: Young Restoration Company Inc., Carnegie, Pa.
PITTSBURGH – Steel built this city, but it also gave it a coat of soot that robbed the beautiful of its luster.
Hollis, N.H. – Five architects with a focus on green building will assist the Natural Stone Council (NSC) on sustainability issues.
By K. Schipper
Client: Denver Art Museum, Denver
Designers: Studio Daniel Libeskind, New York, and Davis Partnership Architects, Denver
General Contractor: M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis
Masonry Contractor: Ryan & Company Inc., Parker, Colo.
DENVER – Critics have called the new Frederic C. Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum a lightning bolt, a tour-de-force and the most-unusual building project in the last four decades. Inspired by the geology of the nearby Rocky Mountains and clad with 9,000 panels of titanium, it’s hard to dispute that this is a 21st-century building.
Before I bought an electric guitar and left the Boy Scouts for the rock-and-roll lifestyle, I learned the holy grail of scouting lessons: be prepared.
By Tom McNall
I tend to write a lot about money – collecting it, earning it, and placing a higher value on your services. Now I don’t want everyone out there to think that I’m a guy who can’t stand to see one penny go unattached. My hope is to drive home the point that while I don’t encourage greed, I don’t endorse people getting into this trade as unwitting non-profits.