Author: Emerson Schwartzkopf

JobSight

Denver Art Museum, Denver

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.

Spall

Cable Tie

By Emerson Schwartzkopf

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life. – Oscar Wilde
It’s a pity that Oscar didn’t live to see television. Then again, he might’ve wished that some statements – even his own – shouldn’t be proven true.

The Installer

So Take My Job ….

(Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series on starting a templating service.)
You’ve established yourself as a templater/installer. You’ve purchased an electronic templating system and learned how to use it. You’ve even got a few fabricators who are willing to give you a job to try out your service.
What’s the next step? What do you need to do to turn a promising start into a profitable and long-term enterprise?

Clean Perspective

Neutral Parties (May 2007)

By Tom McNall 

One of the frequent calls I get in today’s explosion of commercial stone-flooring applications is, “We have this blotchy white look to the floor,” or something along those lines. I’ve heard it so often that I’ve given it a name: White Floor Phenomena (WFP).

 

Company Press

People: April 2007

• Northwood Machine Manufacturing Co. expands its Stoneworks Division with Robbie Tidwell as sales and marketing manager. Tidwell, who’s been with the Louisville, Ky.-based company since 1992, holds extensive industry experience, including operation of his own CNC-equipped cabinet shop, as well as regional sales and customer support management.
Northwood also appoints Anthony Crain and Bryan Johnson as application engineers responsible for the operation of the state-of-the-art Northwood Education and Research Center, which expands and facilitates technology transfer from the company to its customers. The company also adds Leanne Hernandez as director of marketing; she joins the company after providing marketing services to Northwood for several years on an independent basis.

Briefs

News Briefs May 2007

• Granite City Tool Co. launches www.cnctooladvice.com, an Internet forum for total advice on CNC needs. The Waite Park, Minn., company will offer the expertise of Tom Dingmann, CNC sales/purchasing manager; Marty White, CNC division manager and former U.S. national sales manager for Tyrolit-Vincent tools; Doug Fanning, CNC specialist with 15 years of machine experience; Ben Jensen, CNC specialist and former CNC application engineer for Komo Machine; and John “Rock” Davis, Midwest CNC Tool Specialist and leader of Granite City’s hand-on fabrication seminars.

Spall

Blue-Light Basalt?

By Emerson Schwartzkopf 

“Send a guy out to get some bread and milk, and what does he come back with? A new marble floor, Mabel! A new marble floor!”
No, they’re not selling Rosso Verona right next to the Slim Jim® Hots down at the local convenience store. Getting stone to the front door isn’t that easy – yet.

Conventions / Expos

StonExpo East Marks First Year

ATLANTA – The inaugural StonExpo East pulled in more than 3,500 people involved in the trade during its run on March 24-27 at the Georgia World Congress Center.
The show drew a total attendance of 3,688 stone professionals to see 216 exhibiting companies in over 83,000 net ft(2) of exhibit space.