By K. Schipper
LANSING, Mich. – What do you get when you take a high-visibility $70 million construction project, put it on a fast-track schedule, begin the bid process before construction documents are finished, and then condense the construction schedule still further?
By Gregg Wallis
Recently, I read an article on the Web about Granite Industries of Vermont and its contract for the stonework for Arlington National Cemetery. In the story, the company was creating a headstone for Captain Michael Tarlavsky. Unfortunately, I had a greater connection to this story than just the industry I’ve been involved in for more than seven years.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
While it may be hard to fathom for those of us in the trade, stone isn’t the first choice of majority of consumers looking for a new way to top a counter. Trying to explain this odd behavior leads to plenty of factors, including price, availability and the grumpiness of the estimator.
LOS ANGELES – Scott Lardner of Rocky Mountain Stone Co. in Albuquerque, N.M, is the president of the Marble Institute of America Inc. (MIA)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A new stone trade group is taking shape for 2006.
The International Stone Institute, announced in mid-September, will address needs of stone designers, fabricators, installers, and maintenance/restoration professionals, according to Fred Hueston, executive director of the new group.
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – A planned memorial for Nassau County, N.Y., victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will get plenty of construction help, thanks to an effort from LATICRETE International Inc.
Although 2004’s stone-industry shows ended last October, two competing shows continued to make news right up to the end of the year.
CHALLIS, Idaho – A local stone quarry’s ability to continue and expand operations is being challenged in federal district court by a conservation group.
NEW YORK – Two of this city’s lionized symbols – literally – received some much-needed touching-up this year.
CARRARA, Italy – The first half of 2004 left most Italian marble producers optimistic as exports increased, according to the annual economic-trend survey of the International Marmi e Macchine (IMM) Carrara S.p.A.