New Monument for the Unknowns
MARBLE, Colo. – One of the most-noted marble pieces in the United States will be replaced – and the bulk of the cost won’t come out of taxpayers’ pockets. Just don’t expect the swap...
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Stone Use Growth Continues
VERONA, Italy – Stone use continued to expand in 2001, even with a softening world economy, according to two studies released here during the Marmomacc stone exhibition in October. The Association of Italian Stone...
Clad All Over
by Roseli Perrone Cladding certainly isn’t new – the process dates back to ancient Egypt – but new technology and a wider variety of stone varieties make it an ever-popular method for putting the...
Washington Marble Works Inc., Pacific, Wash.
By K. Schipper PACIFIC, Wash. — When it comes to business, Santa Claus may owe more to fireplaces than Washington Marble Works Inc. does. Still, without them, the fabrication and installation firm might not...
R.W. James & Associates offices, Escondido, Calif.
By K. Schipper One luxury-car manufacturers uses its current ad campaign to tell potential customers to expect the unexpected … and it’s the kind of advice architect Rob James certainly took to heart. When...
Any Number of Daze
By Emerson Schwartzkopf With the holidays approaching, most children begin hinting pretty hard their choices for gifts, as if television ads won’t do much of the sales job on parents anyway. I didn’t go...
Stone Signage
By Terri Chance For plenty of fabricators, stone and signage added up to one product: monuments. For a growing number of vendors in the market – including sign professionals – a sign is anything...
Stone Tiling: Prep Before You Set
By Mike Daniels The installation of natural-stone tile – as well as other tile types – is quickly becoming the most-popular surface in the flooring industry due to the durability, look, and hygienic advantages...
StonExpo 2002
BALTIMORE – StonExpo is moving up in 2002 … and it’s not just a northern jaunt on the East Coast, either. StonExpo 2002 features more educational and business opportunities than before, as the event...
Briefs – November 2002
• R.C. Tile & Marble Creations of Salinas, Calif., recently took delivery of a Daytona XL edge profiler from Matrix Stone Products of Rialto, Calif. Ramon Castillo, R.C.’s president, notes that the new Daytona...