Sources of Stone: Ireland, Part I
By Paul Daniel
For this report, contributing writer Paul Daniel visited almost all the leading Irish dimensional stone producers working today, and asked their opinions about the future.
Category: Articles
StonExpo 2006: Raising The Stakes
LAS VEGAS – StonExpo 2006 is set to up the ante for this fall’s event with more exhibitors, daily educational events … and a little help from other international shows.
Sound Business Plan in the Stone Industry I
By David K. Speaker
For some, it’s about raising capital. For others, it’s charting a course or being organized. To many, it’s an ongoing management tool. And yet, despite these varied – and valid – uses, most businesses don’t have a business plan.
Avanti Marble and Granite, Denver
By Terri Chance
DENVER – It’s a competitive business, so for every stone manufacturer, installer and fabricator, finding a niche can make all the difference in success.
For Avanti Marble and Granite, owner Dan Jones says he’s staking his claim with speed.
“It’s five days from template to installation,” he says.
When Mediums Don’t Mix (September 2006)
By Tom McNall
No, we’re not talking about spirits, or those who try to contact them. Instead, it’s the material used by an artist (or in this case, an architect) in the creation of a work.
Fancy Footwork
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
October marks the start of the last of the annual trade-show frenzy, with notable events at home and abroad. As an editor of a stone magazine, I get to be in the thick of it, pushing through crowds and stepping on feet in several languages.
At least one of those feet I’ll tread on should be yours.
Crowley’s Checklist: Sawing
Checklist: Cutting/Sawing
Crowley’s Job Responsibilities: Sawyer
Order of Operation: Cutting/Sawing
Can Your Stone Shop Work Without You?
By Aaron Crowley
With the idea that he’d just fabricate a kitchen or two a month, Jim started his own stone company four years ago. He could do this with the tools he’d been using to do side work, make a better living, and have some free time. He’d be free to work when he wanted to and not having someone telling him what to do would be the icing on the cake.
Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago
By K. Schipper
CHICAGO – Like just about every other septuagenarian, the Chicago Board of Trade building began showing its age.