Georgia State Capitol interior, Atlanta
By K. Schipper
ATLANTA – A decade ago, Georgia state officials – afraid their century-old capitol was losing its integrity as an historic structure – started some master planning for preservation.
Category: Articles
What’s My Line?
Nobody likes to think about mistakes. Nobody plans to make them – well, unless you’re planning to commit some accounting fraud later on this evening – and people rarely offer to admit to making any.
Avalon Stone Products, Fort Worth, Texas
By K. Schipper
FORT WORTH, Texas – Chuck McCracken is more than an entrepreneur – he’s also a guy who acquired a myriad of job skills to keep him interested and busy over the long haul.
The Anticipations of Specifications
By James P
. Abner
What are the expectations when a stone is specified? Who’s responsible for making the decisions? At what point should these issues be addressed?
Soapstone: In High Demand
By K. Schipper
With customers clamoring for everything granite, a lot of stone fabricators probably aren’t thinking about expanding their product lines.
Keep Things Moving, Part II
By Kevin M. Padden
Do you remember back when you decided to actually make the plunge and become a stone fabricator? I’ll bet that you wondered about how easy or hard it would be to move heavy pieces of stone around in your new shop with just one or two people.
Virtual Templating: Getting The Point(s)?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
It’s an old-timer’s joke, but with bite: With that CNC machine that set you back a few hundred grand and then some, where’s the slot to shove in the template?
Indexing India’s Stones
From The Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS)
(In the April 2003 issue of Stone Business, CDOS gave an extensive overview of dimensional-stone production in India. This month, it’s time to match the varieties with locations throughout the country.)
Two Shows Appear for Florida 2004
Just when everyone’s used to having one big stone show in Florida during March … there are now two. The PanAmerican Stone and Tile Expo will occur on March 30-April 1 next year in...
Carrara Cools in 2003
MARINA di CARRARA, Italy – International support for CarraraMarmotec 2003 remained strong this summer – but getting Italians to the trade event may be another matter. Foreign visitors to the stone fair, held here...