By K. Schipper SANTA ANA, Calif. – What’s the worst building situation you can imagine? How about having the project partially erected before the client, architect and contractor end up in a lawsuit? For...
ORLANDO, Fla. – The massive Coverings 2003 event in late March ended up with a record amount of exhibits for the natural-stone, ceramic-tile and floor-coverings trade – but fewer people on the trade-show floor....
By K. Schipper With all the emphasis on computerized stone production, is the end near for skilled hands and their hand-held tools? Not likely. Not only are we far from the day when every...
By Emerson Schwartzkopf The one place where the spotlight shines in online commerce isn’t, as Net amateurs might think, the top selling item on Amazon.com or some other mere retailer. If there’s a place...
By K. Schipper LONGVILLE, Minn. – It’s not easy finding this place on a map. Located more than 100 miles northwest of the Twin Cities at the southern end of the Chippewa National Forest,...
By Kevin M. Padden Every person that’s either a present or future owner of a stone fabrication shop asks this pointed question at some point in their career: when does it make sense to...
From The Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS) Dimensional stones are a major economic commodity in India. The stone sector in India provides employment to more than one million people, and it has grown...
By K. Schipper COLUMBIA, Mo. – There’s nothing ordinary about the renovation of this public library. By choosing to expand the existing library, the designers faced the dual problems of creating a significant civic...
By Emerson Schwartzkopf Take a look downtown at any U.S. city with any kind of history in the 19th century, and you’ll find a few surviving buildings from the 1800s. In nine of ten...
By K. Schipper SAN LEANDRO, Calif. – Saying that Intertile Natural Stone Surfaces is a fabrication company is somewhat akin to saying that McDonald’s sells hamburgers. It’s a single – although important — facet...