Job Bidding: Going BIG in Stages
By Rick Stenberg Do you want to do a BIG Project, but you’re just the little guy? How can a small fabrication shop do a large high-rise office building? How can crews of four...
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P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc.
By K. Schipper Scottsdale, Ariz.-based P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. is offers unique Chinese cuisine at more than 70 restaurants – and each location is a visual feast for stone lovers as well. “We...
Pentagon Phoenix Project, Arlington, Va.
By K. Schipper ARLINGTON, Va. – Last year, it was just a routine move-in. This past month, when Pentagon employees started returning again to the section known as Wedge 1, newly clad in Indiana...
Room to Groan
By Emerson Schwartzkopf The other day, I saw what could be a fabricator’s nightmare: A slab of 1”-think granite. On a palette, ready for the truck. At the front door of my local Home...
Is CNC Making The Cut?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf Look at the specifications for a CNC-based production machine, and you’ll see that it can make anything – but will it make sense in your shop? The appeal for a do-everything...
Carrara Contest Closing Soon
CARRARA, Italy – There’s still time to enter the Marble Architecture Awards 2003/North America to be handed out in June at the Carrara Marmotec trade event, but the deadline’s getting closer. Entry notification slips...