LATICRETE Bonds With 9/11 Memorial

  Bethany, Conn.-based LATICRETE will donate the installation materials for construction of The Nassau County 9/11 Memorial Project in Eisenhower Park. The memorial, with the theme of “A place to remember, a place to reflect,” will commemorate the approximately 275 victims of the attacks from Nassau County.
  The memorial design, created by STRIGA GA, a design collective based in Nassau County, features two 35’-tall interconnected polished aluminum towers rising above a reflection pool. The base for the towers, as well as the bed of the pool, will be polished Absolute Black granite; flamed red granite will make up the pool’s vertical-base sides and surrounding seating.
  Project architect Phil Gavosto chose Laticrete products for the memorial because “the key issue is durability.
  “I have used Laticrete products for many years,” he adds. “There are no other products I would trust for this memorial. There must be no leaks and no cracking.”
  Unions and construction workers, including the Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters, District 7, and Local 25 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are donating all the labor for the memorial.
  Two family members of local 9/11 victims – a mother and a widow – broke ground for the memorial on March 11. Dignitaries at the ceremony included President George W. Bush, New York Governor George Pataki, and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.