For this week's throwback Thursday we feature a project from Stone World's April 1999 issue. With its innovative design and construction, the new Charles Evans Wittaker U.S. Courthouse in Kansas City, MO, introduces a new concept in federal construction.

The company joins a dynamic business community in a tech corridor known as the “Rocky Mountain Silicon Valley."

SL-Rapid™ creates a smooth, flat and level surface prior to the installation of floor coverings.

Natural Stone Institute is a supporting organization of the sixth annual Design & Construction Week (DCW).

Laticrete, a manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry, has announced the expansion of its manufacturing and distribution facility in Grand Prairie, TX.

Charles Luck recently announced that its newest location, the Georgetown Studio, a metro-storefront in Washington, DC, has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Clad in natural stone, the Train Drivers Facility Building for Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland, is the first certified ultra-low energy building ever developed for a railway company in the world

Laticrete Supercap, LLC, manufacturer of the revolutionary self-leveling Laticrete® Supercap® System, was awarded this year's "Expert's Choice Award" for the category of "Onsite Mixing, Pumping and Placement of Underlayment Material" at the World of Concrete 2012 Exposition, held in Las Vegas, NV, from January 24 to 27.

On a humanitarian mission in January 2010, 12 Lynn University students and two faculty members went on the "Journey of Hope" to Haiti.

The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has announced that Chuck Muehlbauer, the association's Technical Director, has been elected to chair the ASTM Committee C18 on Dimension Stone.