For this week's Throwback Thursday, we look back at June 1992 issue that features a limestone guardhouse.

GranQuartz recently moved one of its stores from its previous Chicago location to a 35,000-square-foot space in Elk Grove Village, IL. This new facility is a little over a mile from its former site where it had been for more than 15 years and it is approximately three-and-a-half times larger.

The Natural Stone Institute has released a new safety checklist designed to help fabricators prepare for an OSHA inspection. Titled “Be Prepared for an OSHA Inspection,” this document contains a summary of the most frequently cited standards following inspections of fabricator worksites by OSHA.

Innovation is a value for Epiroc, the company continuously search for new solutions. One promising technology that is gaining momentum is additive manufacturing or a phased build-up of an object using 3D modelling and printing, this has still not been widely developed for the mining and construction industry.

For many tradesmen, the passion for building and working with their hands is something their fathers taught them by introducing them to tools and fostering a desire to make things with them.