As part of the Veronafiere-AIA Continuing Education Seminar at Marmomacc 2005 in Verona, Italy, architects were shown all of the steps taken to create the stonework for the new Banco Popolare project in Verona
At this year's edition of CarraraMarmotec, visitors will see more than 100,000 square feet of indoor exhibition space, and they will also have the opportunity to visit the multitude of international stone-producing firms in the region
To complement the new bronze Torosaurus statue at Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History, sculptor Darrell Petit provided a base in Stony Creek granite, which was carefully conceived to showcase the stone's natural qualities
The 2006 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Design Expo is set to take place in Los Angeles, CA, from June 8 to 10, offering abundant educational opportunities at the Stone and Tile Pavilion, which is sponsored by Stone World and Contemporary Stone & Tile Design magazines
Last year, Judge Janis Graham Jack of the Federal District Court in Corpus Christi, TX, questioned the validity of several thousand silica claims that were before her. And in the wake of this questioning, it was found that about 65% of the plaintiffs had also filed claims for asbestos in the past. In a harshly worded decision, Judge Jack, a former nurse, declared that many of the medical findings in the silicosis lawsuit before her were worthless and that they had been “manufactured for money.†She remanded the lawsuit to state courts, and since then, more than half of those 10,000 silica claims have been dismissed - most of them voluntarily by the law firms that filed them.
In this Online Stone Fabricators Forum - conducted at www.stoneadvice.com - stoneworking professionals from around the country discussed how countertop “blanks†are affecting their business
When JT Interiors, LLC, of Henderson, NV, began fabricating stone for itself - in a division called American Countertops & Floors - it inherited a relatively small 3,000-square-foot space that houses the fabrication shop as well as 300 square feet of office space. And to ensure that production would flow well in this environment, the company invested in a range of material handling and storage equipment.
Although Cumar Marble & Granite of Everett, MA, was founded in 1994, the history of its owner, Angelo “Ivo†Cubi, goes back farther than that. Cubi, a native of Italy, has a solid background in stoneworking, and he has developed a state-of-the-art shop that serves the residential and commercial markets.
The San Diego metropolitan area has been enjoying solid growth in the building trade - with new commercial projects being developed on a regular basis. One of the latest examples can be found at the Grande at Santa Fe Depot, an upscale, multi-tower housing complex in Downtown's Columbia District, a short walk to the Little Italy Village, the Marina District and the bustling Gaslamp Quarter.
Established in 1950 as a producer of White Carrara marble, Incomarbo of Massa, Italy, now processes a range of traditional and exotic materials with advanced machinery
Located in Massa, Italy, Incomarbo was established in 1950 as a quarrier and processor of the Carrara region's famed white marble.