Articles by Jason Kamery

Rodney McCurdy of Redline Templates

Working as a freelance templator

We discuss what it’s like to be a freelance templator and the benefits that go with it
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
July 15, 2020

Stone World had the opportunity to talk to a couple freelance templators to understand how their business works. We spoke with Sam Azimi of Dinozio Design Digital Survey, located in Toronto, Canada, and Rodney McCurdy of Redline Templates located in Denver, CO.


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Contemporary Stone & Tile Design

Blending natural stone with the landscape

Spring Creek Nature Area was designed to be a natural sanctuary to intermix with the multi-use trails within an energetic urban environment
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
July 9, 2020
Located in Richardson, TX, the Spring Creek Nature Area contains 180 acres of virgin old-growth hardwood forest that dates back to the time of the Caddo Indians and the City’s founding families, strategically located adjacent to the fast-growing urban environment of CityLine.
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Alpha & Omega Stone

Stoneworking technology fuels growth

Alpha & Omega Stone in Belleville, NJ, relies on technology to be more efficient and to produce better results than its competition
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
July 6, 2020
Back in 2014, Roxanne Brown, co—owner of Alpha & Omega Stone in Belleville, NJ, was using other fabricators to do the fabrication work while she was brokering jobs to bring in business.
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Old Parkland North Campus

A monumental stone collaboration

Using stone materials from 12 states, as well as stone fabricators in three states and two countries, the Old Parkland North Campus was built over a 24-month period
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
July 6, 2020
Located in Dallas, TX, the Old Parkland North Campus features variegated limestone from Indiana, extracted from an adjacent quarry to one that more than 90 years ago produced the stone for the facade of the Empire State Building.
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The importance of selling upgrades

Geoffrey Gran of Midwest Countertops and Ignite Consulting Group discusses the benefits of selling upgrades to your existing customers
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
June 30, 2020

Geoffrey Gran of Midwest Countertops and Ignite Consulting Group discusses the benefits of selling upgrades to your existing customers


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Egon Hinss, national sales manager of Breton USA

Going fully automated in stone fabrication

Stone World sits down with Egon Hinss, national sales manager of Breton USA, to discuss the process of transitioning to a fully or semi-automated fabrication shop
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
June 1, 2020
As labor markets continue to dwindle and the need to run a safer shop is more important than ever before, Egon Hinss, the national sales manager of Breton USA, explains how fabricators can start the automation process in their shop. Hinss has 20 years of experience in the industry and has been with Breton for the past six years.
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Getting the perfect result from cutting a Lapitec slab

From directing water flow to managing RPM speed, cutting Lapitec doesn’t have to be a mystery
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
May 4, 2020

Lapitec is a full-body sintered stone slab that comes in a variety of colors and finishes. It is also an extremely dense product which leads fabricators to wonder, “What are the options for tooling when working with the material?” The tools required for cutting Lapitec has to have some unique characteristics.


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Going digital: Superior Granite of Mankato

In a short period of time, Superior Granite of Mankato, MN, made the transition from a manual to completely digital shop
Jason Kamery
Jason Kamery
April 7, 2020
For 15 years, Paul Getz was a tile installer. On one of his projects, Getz subbed out the fabrication work for a countertop and installed it himself. This trend of installing countertops continued for a while before Getz decided to open up his own countertop fabrication business.
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