Stone fabricators have to balance the demands of their shop and finding business. There may be issues with trying to search for new employees, dealing with machines breaking down, or with the shop getting backed up. Rob and Julie Foley have been able to find a nice balance for their shop.
For this issue of Contemporary Stone and Tile Design magazine, we take a look at stone used in architectural landscape and building stone applications, as well as some creative uses of quartz surfacing.
The new Pablo Center at the Confluence in Eau Claire, WI, features locally quarried Aqua Grantique hornblende stone to reflect the natural and artistic beauty of the area
With a population of nearly 66,000, Eau Claire is the ninth largest city in the state of Wisconsin and it takes its name from the original French name, “Eaux Claires,” meaning “Clear Waters.” This is an appropriate reference, as it sits at the junction of the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers.
One year after building their own fireplace, Jeff and Candy commissioned their first fireplace using for the first time the Freshwater Stone name. In 1988, Freshwater Stone moved its offices from Jeff and Candy’s home in Ellsworth to its current location in Orland, ME.
Fabricator forums, such as the one that took place at Coverings 2019, are an open environment where industry members can discuss current issues and solve problems together
When a group of fabricators and other stone industry members come together at a fabricator forum, it immediately becomes an arena for an exchange of ideas, experiences, advice and solutions.
A hefty investment in CNC technology has allowed Trivedi Group to position itself as a world-class fabricator of custom stone monumental and architectural pieces
April 15, 2019
The Trivedi family has been active in the working of marble and granite since 1937, respecting the wishes of the founder Tardo Shri Trivedi, a restorer of ancient monuments and traditional Indian temples.
SECUNDERABAD, INDIA – Pokarna Engineered Stone Limited (PESL), the wholly owned subsidiary of Pokarna Limited, has announced that it has promoted Paras Kumar Jain as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective April 1, 2019.
Through trial-and-error, Kurt Bartzsch of Rock Solid Marble and Granite established and grew his fabrication business, including transitioning to a fully digital shop
While working for another company primarily doing tilework, Kurt Bartzsch was given the challenge to start the company’s fabrication shop. Bartzsch primarily learned on a trial-and-error basis before going out on his own.
As a way to give back to his high school, as well as promote the stone fabrication profession, Buddy Ontra of Ontra Stone Concepts taught a week-long class on how to work with stone to students of the Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA
The Berkshire School is a co-ed boarding and day college preparatory school for students in grades nine to 12 and post-graduates. The 400-acre campus is tucked away at the heart of the Berkshire Hills —stationed at the base of Mount Everett in Sheffield, MA.
Since starting his fabrication business, Marjan Stone, in the early 2000s, Hikmet Pauls has strategically grown the company. Based in Spring Valley, CA Marjan Stone operates an impressive 18,000-square-foot shop that currently serves the residential and commercial sector.