Stone’s Green Look on Campus
To meet modern demands for sustainable materials, a Midwestern university turns to its campus mainstay since the mid-1800s: natural stone.
Category: Articles
Eye on OSHA: First Quarter 2011
The big question about inspectors for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the first three months of this year: Where did they go?
Natural Thin-Veneer: The Real Deal
Three projects keep it light when using quarried stone.
The Granite Guy, Farmington, N.M.
Ernie Marquez trades Southern California for a market in the high country of the Four Corners.
The Lean Way to Get Bigger
Fabricator plans to use less to improve more.
Solid With Soapstone
Gaetan and Noreen Frank usually fabricated solid-surface for their custom cabinetry. They, they found soapstone.
Marble Countertops: Tell Before You Sell
Marble continues to gain in appeal for residential countertops, giving more value to this treasure from the SU Digital Vault.
Cutting It REAL Wet
Abrasive waterjets continue to gain fans in fabrication shops.
LEED® By Example
Salvaged stone gets off the curb and goes back to school.
Warming To The Concept
A natural-stone masonry heater – made with local materials – fires up a cold-weather housing center in Alaska.