Klaser Joins Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants

JAMUL, Calif. – Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants Inc. (CTaSC) adds Kent Klaser as a project manager who’ll work alongside company founder Donato Pompo.

Klaser will also spend time developing new University of Ceramic Tile and Stone (UofCTS) online training courses for the tile and stone industry. Initially, he’ll develop an online estimating course, and a superintendent/foreman course for tile installation companies.

Kent KlaserKlaser has been in the tile and stone industry most of his life, having grown up working with the family’s installation company, Klaser Tile, in San Diego, and starting full-time work there in 1996. He started out working in the field as an installer; later, he worked as a project foreman for several years, and then worked as a senior project manager for the company.

In 2006, Klaser became vice president of operations for Klaser Tile.

Klaser brings his extensive tile and stone and management experience to CTaSC from his 20-plus years working in the industry. At Klaser Tile he did take-offs and bidding, oversaw and managed commercial projects, and managed a labor force that occasionally employed 100 workers on various projects.

He is both a licensed ceramic tile and stone installer and a mason installer, as well as having a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University – Long Beach.

At CTaSC Klaser will work as a forensic expert, expert witness, and will oversee tile and stone investigations. Klaser will also work on developing new specifications for new construction projects or for projects that are remediating failures, as well as developing quality control and quality assurance plans to help make sure new tile and stone installations are installed correctly.

CTaSC is a professional consulting company led by industry expert Donato Pompo and incorporating accomplished ceramic tile consultants, stone consultants, ceramic tile and stone installers, architects, engineers, general contractors, construction scientists and other industry specialists.

CTaSC provides forensic investigation and inspection services, expert witness and other litigation services; it also has local inspectors near most major cities in the United States and Canada.

CTaSC provides architectural specifications, quality-assurance testing, and quality-control inspection services. CTaSC provides hands-on and online training services, as well as business planning and marketing services.

For more information, visit http://www.CTaSC.com or call 886-669-1550.

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