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Installing Split-Face Ashlar Stone

Natural stone is available in a myriad of products. Depending on which of those natural stone product forms one is using, guidance on proper installation practices can be found in a variety of sources. Publications from the MIA+BSI: The Natural Stone Institute, the Indiana Limestone Institute, the National Building Granite Quarries Association, ASTM International, and …

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EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED

I can’t tell you how many customers I have worked or walked with here at Plymouth Quarries that have confessed to me that they are addicts who are completely hooked. They just can’t shake it. There is no treatment, no cure, because they are addicted to stone. My first response is usually an uncomfortable laugh. …

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Gary Micheloni

November 2017: Full Contact Project Management

Contractors have unique abilities, equipment and training to “see” things that almost no one else can. You can merely look at a set of plans and see, right then and there, if a proposed project will not work – even though it was designed by the expert architect or engineer.

Stone and Brick were Sustainable When Sustainability Wasn’t Cool

Words: Joanne M. Anderson Photos: Image By SmartHouseColony A discussion of sustainable anything needs to begin with defining “sustainable”. The dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster works well: “…of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged” In the building industry, this can …

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MCAA Gateway: November 2017

Registration Open for 2018 MCAA Convention at World of Concrete Registration is now available for the 2018 MCAA Convention at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in Las Vegas. The MCAA Convention is the perfect opportunity for you and your company to learn and participate in many new and exciting happenings taking place at the …

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