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NSI publishes first industry-wide EPDs

Floor Covering News

An EPD is an independently verified and registered document that quantifies environmental information on the life cycle of a product to enable comparisons between products fulfilling the same function. Colorado Stone Quarries. Stony Creek Quarry. Vermont Quarries. Continental Cut Stone. Cutting Edge Countertops.

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A Note from Jim - May/June 2014

StoneDimensions

New online - several new documents and resources are now available online for you. Four new safety toolbox training documents. In fact, all 30+ safety training documents are available for free to MIA members. These documents have a coded index so that each industry segment (quarry, fabricator, restoration, etc.)

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Queries & Quandaries

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We need a document to help make our case to our supplier that we did not get what we ordered. A: Unfortunately, no such document exists, at least as an industry consensus document. What we received is definitely not select. Q: We’re doing a stone tile job and the owner has called in a tile consultant.

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A Note From Jim: MIA Focuses on 2015

StoneDimensions

MIA represents the entire supply chain with industry segmentation as follows: fabricator (42.5%), slab distributor (25.6%), quarry/producer (7.5%), equipment suppliers (7.8%), installers (5.8%), restoration (4.6%), consultant (2.6%), and other (3.7%). 2015 Initiatives / Goals. OSHA and Health Canada. and Canada). Version 8.0 Version 8.0

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New Options on Green Squared and an Innovative Mortar That Sets in Hours

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The NSF certification process includes a comprehensive documentation review and onsite facility audit to verify conformance to the standard upon which the Green Squared certification program is based, ANSI A138.1 American National Standard Specifications for Sustainable Ceramic Tiles, Glass Tiles and Tile Installation Materials.

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Queries & Quandaries

StoneDimensions

There is only one place where I can find that this is documented, and that is in the National Building Granite Quarries’ (NBGQA) Specifications for Architectural Granite. A: The basic rule of thumb with which I’ve always been familiar is that any cladding panel exceeding 100 lbs. (45 In paragraph 3.6

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Queries and Quandaries: Stone Tile on Exterior Balcony

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There is no industry document, to my knowledge, that mandates or even encourages the incorporation of an arris, yet it is far more common to include it than to eliminate it. Within this document, there is a discussion of recommended factors of safety.

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