Posts about Case Studies, Factory Visits, Stone Finishes

  1. Chelsea Flower Show – Tom Hoblyn Italian Garden Project
    May 6th, 2012 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Towards the end of last year we were approached by Keith Horn Architecture and Tom Hoblyn the well respected garden designer to source the travertine required for their garden, sponsored by Arthritis Research UK, at the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden design was inspired by the gardens at Villa Lante and Villa d’Este near Tivoli [...]

  2. Bank Of New York – Verona Cream Tiles And Virginia Mist Vanity Tops
    April 23rd, 2012 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Last week I took a trip to Verona with Canary Wharf Contractors and Commercial Stone Limited to view the production for six levels of Canary Wharf Tower taken by the Bank of New York. We were inspecting Verona Cream honed tiles and Virginia Mist polished vanity tops for the toilet pods. The Verona Cream limestone [...]

  3. CCP Reception Portman Square
    January 27th, 2012 by Gareth Davies Stone

    This week I received images of the CCP reception we completed at the end of 2011. It was a great project to be involved in this project where the Canadian client wanted to use a Canadian stone. The most striking and well known Eramosa was the obvious choice.

  4. Bank of China – San Remo Limestone
    January 18th, 2012 by Gareth Davies Stone

      I returned to Venice to inspect the finished production for Bank of China last week. The blocks had yielded some cracking material and once dry looked as per our approved mock up seen in November with TP Bennett & Overbury.

  5. Coleman Street – Flint Limestone
    January 18th, 2012 by Gareth Davies Stone

      This week I visited a factory in Barcelona from which we buy Flint limestone. This order was for the project Coleman Street.

  6. Matching A Fired Earth Limestone
    December 30th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    Recently we received an inquiry via our website requesting help to find a limestone being offered by the high street retailer Fired Earth to hopefully offer a saving.

  7. Shell Gris Abrasion Testing Big Commercial Stone Project
    November 25th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    This week I had to confirm the suitability of our Shell Gris for a very large commercial project I am currently working on. The building in The City would be the workplace for over 6000 people and with the design life of 50 years.  This requirement would mean the stone needs to withstand 150,000,000 visitors during its life (6000 x 2 [...]

  8. Bank of China – San Remo Limestone Inspection
    November 14th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    On second week of November I visited Italy to inspect a small mock up and the blocks reserved for our order destined for the Bank of China specified by TP Bennett. During our trip we also managed to visit the quarry where this particular limestone is actually mined. The quarry has been in operation for [...]

  9. Residential Project – Marble Selection Trip to Carrara, Italy
    October 30th, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    I visited Carrara this week with Commercial Stone Limited to select marble for a project in Central London. The two senior in house architects from the Development company also attended with a very specific idea as to what they wanted.

  10. Kirkland Ellis – Silver Travertine Inspection
    October 22nd, 2011 by Gareth Davies Stone

    This week I visited a factory in Rapolano, Tuscany to inspect slabs for a small but important reception area in the Gherkin. The day started slowly making our way to Rapolano using the old road from Lucignano where we had stayed the previous night. With two level crossings we spent for what  seemed like most of the morning [...]

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