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You could own a piece of historic York Minster. Masonry is being auctioned on Wednesday 22 August.
The celebrated coastal Cap Ferrat building in Rio de Janiero with its new cladding of Dekton Danae.
Robert Merry has been visiting The Hague - and he likes it.
£400,000 HAVS fine should be a warning to all companies whose employees risk being exposed to vibration injuries.
Now BSI has said this is how memorial fixing systems should be tested, in a pit 1m x 1m and 1m deep. It is written into the new British Standard 8415.
This footpath in Dublin’s famous Glasnevin cemetery uses Kilkenny flamed limestone, Wicklow granite and Castleisland limestone. Masons in Cork say these and other Irish stones should be used across their country.
Mark Priestman writes a column about training in Natural Stone Specialist magazine.
The building stone belts of the UK.
Lord Shuttleworth, the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, lays a wreath at Darwen’s new memorial commemorating World War I, built by Stevenson Memorials.
Musculoskeletal problems are still a major cause of lost work days.
David Coster (right), who has represented Dry-Treat in the UK and Ireland for many years, is now a Director of the new UK distribution company, Advanced Stone & Masonry Supplies Ltd.
Billy Lillywhite, whose memory lives on in a fund to help others. If you would like to contribute to the fund, go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/billycarver.
John Campbell, the Michelin Star chef and owner of The Woodspeen, in his kitchens with their Dekton worktops.
In the new NPPF the Government tells planners to recognise the need for minerals and the often small-scale production of building and roofing stone.
See 70 top stoneworkers in action at York Minster Stone Carving Festival 17-19 August.