Below is a list of active clients. Feal free to contact any of them. (none are "cousins")
Caliber Cast Stone St Louis, MO Tom Waldschmidt 816 497 2424
New cast stone producer in the St Louis market. A from scratch start up.
Christopher Stuart Cast Stone San Antonio, TX 210 653 5103 Christopher Stuart
From scratch start up doing both wet and dry tamped cast stone as well as small structural precast. Very successful.
Stonecraft Chicago, Il Marty Wondaal 708 653 1477 From scratch start up in 2005 making only dry tamped and initially selling only “lumber” i.e. 48” pieces with return corners in stock profiles. No shops or setting drawings. Now moving into small commercial jobs requiring shop drawings. Very successful as well.
AAA Cast Stone Palmetto/Tampa, FL Larry Haveman 941 781 9082 . Initially a customer needing outside advice on a problem job. Now a customer for structural architectural precast shops, post tensioned precast and production.
Higgins Stone Company Topeka,KS Holly Higgins 785 456 9880 Real stone shop drawings, production tickets, setting drawings and engineering.
Travelers Insurance Co. Expert witness investigation for a $ 1,200,000 lawsuit against a major cast stone producer over supposedly defective material and the slow down of job to replace pieces. Suit was settled out of court. Cast stone purchase contract was $ 250,000.
Innovative Block of South Texas Harlingen/Brownsville, TX David Riger 956 797 4200 helped them add dry tamped to their extensive line of block, pavers and manufactured stone veneer.
LongShadow Garden Ornaments, Daniel Ward 618 893 4831 The premier US producer of “to the trade only” very high end dry tamped planters and site furniture. Consultation on curing, mix designs and mold releases.
Barnes Jewish Boone County Memorial Hospital, Columbia, Missouri Scott Naeger 314 374 4089 called in by architect to examine discoloration, curing marks and efflorescence and render opinion as to remedies and preventative measures to prevent these conditions on the balance of job.
