Services

The Right Level of Stone Oversight for the Project.

Some teams need an independent review before they commit. Others need one experienced person carrying the stone scope through sourcing, fabrication, delivery, and installation.

The engagement matches the decisions and risk the project actually carries. Start with the project conversation; from there, a focused review may be enough, or the work may call for strategy, procurement, and ongoing oversight.

STARTING POINT

Stone Scope Review

Defined Written Assessment

A written assessment of your project’s stone scope — material feasibility, availability risk, budget considerations, lead-time questions, and a recommended procurement path. Most full engagements begin here.

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Deliverables

Material feasibility assessment
Availability risk flags
Planning-grade cost ranges
Lead time analysis
Recommended procurement sequence
Written assessment

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

Stone Strategy Engagement

Defined Project Scope

Full stone scope strategy for the project — specific sourcing plans, allocation strategy, fabricator vetting, and a risk memo mapping every procurement risk and its mitigation. This takes planning-grade ranges and turns them into actionable specifics.

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Deliverables

Material direction alignment
Sourcing scan (domestic and international)
Allocation strategy
Slab continuity evaluation
Yield risk assessment
Substitution protection structure
Fabricator vetting
Risk memo

ONGOING OVERSIGHT

Embedded Advisory

Ongoing Project Support

Stone scope management from allocation through delivery and installation review. We stay with the project as the team accountable for procurement outcomes — monitoring, verifying, aligning, and coordinating through every phase.

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Deliverables

Allocation oversight
Slab verification
Project coordination and status updates
Pre-cut design intent alignment
Substitution monitoring
Logistics sequencing
Install-stage review
Design intent documentation

MATERIAL FULFILLMENT

Stone Procurement & Delivery

Procurement with Chain-of-Custody Control

We can purchase stone on your behalf, coordinate it from supplier to fabricator, and deliver it with clear documentation. Your team has one point of coordination, while the fabricator receives the material information and design-intent guidance needed to plan the work.

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Deliverables

Slab sourcing and physical evaluation
Quality verification at the yard
Vein direction and movement analysis
Yield evaluation
Allocation and lot management
Purchase, logistics, and delivery coordination
Delivery inspection report
Design intent documentation

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Beyond Standard Procurement

Start with a Project Conversation

Some projects do not fit a standard procurement path: carved elements from raw block, quarry-specific sourcing, demanding bookmatches, and architectural stone work that requires unusual coordination. The first conversation helps clarify what the idea requires and where experienced oversight would add value.

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Included in Embedded Advisory

Fabrication Oversight

We stay involved when the work moves into fabrication. That can include reviewing shop drawings with the project team, participating in pre-fabrication meetings, and adding a design-led review of slab layouts so yield decisions also protect vein movement, continuity, and priority surfaces. The exact oversight is coordinated with the fabricator and defined around the project.

Our Primary Recommendation

Secure the Stone When It’s Available — Not When the Project Is Ready

The material a team approves may not remain available until the construction schedule is ready for it. When early procurement makes sense, we help confirm the actual slabs or block, coordinate purchase and appropriate storage, document the material, and plan delivery to the fabricator when the project is ready.

Alternative Approach

When Early Procurement Isn’t an Option

If the project cannot purchase early, we help define the visual and performance criteria the eventual material must satisfy, along with the review and approval process. That gives the team a clearer basis for evaluating available lots when procurement begins.

Show me the project.

Bring the drawings, reference images, material direction, or the question holding the team back. Start with a complimentary 30-minute project conversation with Mark.