Stone & Ceramic

PROCON has provided technical and forensic consulting on over 25 million square feet of ceramic tile, natural stone and engineered stone installations in airports, regional retail malls and other complex, large-scale commercial projects located throughout the world. With the cost of regional retail centers now exceeding $300 million, developers, architects and contractors rely on PROCON's expert technical consultants to navigate state-of-the-art design technology, products and construction procedures in order to insure cost effective and trouble-free construction of stone and tile floor and wall assemblies.

As consulting architects and engineers, PROCON has the unique capability to combine highly-specialized technical knowledge of tile and stone design / construction with a multi-disciplinary understanding of related building systems and procedures, such as structural steel, reinforced concrete, exterior wall assemblies, and construction management. In addition, PROCON maintains specialized equipment for conducting field testing of stone and ceramic tile assemblies, such as tensile pull adhesion equipment, acoustic sounding with rotary percussive equipment, and moisture vapor emission rate testing equipment.

PROCON principals are active participants and appointed members of tile and stone trade organizations and standards committees. Trade association appointments include voting member of the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) technical handbook committee, various ANSI & ASTM Standards Committees, and appointment as member of the Technical Committee of the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA). PROCON principals have also published numerous technical articles in trade publications, as well as authored books published worldwide. PROCON principal Richard P. Goldberg's most recent recent book is titled Direct Adhered Ceramic Tile & Stone Facades. This book is considered the authoritative text on this emerging exterior building envelope technology. The book is published in three languages and distributed throughout the world with over 25,000 copies in print.  PROCON principals and associates are also frequent speakers at technical conferences and trade shows such as International Masonry Institute, COVERINGS / International Tile & Stone Exposition, USA, QUALICER, Spain and CERSAIE, Italy.