What We Do
Laviolette Design provides cost estimates, stone design, and shop drawings for custom cut limestone building projects.Along with our industry partners we can also help with fabrication, delivery, installation and engineering. We design original concepts for stonework and/or develop your existing plans. Our passion for great stone design combined with 28 years of experience deliver high quality results. Stone design ensures your stone features are well proportioned, practical and suited to your taste. Stone shop drawings keep your project organized, on time and on budget.
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What are Shop Drawings
Shop drawings are a set of plans for the making and assembling of custom parts. In our case the parts are made of stone and the assembly is a wall.
Process
The stone shop drawing process begins with a review of all of the available architectural drawings, specifications, sketches, photographs etc.
Preliminary
A preliminary set of shop drawings is prepared to first show details of all of the required shapes and features. These drawings are submitted to the customer for review and approval prior to production.
Site Measurements
Site measurements are taken when the framing of the building is complete and the windows are installed. The shop drawings are then updated and all adjustments are made to ensure a good fit.
Mark Numbers
Mark numbers are added onto the shop drawings to identify each stone. The mark number is used by the fabricator to track production and by the mason to locate each piece. It is common for a 1000 square foot wall to have over 300 individual stones.
Ticketing
The production shop drawings are now ready for ticketing. Ticketing is a process where each stone is drafted into a part drawing showing all the required fabricating specifications. These tickets are used throughout production for scheduling, cutting, finishing, tagging and packaging.
Shipping
As each load is shipped the accompanying packing slips will show the mark numbers, quantities and pallet numbers needed to keep track of inventory and to find packaged stones. An extra set of shop drawings can be highlighted as a method to confirm which parts have been delivered.
Final Product
Shop drawings are a guide for the masons and they provide a clear point of reference for the entire building team.
Some of our Projects
Forest Hill, ON
Beautiful work by @richardwengle
Toronto, ON
Indiana Standard Buff with Wyndham Brick by @kingmasonryyardltd
Hand-Carved Limestone
Special thanks to #AdrianMcNeilly at #stonemasonsinc & #EricFirth
Toronto, ON
Country Style Splitface with Custom Indiana Details in progress
Limestone Helipad
Algonquin limestone cut and installed in the shape of a compass.
Woodbridge, ON
Indiana Limestone Facade with Algonquin Landing & Steps
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