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Cheryl Tiegs - Cambria Kitchen Makeover
Cambria spokesperson Cheryl Tiegs underwent a "Cambria makeover" in her California home. The kitchen countertops, backsplash and floor were replaced with Cambria natural quartz.

Take a look at Cheryl's kitchen makeover and listen as Cheryl and her interior designer Martyn Lawrence-Bullard talk about the project. View Video >

Cambria Corporate Video
Learn from those who know Cambria best and understand the philosophy behind the fastest growing quartz countertop brand in the United States.

Pure Natural Quartz
Listen to Cambria President and CEO Martin Davis, homeowners and Cambria partners talk about the unique benefits of Cambria Natural Quartz Surfaces. View Video >

Unique Applications of Cambria
Cambria surfaces are so versatile, they can be used anywhere you need a beautiful surface with lasting durability.

Watch to see a whirlwind of different product applications with Cambria Natural Quartz Surfaces. Discover how truly endless the possibilities are with Cambria. View Video >

Cambria Kitchen & Bath Video
Shown at retail locations across the country, the Cambria Kitchen & Bath video showcases Cambria's unique product attributes, including its GREENGUARD and NSF International certifications, and unique applications using 1- 2- and 3-cm product.

Cambria Points of Difference
Learn what makes Cambria stand out amongst the competition and why more and more homeowners are asking for Cambria by name. View Video >

HGTV's Kitchen and Bath Certified Design Series, with Cheryl Tiegs
Cambria is the featured countertop in this kitchen makeover project from HGTV's Kitchen and Bath Certified Design Series. These three video clips take you through the homeowners' thoughts and considerations as they first discover the benefits of quartz vs. granite; then explore the endless possibilities of designing with Cambria natural quartz surfaces. Cambria spokesperson Cheryl Tiegs partners with HGTV host Angelique Medow to help guide homeowners Kathryn and Matt Gage through their kitchen makeover project.

Quartz - It's a Natural Choice.
Homeowners Kathryn and Matt Gage discover the practical durability and warm beauty of Cambria natural quartz countertops. Concerned about the stains and scratches that can often happen with granite; they chose nonporous, no-maintenance Cambria natural quartz. View Video >

Distinctive Center Island - Furniture in the Kitchen
Kitchen Islands have become a focal point in the kitchen. Homeowners Kathryn and Matt Gage explore the unique design possibilities offered by Cambria natural quartz countertops. Using two different, but complementary colors in their kitchen allowed them to create a center island in a Quarry Collection color and the perimeter countertops in a Classic Collection color. The result; a stunning centerpiece that's both a piece of furniture and a functional island. View Video >

It's All in the Details
Homeowners Kathryn and Matt Gage consider the many options for adding style and detail to their new kitchen. Cambria's exclusive color collections, complementary colors and innovative edge treatments provide endless design options. By choosing a unique combination of colors and edge treatments, they've made a design statement that speaks volumes about their sense of style. View Video >

Cambria Beauty in the 2007 Idea Home.
Cambria contributed more than 450 square feet of countertops to the 20th Annual Midwest Living Idea Home, located in Indianapolis, IN. The 2007 Idea Home is situated on a 330 Acre Horse Farm and features eight Cambria colors. View Video >

Cambria Beauty and Durability in the Kitchen Window Cooking School

Chef Scott Rosenbaum
Executive Chef Scott Rosenbaum describes the benefits of Cambria and why it's an ideal surface for the Kitchen Window Cooking School. View Video >

Natural Stone - Granite, Limestone, Marble, Slate, Onyx
Quartz Surfacing - Cambria, Cesar Stone, Viatera (LG), Silestone, Zodiaq (DuPont)
Butcher Block - Natural wood products

COUNTERTOPS and other traditional ornamental applications WALL CLADDING and special flooring applications

Custom Fabrication - With all of our resources, it is possible to customize virtually any design: CNC, Waterjet cutting, full shop capabilities, two 8-hour shifts daily with 30-40 full-time employees. Three bridge saws, two CNCs, three in-line edging machines and over 15,000 square feet of production floor space.

Installation - All of our countertop products are installed with our own employees transported to your job site in company-owned trucks.

Inventory - We stock over 300 different natural stones (1500 slabs and growing).

Showroom - We welcome you to visit our Showroom. Meet with our knowledgeable team to discuss proper stone specifications, view samples and kitchen & bath vignettes, and tour our Stone Gallery. Many times our customers or design professionals can find the right product in-stock here in our Gallery. We also can accommodate your direct involvement in layout and placement of templates on your specific slabs.

Wholesale Network - Items not in our inventory are readily available through our extensive vendor network. We maintain good relationships by promptly meeting our obligations, thereby ensuring the best price and service from our vendors. This translates into jobs completed on time and with the best quality available.

Shop Drawings - On staff and 3rd party CAD capabilities, full size plotting, quick turn-around. We can save time and help keep schedules on track by controlling this part of the process in-house and resolving design issues in the plan stage rather than the day of installation.

Design - With our extensive experience we can assist with many design issues. From proper substrate design to avoiding ADA pitfalls we can help avoid call-backs and delays in C of O.

Direct Importing - From ornate, hand-carved elements to low cost production items for hospitality and multi-family projects, we handle the whole spectrum. We also import many of our own slabs to control quality and price.

Estimating - We can give a quick over the phone, down-and-dirty, beat-the-buzzer price as well as the very reliable complete per the documents price. Our extensive knowledge allows us a unique ability to offer creative Value Engineering options.

Quality Assurance - As active members of the Marble Institute of America we adhere to the highest industry standards. We carry a consistent A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.

Price - We will provide you with the best combination of price, quality and service in this market. We urge you to always select a reputable and capable firm for your natural stone and engineered stone products. We will always provide exceptional quality and service at the lowest possible price. We are committed to earning your trust and continually proving ourselves trustworthy.

Negotiated Work - While we respect the need for the General Contractor to obtain the low qualified bid, we also recognize the stone countertop portion of any job is usually a small percentage of the overall project. Since the countertops occur so late in the project schedule, it is important for this portion of the job to be handled professionally and with the utmost assuredness that it will be correct and on time so as not to risk rejection or delay in obtaining the Certificate of Occupancy.

Safety - We are OSHA compliant in every aspect of our work, both in our shop and at your work site. We are insured to an aggregate $5 million limit and are bondable.

Delta Granite reduces water usage 90% through Custom Water Management System

San Antonio, TX- August 17, 2009- Integrity is often defined as what you do when no one is watching. It can also be described as doing more than you have to do.

In a time where many business are evaluating every penny as a negotiable expense, Delta Granite continue to invest and reinvest in optimizing it's management of water and air for the benefit of it's employees and our city's water resources.

Delta Granite has chosen to invest more than $160,000 over the last 3 years.
Why? To protect our employees and to reclaim and reinvest natural resources: Water and Air.

"I know some businesses get away with investing less and rolling the dice," says David Rymer, President and Founder of Delta Granite. "I saw the greater need and responsibility to protect my people's health and to better use our water. It's the right thing to do."

As San Antonio is facing severe water restrictions, South Texas is scrambling to learn how to use water more wisely. The goal of wise water management is not just to use less water; it is about more effectively managing the water you use. Delta Granite has been doing just that for several years now.

Working with SAWS since 2006, Delta Granite developed a self-engineered system to reclaim and recycle the over 2 million gallons of water used annually. Initially their water use increased relative to its year-over-year sales growth. However, this Summer Delta Granite is experiencing significant reduction in water useeven as production remains constant.

"For the month of July 2009, our water usage was 230,000 gallons less than June 2009," reports Rymer. "We completed full audits of every step in the process and have optimized every aspect of our water management. Our gallons of water uses per slab in on track to see reductions of nearly 90% over the next 12 months. That's good for the city, good for our environment and good for us!"

SAWS Resource Protection & Compliance Department conducts routine inspections of industrial facilities managed under the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The inspections are to determine on-site compliance with permit coverage under the TCEQ Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Storm Water Regulation. Managing run-off water is as important as managing water usage. For example, SAWS inspects every business entity that stores things outside as a potential contaminant to the storm water run-offrun under TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. You must be in compliance with what you store outside and there are specific regulations regarding materials handling.

"We use sand and water in our craftsman fabricating process," says Rymer. "SAWS told us we could not store it outside. They had us under a program where we had to test our water every time it rained. It involved a visual test and a lot of paperwork every time it rained. We wanted to work our way out of the inspection and policing programso we asked them what we needed to do."

SAWS told us the key was to relocate our sand to storage in-side and to relocate and expand our water recycling program under the covered production area. Seeing an opportunity to improve our manufacturing system and to reduce costs due to all the required inspections, Delta Granite chose to re-design and invest significantly into a state-of-the-art custom water reclamation system. So, working with SAWS, Rymer and his team designed their system and presented it to SAWS. SAWS signed off on it and Delta Granite began the process of fabricating, installing, and training on the self-designed system.

"They loved our plan and said if we did it we'd be out from under their thumb," adds Rymer.
"As a business person, I started thinking of all the time and money SAWS must spend "policing" businesses that are not responsible. I wanted to do my part. Premium countertop fabrication uses a lot of water to do it right and protect your employees. While most of our competitors may not invest as we have, we believe it to be the right thing to do."

So Delta Granite expanded the roof over the water reclamation and filtration system, created a water recovery system through concrete chases, built a waste water reservoir under the ground. Reclaimed water is then pumped into the filtration system and then into a clean water storage tank that actually pumps it back into the shop for re-use. In addition, if the system ever overflows, it will pump the excess water into the sewer to make sure none of their run-off is contaminating our city's water system.

In July 2009, Delta Granite used nearly 230,000 LESS GALLONS of water than July 2008.

Delta Granite projects to reduce our annual water usage by approximately 1.7 MILLION GALLONS over the next 12 months.

Water management requires systems and processes
"We weren't looking for merely a dollar amount water savings because we have always recycled," adds Rymer. "However, we learned we had opportunity to better manage our water and we didn't want SAWS having to constantly monitor us on monthly basis. We wanted to collaborate with SAWS and work within their systems."

"Of course, the water savings made us smile, too," Rymer said with a very big smile.

"We sensed that we could come up with a solution that made it better for usand simpler for SAWS. But the benefit and focus was really on our people and their safety," explains Rymer, 30-year industry expert. Stone-crafting requires significant water usage and the run-off water is hazardous for our employees and the environment since the run-off water is contaminated and can cause allergic/skin reactions. It can also cause harm to our water system.

Granite and marble fabrication requires proper water and air management. Delta Granite prides itself in providing its employees a fabrication shop that is ventilated with one of the most sophisticated air management systems of any South Texas countertop fabricator.

Air-ventilation system expensive but the right thing to do
"We may be the only fabrication shop, or one of the few, in South Texas that invest money some would say we don't have to invest. In addition to the investment in our water filtration system, we have invested over $60,000 in our air management system. We do not see our employee's health or our stewardship of water resources as an optional expense. It may mean we are not the cheapest option for our customersbut it's one way we demonstrate our commitment to be the best and do the right thingeven if our customer's never tour our facility...even though we love to show it off."

"It was the right thing to do for our employees, for our company, and it's what we stand for. Good citizens. Good stewards," said Rymer. "When our customers are comparing bidsthese investments don't probably show up on their radar screen. But it's the way we do business."

"The reality is that even though the economy is the way it is right now, we are still determined to continue to focus on doing business the right way. It's perhaps the price of leadership and we are committed to leading for the long-term. It's a commitment on my part and each of my team."

About Delta Granite
Delta Granite is the premier provider of stone countertop solutions in San Antonio and throughout South Texas. For over 25 years, Delta Granite has been the trusted expert, increasing the value and the beauty of our customer's homes and businesses. Delta Granite is proudly an A+ Accredited Member of the Better Business Bureau. www.deltagranite.com

If you would like more information about this topic or to schedule an interview with David Rymer, please call Ed Howie at 210-317-1192, or email Ed at edhowie@brand-true.com

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