The fabrication shop behind every Calder countertop

Every slab is one of a kind

In natural stone like granite, quartzite and marble, the veining, color and mineral pattern change from one slab to the next. Even engineered surfaces such as Cambria and Caesarstone come in dye lots with small variations of their own. That’s why you choose your slab instead of working from a sample chip. A two-inch sample shows the color, but it can’t show the pattern you’re approving. The slab you choose is the one we lay out and cut, with the seams and vein matching planned around its pattern, for your home in the Las Vegas valley.

Measured with a laser, cut on a five-axis bridge saw

Before any stone is cut, a laser scan records the exact shape of the kitchen or bathroom, including the walls, cabinet lines, and sink and cooktop cutouts. That scan goes straight to the five-axis bridge saw in the shop. A standard bridge saw only cuts straight up and down. On a five-axis saw the blade also tilts and rotates, so it can follow angles, curves and cutouts in one pass, and the kitchen doesn’t have to be fitted to straight cuts. The stone comes off the saw sized to fit, with no gaps to fill in afterward.

Certified for Cambria and Caesarstone, equipped for quartzite and Dekton

The shop is certified by Cambria and Caesarstone, so installs of either brand keep the manufacturer’s warranty intact. Most local shops don’t carry that certification. Quartzite and Dekton are harder than standard granite and less forgiving to cut, and each one needs blades and machinery matched to the material. Our shop is equipped for both, as well as for quartz, granite and solid surface.

Water keeps the dust down

The saw runs on water. Jets aimed at the blade wash stone dust down into a trough built into the saw bed, so the dust doesn’t rise into the air. Catching it at the blade is how we keep the shop clean.

One shop, one crew

Every piece is cut, polished and finished in the same shop by the people who install it. We don’t subcontract to a separate fabricator or hand the job to a different crew on install day. Because the work stays with one team, we can send daily progress photos and status updates, and the person answering your question is the one who actually has your slab in front of them.

For a designer specifying on a client’s behalf, this means one accountable team working under one roof, from the slab on the rack to the seam in the finished kitchen.