Along with white marble, we also had to inspect the Savannah Grey tiles that were also part of the design for the Indescon Hotel. 

This material is quarried in Turkey in the famous marble area of Bursa. To get to the factory it is a quick flight to Istanbul and then a ferry ride across the Marmara, and the company we work with owns both the factory and the quarry. There is a lot of Savannah Grey in bundles of slabs, blocks and tile production. They also quarry the famous stripy marble Marmara, and a few nice beige materials.

Today we inspected production for the Indescon Hotel, which includes a specific selection from a large white marble quarry in Greece. The architect designed a pattern that utilised a combination of small tiles just 150x75x10mm in size, laid in a herringbone pattern. There was also an area of 600x300x10mm tiles, both to be fixed to walls. We require many thousands of square metres so it’s important we started correctly with production quality and range of colour and markings.