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GS Commercial Overview

GS Commercial Overview

GS Commercial Overview

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Diversity and Design for Unlimited Creativity
General Shale has been a leading supplier of building products for over 85 years, offering a wide range of materials including architectural brick, building stone, thin veneers, and more. With over 250 colors, styles, and textures, their products are ideal for various commercial projects such as multi-unit buildings, hotels, and hospitals.
Architectural Brick
General Shale provides a diverse portfolio of brick options, including traditional reds, earth tones, and unique colors like Oatmeal and Silverstone. Their bricks offer aesthetic appeal and durability, suitable for both interior and exterior applications.
Building Materials
Beyond traditional masonry products, General Shale offers outdoor living products like fire pits and water features, enhancing commercial spaces with a home-like feel. Additional products include address stones, brick murals, and polymeric sand.
Environmental Commitment
General Shale emphasizes sustainable construction, with products that contribute to LEED certification. They have received numerous awards for their environmental stewardship and innovative manufacturing practices.
Technical Expertise
General Shale supports architects and builders with a comprehensive resource library, including CAD drawings and technical data, ensuring the right product specification for every project.
Manufacturing and Distribution
With facilities producing over a billion bricks annually, General Shale ensures high-quality products and easy access through more than 200 distributors across North America.
Contact Information
General Shale's headquarters are located in Johnson City, TN, with showrooms and distributors available nationwide. For more information, visit their website or contact them directly.
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GS Commercial Overview-1

Natural Beauty General Shale

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Diversity and Design for Unlimited Creativity For more than 85 years, General Shale has served as the premier supplier of building products for a variety of commercial, institutional and specialty architectural projects. We offer a comprehensive product line that includes architectural brick, building stone, thin veneers, landscaping, concrete block, outdoor living products and other building materials. With a selection of more than 250 colors, styles and textures, your design options are as endless as your creativity. Strong, durable and maintenance-free, General Shale products are the ideal...

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Architectural Brick With its unmistakable aesthetic qualities and strong sense of permanence, brick offers architects and builders an impressive list of practical advantages over other exterior materials. With the acquisition of Cunningham Brick’s Cleveland County Plant (CCP) and the thin veneer line, General Shale provides the commercial building industry with the broadest portfolio and most unique choices available for architectural and commercial applications. Our most popular colors include: OATMEAL SILVERSTONE GRAYSTONE CHESTNUT CASCADE WHITE BAYSTONE TAN SMOKE GRAY CASCADE WHITE ROCKFACE...

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Building Materials General Shale offers more than just traditional brick and masonry products. In fact, General Shale is your one-stop shop for any construction project also offer: ADDRESS STONES VINYL LINTEL COVERS .INTEL COVERS =>OLYMERIC SAND HOUSE WRAP Arriscraft IS General Shale555 General Shale jj^ Building Stone - Brick - Limestone K^B Building Products ■■■■■■ Outdoor Living Products ^ISM Just as tough as natural stone, Arriscraft building products stand-up to the elements and the test of time - with no cracking or fading. All-natural and offering the extraordinary qualities of quarried...

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“LEEDING” in Green Technology Protecting the environment is at the core of the General Shale culture. Choosing brick provides far reaching environmental, social and economic benefits. General Shale has won numerous conservationist awards for its efforts in responsible raw material harvesting, manufacturing practices and reclamation efforts. Use of our recycled products can help you achieve points toward LEED™ certification. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Des

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Expertise to Help You Specify the Right Material…Every Time At General Shale, our goal is to become a reliable and knowledgeable partner to contractors, architects, designers and landscapers. Not only do we supply the most comprehensive line of masonry products for commercial applications, but we provide the technical expertise to make specifying the right product easy. General Shale offers a complete resource library of technical information, including CAD drawings, data sheets, detailed technical drawings, architectural catalog shapes and information from the National Concrete Masonry Association...

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Find the showroom or distributor near you. You can find a dedicated General Shale showroom or distributor in every state in the U.S. We are supported by more than 200 distributors who offer easy access to our complete product line. For more information or expert advice on General Shale masonry products, call us today at 800-414-4661 or visit our web site at www.generalshale.com

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CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Johnson City 3015 Bristol Hwy. Johnson City, TN 37601 423-282-4661 Abingdon 16019 Lee Hwy. Bristol, VA 24202 276-591-5400 Baltimore #34 Thomas Ave. Baltimore MD 21225 410-789-2708 Chicago (West) 1975 Aucutt Road Montgomery, IL 60538 630-897-7922 Louisville (North) 211 N. English Station Road Louisville, KY 40223 502-448-1780 Raleigh 8820 Westgate Park Drive Raleigh, NC 27617 919-828-0541 Denver 1845 West Dartmouth Ave. Denver, CO 80110 800-477-9002 Madison 7029 Hwy. 72 West Huntsville, AL 35806 256-837-8685 Roanoke 2353 Webster Road Roanoke, VA 24012 540-977-5505 Elizabethtown...

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