EXPERTISE

  • Geologist, Free-Lance consultant in the Dimension Stone sector (marbles, granites, travertines and other stones) since 1983. 38 years of experience.
  • Owner of PSC (PRIMAVORI STONE CONSULTING)
  • Consultancy activity provided for extraction, application, standardization and installation of stone materials; elaboration and management of Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Projects; Know-How transfer; Market analysis and studies; Business-contacts; Consultancy for legal disputes (national and international); Organization and coordination of professional and international Workshops; Professional Formation and Training Programmes 
  • Activities carried out in 63 countries, 5 continents.  
  • 1996-2001: Managing Director of self-owned PRISMA s.r.l. (Stone import-export and trading + specialized consultancy services). 
  • Consultant for:
    • IS.I.M. (International Institute of Marble), Milano, Italy (‘97-‘10)
    • I.C.E. (Italian Agency for Foreing Trade, Roma, Italy (dal ’97)
    • Centre for the Development of Enterprise, Bruxelles, Belgium (‘94-‘00)
  • Director of marble quarry “Gioia Piastrone”, (1993-2004), Massa, Italy.
  • Teaching assignments (contract-based) in 6 Italian Universities:
    • Dept. of Earth Sciences, Universities of Genova (’95-’96), Torino (’96-’98), Parma (’00-’01), Siena (’01-’04);
    • Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Bergamo (‘05-’10) (Course: Technology and application of stone materials);
    • Dept. of Architecture and Urban Studies DAsTU, Politecnico of Milano, Italy (’09-’14); 2nd Level Master “Architecture and Construction: Contemporary Planning with stone” (Modulus: Technology and application of the stone materials)
  • Seminarial activity (165 places) in Italy and abroad;
  • Vice-Chair (respons. for Europe) of HSS Board (Heritage Stone Subcommission; 2016-2020);
  • Member of the UNI/CT 033/GL 20 Commission “Stone floors and claddings ” (Italian and European activity for standardization).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

  • Author of 10 books + 10 Treatises, including the most complete sectorial bilingual Lexicon “Il Primavori”, 2.500 terms) 
  • Author of 165 publications on specialized magazines 
  • Member of Technical-Scientific Committee of the magazines: MARMOMACCHINE (from 1993); MARMOMACCHINE INTERNATIONAL (1993-2009); L’INFORMATORE DEL MARMISTA (from 2012); DIAMANTE (2014-2020).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS

  • Rewarded with MASTRO D’ARTE DELLA PIETRA (2020) 
  • Professional Order of the Geologists of Tuscany: ordinary member N° 607
  • A.N.I.M (National Association of Mining Engineers): adherent member

COUNTRIES WHERE THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT:

  • EUROPE: ARMENIA, BELGIUM, CROATIA, FRANCE, GREECE, HUNGARY, ITALY, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, POLAND, KAZAKHSTAN, AUSTRIA, IRELAND
  • AFRICA: MAURITANIA, EGYPT, GHANA, ZAMBIA, NAMIBIA, SOUTH-AFRICA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, TANZANIA, KENIA, UGANDA, ANGOLA, MADAGASCAR, ZIMBABWE, TUNISIA, MOROCCO, LYBIA, SENEGAL, ALGERIA 
  • AMERICAS: U.S.A., CANADA, DOMINICAN REP., SURINAME, JAMAICA, BRASIL, ARGENTINA, ECUADOR, PERU, COLOMBIA
  • MIDDLE-EAST: IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, SYRIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, OMAN, QATAR, LEBANON
  • FAR EAST: CHINA, INDIA, THAILAND, VIETNAM, INDONESIA, EAST TIMOR
  • AUSTRALIA: QUEENSLAND, VICTORIA, NEW SOUTH WALES states

CONTACTS: pieprima@gmail.com; Ph. +39/348/412940