Published: Friday, May 16, 2014, 8:57p.m.

Each of the 96 hand-painted tile bears a heartfelt message.

Created by women, men and children from all walks of life, the 6-by-6-inch ceramic squares are connected to form a quilt mosaic that represents the strength the creators offer to victims of domestic violence.

What started as just an idea has blossomed into this, said Candi Castleberry Singleton, standing in front of the work at a reception May 15 at the Society for Contemporary Craft, Strip District. It brought people together who may never have met without this project. Pittsburgh has wonderful people who have the potential to accomplish great things. I was emotional when I saw the finished quilt.

The project began as an effort for Women's History Month. It was the brainchild of co-creators Castleberry Singleton and Georgia Berner, president and CEO of Berner International in New Castle, a long-time supporter of women's causes.

They decided the finished product would be donated to the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, which helps about 7,000 adult victims of domestic violence women and men in the city of Pittsburgh every year. Domestic violence knows no age, race, sexual orientation or ethnicity. Over 85 percent of victims are women, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

We can do so many things that can have a lasting impact on women in crisis situations, said Castleberry Singleton, chair of the Women and Girls Foundation board and founder of The Dignity & Respect Campaign of Greater Pittsburgh, which sponsored the ceramic tile quilting event. There are some extremely inspirational messages on those tiles.

The finished work is 88 inches by 46 inches. It weighs 100 pounds.

If we all treat each other with dignity and respect, we can create a better world, Castleberry Singleton said. Something as small as saying hello' to a stranger makes a big difference in someone's life. We can make Pittsburgh a better place for women and men and children to live by showing dignity and respect. Every time I look at the quilt, I see something different.

Individuals from various nonprofit organizations that help make Pittsburgh a better place for women were invited to participate.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Visitor to Utahs State Capitol over the next year might see signs of major construction work as crews fix faulty tile work throughout the building.

Officials say the mortar mixture used with the tile work six years ago appears to have failed, causing many tiles to shift and come loose.

After the legislative session ended in mid-March, crews began working to replace 60,000 square feet of tiny tiles throughout the building, The Deseret News reported (http://bit.ly/1jIfSSe ).

The work, which wont be completed until the end of 2015, is being paid for with a$4.4 million insurance settlement and an additional undisclosed amount of money from the construction companies that did the original job in 2008.

That tile work, part of a $250 million restoration to the building, was supposed to last for 50 years.

But soon after the work was complete, visitors began reporting that many of the small tiles throughout the marble and granite building appeared to be shifting, said Allyson Gamble, the executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board.

People were coming in saying they saw a tile that looked loose or popped up, Gamble said.

The 2008 work was done by a subcontractor hired by two construction firms, Jacobsen Construction and Hunt Construction Group, Jacobsens senior vice president Terry Wright said.

Wright said that subcontractor has since gone out of business and the two constructions firms are now paying for any costs not covered by the insurance settlement. He declined to reveal the cost to the firms.

The tile being ripped out cannot be reused, Wright said, so new tiles are being ordered from a Pennsylvania company to match those in place when the building was dedicated in 1916.

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SALT LAKE CITY A rambunctious group of schoolchildren in the Capitol rotunda Thursday didn't seem to notice the sheets of plastic taped along the floors above, where work is underway to replace all of the historic building's tile floors.

Like so many other visitors, they were too busy looking at the Capitol's grand marble staircases and other features to be distracted by the closed areas where the floors are being ripped up and replaced.

The work is being paid for with a $4.4 million insurance settlement and an undisclosed amount from the construction companies in charge of the $250 million restoration of the Capitol completed in 2008.

The floors throughout the Capitol are being ripped up because of the failure of a mortar mixture that was used to lay tile throughout the building six years ago. It was supposed to last at least 50 years.

To minimize disruption, work crews arrive at 6 p.m. and leave at 4 a.m., taking Fridays and Saturdays off so as not to disturb the wedding receptions and other events typically held those evenings.

The project began after the 2014 Utah Legislature ended in mid-March, and it will be halted for the 2015 session. The work won't be done until the end of next year, with a total of 60,000 square feet of new small hexagonal-shaped tiles in place.

"That's a lot," said Terry Wright, senior vice president of Jacobsen Construction, who is overseeing the project to replace the flooring, which began to settle erratically about two years ago.

"People were coming in saying they saw a tile that looked loose or popped up," said Allyson Gamble, executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board. At first, building maintenance fixed tiles that seemed to be shifting.

But as more problem areas surfaced, Gamble said it was clear there was something seriously wrong. A tile expert was brought in and samples were taken from more than two dozen sites before the mortar mix was blamed.

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Faulty mortar mix forces crews to replace all tiles at state Capitol

Construction workers replace the tile floors inside the state Capitol Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Salt Lake City.

Hugh Carey, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY A rambunctious group of schoolchildren in the Capitol rotunda Thursday didn't seem to notice the sheets of plastic taped along the floors above, where work is underway to replace all of the historic building's tile floors.

Like so many other visitors, they were too busy looking at the Capitol's grand marble staircases and other features to be distracted by the closed areas where the floors are being ripped up and replaced.

The work is being paid for with a $4.4 million insurance settlement and an undisclosed amount from the construction companies in charge of the $250 million restoration of the Capitol completed in 2008.

The floors throughout the Capitol are being ripped up because of the failure of a mortar mixture that was used to lay tile throughout the building six years ago. It was supposed to last at least 50 years.

To minimize disruption, work crews arrive at 6 p.m. and leave at 4 a.m., taking Fridays and Saturdays off so as not to disturb the wedding receptions and other events typically held those evenings.

The project began after the 2014 Utah Legislature ended in mid-March, and it will be halted for the 2015 session. The work won't be done until the end of next year, with a total of 60,000 square feet of new small hexagonal-shaped tiles in place.

"That's a lot," said Terry Wright, senior vice president of Jacobsen Construction, who is overseeing the project to replace the flooring, that began to settle erratically about two years ago.

"People were coming in saying they saw a tile that looked loose or popped up," said Allyson Gamble, executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board. At first, building maintenance fixed tiles that seemed to be shifting.

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Mortar mix failure forces crews to replace 60,000 square feet of tile at state Capitol

Construction workers replace the tile floors inside the state Capitol Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Salt Lake City.

Hugh Carey, Deseret News

SALT LAKE CITY A rambunctious group of schoolchildren in the Capitol rotunda Thursday didn't seem to notice the sheets of plastic taped along the floors above, where work is underway to replace all of the historic building's tile floors.

Like so many other visitors, they were too busy looking at the Capitol's grand marble staircases and other features to be distracted by the closed areas where the floors are being ripped up and replaced.

The work is being paid for with a $4.4 million insurance settlement and an undisclosed amount from the construction companies in charge of the $250 million restoration of the Capitol completed in 2008.

The floors throughout the Capitol are being ripped up because of the failure of a mortar mixture that was used to lay tile throughout the building six years ago. It was supposed to last at least 50 years.

To minimize disruption, work crews arrive at 6 p.m. and leave at 4 a.m., taking Fridays and Saturdays off so as not to disturb the wedding receptions and other events typically held those evenings.

The project began after the 2014 Utah Legislature ended in mid-March, and it will be halted for the 2015 session. The work won't be done until the end of next year, with a total of 60,000 square feet of new small hexagonal-shaped tiles in place.

"That's a lot," said Terry Wright, senior vice president of Jacobsen Construction, who is overseeing the project to replace the flooring, that began to settle erratically about two years ago.

"People were coming in saying they saw a tile that looked loose or popped up," said Allyson Gamble, executive director of the Capitol Preservation Board. At first, building maintenance fixed tiles that seemed to be shifting.

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Construction problem forces crews to replace all the tiles at state Capitol