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This course is designed to give architects and designers an overview of how to specify natural stone. There are many factors to consider to ensure you are choosing the proper material for your project including, species, color, impact on occupant safety as a walking surface, durability and structural stability, price, finish options, and impact on the overall safety and wellness of occupants. Other factors to consider address the ability for the quarry to produce the sizes and quantities specified. Finally this content will provide resources you need to help ensure the stone you choose meets the standards and design intent set for your application, and can contribute to the health, safety, and well-being of occupants over the expected usable lifetime of the material, which for stone, could be centuries.
Photo courtesy of ABC Worldwide Stone
This course is designed to give architects and designers an overview of how to specify natural stone. There are many factors to consider to ensure you are choosing the proper material for your project including, species, color, impact on occupant safety as a walking surface, durability and structural stability, price, finish options, and impact on the overall safety and wellness of occupants. Other factors to consider address the ability for the quarry to produce the sizes and quantities specified. Finally this content will provide resources you need to help ensure the stone you choose meets the standards and design intent set for your application, and can contribute to the health, safety, and well-being of occupants over the expected usable lifetime of the material, which for stone, could be centuries.
Photo courtesy of ABC Worldwide Stone
The Natural Stone Institute offers a wide array of technical and training resources, professional development, regulatory advocacy, and networking events for the natural stone industry. Learn more at www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/stoneacademy.
Originally published in Process Cooling
Originally published in November 2019
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Discuss the responsibilities and liabilities of each pillar in the typical construction project.
Review resources to find more information about natural stone standards and how these impact the safety and functionality of the built environment.
Learn how to plan for the longevity, low maintenance, and occupant well-being of an installation by specifying appropriate materials.
Evaluate factors specific to the price of different natural stone materials, impact on occupant safety and wellness, finishes and methods.
