Tour: Natural Stone
AIA Course Number: NSIT5, 1.0 LU/HSW
IDCEC Course Number: 120280, Subject Code: 3.1, 0.1 HSW CEU
LACES Course Number: NSIT5, 1.0 HSW
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CEU Course for architects & designers
This seminar will showcase the story of genuine stone in a variety of ways including a tour of a stone facility. Discuss the history of stone, modern day quarrying techniques, and stone's durability, beauty, and value. Learn and discuss landscape, interior and exterior use and application of natural stone. Obtain more information about the use of sandstone, bluestone, limestone, and quartzite for hardscapes, as well as the interior use of limestone, marble, granite and slate. Study the use of limestone for trims, caps, stoops, poolcopings, watertables, veneers, and much more. See the importance of how safety in production practices is a key part to the stone industry.
Learning objectives include:
- Learn about the history of stone, modern day quarrying techniques, and stone's durability, beauty, and value.
- Study and discuss landscape, interior and exterior use and application of natural stone.
- Obtain information about integrating trims, caps, stoops, poolcopings, watertables, veneers, etc into your designs.
- Tour a stone facility and view stone, stone applications, safety practices and/or the equipment used to fabricate stone.
Program Length: 60 minutes
