The Natural Stoneshow 2013 / 30th April - 2nd May 2013

If you want to know more about developments in curtain walling, stone on precast and other off-site manufacturing techniques using stone, it would be worthwhile attending the Stone In Modern Architecture - Offsite Manufacture session of the Natural Stone & Building Conservation Conference that is held at ExCeL in conjunction with the Natural Stone Show.

This session, in the morning of 13 March (there are morning and afternoon sessions on each day of the Show), explores the versatility of stone in modern methods of construction and how developments in the offsite manufacture of lightweight and precast panels can remove stone from the critical path on fast track projects.

The conference is run in conjunction with the Natural Stone Show and has become an important event in the stone calendar in its own right.

The morning sessions concentrate on issues regarding new build and the industry in general while the afternoon sessions are run by English Heritage and focus on conservation.

The conference provides an opportunity to network, learn and profit from the knowledge of some of the leading figures in the industry.

The conference takes place in the conference rooms reached from the rear of the exhibition hall.

As well as the offsite manufacture of stone units, subjects being covered this time include a discussion of best practice and standards in a session called Setting the Standard on the morning of 11 March. And in case you are finding it hard to keep up with the new standards, Dr Richard Harris will discuss the requirements of the new British Standard 8298 regarding the specification of stone.

The Conference offers accredited CPD for RIBA members. Click here for the full conference programme.