Dimension Stone Use in Building Construction

* Strength testing - addresses testing to determine strength characteristics of dimension stone cladding panels.
* Design - covers topics including the advantages and disadvantages of three common dimension stone paving installation techniques and the relationships between stone material strength, anchorage strength and induced stress states for four common dimension stone cladding anchorage configurations.
* Evaluation and investigation - provides observations regarding investigations into the causes of dimension stone cladding deterioration and failure.
* Durability - discusses the issue of dimension stone durability using three different approaches:
o A large-scale European research project to investigate the causes of marble and limestone cladding panel bowing.
o Development of preconstruction testing parameters to assess bowing potential.
o Assessment of proposed remedial efforts to reduce or inhibit ongoing bowing.