On April 12, 2013, TexaStone Quarries hosted students from Texas Tech University and members of the West Texas Chapter of AIA. This event was part of the Building Stone Institute (BSI) Designer Education Series, featuring four AIA Continuing Education Units. The event also drew stone companies from Colorado, Idaho and Indiana.
The event was a blend of classroom instruction, coupled with the opportunity to see fabrication and quarrying facilities and hands-on installation demonstrations. TexaStone Quarries’ Owner, Brenda Edwards, summed up the motivation for hosting the event when she said, “Our stone company is not unique in that we find design professionals with little knowledge about natural stone. The net result is that competing products are being sourced, but educational events like this one can make the difference and open the eyes of design professionals to the use of stone.”