Inviting fabricators from all over the area, MS International, Inc. (MSI) hosted the Stone Industry Education presented by the Marble Institute of America (MIA) and Stone World magazine. The event included a main presentation in the morning, networking opportunities, a warehouse tour and a Fabricator Forum, which provided an opportunity for attendees to discuss a number of industry topics. The event included 45 fabricators from 27 companies and 83 total participants.

GK Naquin of Stone Interiors North America started off the day with a presentation about analyzing shop performances from sales to production and measuring metrics. At the start of his presentation, Naquin asked how many of the fabricators have more than two crews going out a day to install. He followed up by asking how many square feet minimum each crew should set a day, with a response from fabricators of “100.” “That’s pretty much standard across the board,” said Naquin. “A crew should set about 100 feet a day. You may all have different types of schedules, but it all comes down to making sure your crews put down the proper amount of work that day and the proper location for the day, especially if you have four or five crews in different locations a day.”