| Cast Stone Institute |  |
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813 Chestnut Street
PO Box 68
Lebanon, PA 17042
USA
Website: http://www.caststone.org | Phone: 717-272-3744
Fax: 717-272-5147
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Free Online Education
Education unit will be submitted to both CSI CEN and AIA/CES on your behalf. |   | | Meeting Architectural Challenges with Cast Stone | 
| 1 hour program
Provides an overview of cast stone production; how it differs from associated materials; how it is used as a material that by size, shape, color and finish is aesthetically appealing. The various applications of cast stone for residential, commercial, municipal, educational and other uses are also reviewed.
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The Cast Stone Institute®, founded in 1927, is an organization of certified Cast Stone Manufacturers and related professionals committed to developing standards and promoting the use of cast stone. Today our mission remains, not only to be the authoritative spokesperson for Cast Stone, but also to provide expert counsel to the architectural and engineering communities.
Cast Stone is a masonry product that provides ornamental or functional features to buildings and other structures. Cast Stone is made from fine and coarse aggregates, Portland cement, mineral oxide color pigments, chemical admixtures and water. Not surprising then, Cast Stone products are available in virtually any color, and will give the appearance of a variety of natural building stones including but not limited to limestone, granite, slate, travertine or marble. Applications for Cast Stone range from the simplest windowsills to the most complicated architectural elements. Properly manufactured, Cast Stone has the same or stronger physical properties as most dimensional building stone. Properly selected and installed, Cast Stone can result in an architectural project of enduring beauty to be enjoyed for decades.
Members of the Cast Stone Institute® are engaged in the relentless pursuit of excellence in manufacturing. Prior to admission, each potential producer member must submit to a rigorous examination of product quality, safety, testing and meticulous record keeping and must also undergo the recertification process every two years. The results of this include consistently high product quality and the assurance that Cast Stone Institute® members are “on the job” keeping Cast Stone a premier building material.
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