Welcome to the Building Stone Institute Web site. Founded in 1919, Building Stone Institute is a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to serving its member firms while at the same time educating consumers on the uses and benefits of natural stone. For nearly 90 years, BSI has worked on behalf of the quarries, fabricators, dealers, importers, exporters, carvers, restorers, designers, and installers that comprise our membership.

Our work takes on a multi-faceted approach. First, we continually strive to provide programs and resources that enable our member companies to offer the highest level of quality products and services. Second, we work with the architectural and design communities ensuring that they are well versed on the applications, both structural and aesthetic, of natural stone. Finally, we create materials designed to communicate to the end user the various benefits of designing their projects with stone.

Through this approach we are able to support our members’ efforts to continually increase the quality of service, quality of products, and demand for stone. We hope you find our site to be informative about the organization, and we hope that it will provide answers to questions you may have.

BSI is a proud member of the National Stone Council and U.S. Green Building Council. Genuine Stone� and the Genuine Stone seal are trademarks of the Natural Stone Council.