Two days of real talk and real skills, built for stone shop owners and operators. Business strategy sessions and hands-on fabrication classes run side by side, with live product demos throughout and a surface polish competition you don't want to miss. Come ready to share, learn, and walk away with strategies that move the needle.
Pick your path or do both. Business strategy and hands-on fabrication run at the same time across both days, with live product demos throughout.
The next decade separates shops that can see, measure, document, and improve their operations from those that can't. The dividing line is manufacturing discipline.
Stop waiting on your P&L to know if you're profitable. Break down the metrics that matter most: daily profitability, cash flow forecasting, and how to spot your most profitable customers and jobs.
How minority, women, and disadvantaged business certifications (MBE, WBE, DBE, and federal 8(a)) work, and how stone shops can leverage them to win public-sector subcontracting work that GCs are struggling to fill.
An honest read on the forces reshaping stone fabrication, from tariffs and margin pressure to the trade-to-manufacturing shift, with strategies on material sourcing, supplier leverage, differentiation, and reclaiming pricing power.
A practical framework for using financial, operational, and strategic benchmarking to improve profitability, guide decisions, and increase business value, including M&A attractiveness.
Proven techniques for removing scratches from quartz surfaces, with open stations for hands-on practice and expert guidance.
Master repairing chips and spalls in quartz and natural stone. Hands-on demos with techniques you can apply immediately in your shop.
Hands-on instruction covering granite seam techniques and surfacing methods, including a porcelain miter demo and open practice stations.
Both days feature open stations to practice techniques with guidance from Ado and Frank. Bring your questions; Q&A runs throughout.
Put your skills to the test. Contestants receive epoxy pieces and 30 minutes to resurface. Top 3 advance to the Day 2 final on identical equipment. Prizes awarded!
The crew behind the Stone Chatter podcast is bringing the mics to Salt Lake City and recording live from the workshop floor. Three perspectives, one industry. Come say hello, jump in the conversation, and be part of the show.
An optional Saturday field trip for workshop attendees. Go from mountain to finished slab and see the full process at Delta Stone Products in Heber City & Daniel, Utah, on July 18, 2026.
Start where stone is pulled straight from the mountain.
Follow the full process, cutting raw blocks into slabs and applying the final finishes.
See the finished products showcased and ready for use.
Transportation is provided, and space is limited. The tour is part of the Salt Lake City Workshop, so just add it when you register.
Register on Eventbrite"I have a new business and money is tight. The workshop sounded great but I wasn't sure I'd get my money's worth (flights, hotels, etc). I also wondered if this was going to just be a few days of hard selling from vendors. I was 100% wrong! These people are saints, it was so incredibly helpful to our business I will never forget it.
The generosity of the host shop to allow us to disrupt their very busy operation for this event is so appreciated. The sponsors funding this event and making it possible, thank you so much! To the event organizers, great job and thank you! We are so incredibly grateful.
I'm not sure why I wouldn't go to every one of the events in the future, and I encourage others to do so as well. I think that even veterans of the industry could take away something from these events. Everyone was an open book sharing everything about their businesses, good and bad."
Spots are limited. Two days, July 16 & 17, 2026 at Elevated Stoneworkz, Salt Lake City, Utah.
