All-day session covers wide range of topics.

  Spain leads handily; overall volume jumps by one-third.

  Industry vet will aid with membership, Five Star Contractor program.

  New quartz colors, easy-clean grout, one-piece quartz sinks, stone swatch ID app.

  Winning designer gets six-day trip to Spain, $2,500.

  Thin-set standards verification refines title to avoid confusion.

  Granite moves ahead as marble, travertine waver.

  Experience includes work with Cray supercomputers.

  Company will distribute Samsung’s quartz surfaces in metropolitan New York, southwestern Connecticut.

  Seeking volunteers to guide effort.