THIS book documents a sequenced procedure to design exterior dimension stone cladding. The design approach avoids arbitrary safety factors by considering performance variables that can establish true safety and durability. This text presents a process to select, design, and install dimension stone cladding and support systems. Within a sequenced format, extensive explanations with new engineering applications enhance recognized industry practices and include successful exemplars to guide objective and rational decisions. This approach increases awareness of the individual influences that affect exterior wall performance. These influences, termed “uncertainties,” can each be researched to establish their impact on the risk of failure. They must be correlated to existing work. Evaluated individually, they formulate load and resistance factor design for dimension stone. This approach tends to provide safe and durable stone projects.