Dick Q Dentinger (Dick)

B&D Associates, LLC is a concrete and masonry firm that performs on large Institutional, Municipal and Commercial projects in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. We specializes in quality brick, block, stone, and concrete work.

A sample of projects we've completed of note:

Union Depot - St. Paul (Brick, Block, Stone)
North American Bank - Woodbury (Brick, Block, Stone)
Target Field - MN Twins Ballpark (Extensive Block & Stone work)
Phoenix on the River Condominiums (17 story Condo Project)
Paul & Shiela Wellstone Community Ctr. (Brick, Block, Stone)

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B&D Associates, LLC


Employee - 1980- Current

B&D Associates, LLC. focuses on brick, block, stone, and concrete work on commercial, institutional and industrial projects in Minnesota. We perform on projects ranging in size from one day jobs to multi-million dollar contra...


MCAA Board


Vice Chairman - 2023

On August 27, 1950 the first convention of the Mason Contractors Association of America was held in Sun Porch of the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Mich. Pictured around the table (left to right) are: Norman Bourchard, Gregor ...


MCAA Board


Chairman - 2024

On August 27, 1950 the first convention of the Mason Contractors Association of America was held in Sun Porch of the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Mich. Pictured around the table (left to right) are: Norman Bourchard, Gregor ...


Chairman's Message: Mentoring Past and Future

My wife, Sheryl, walked from her office to mine and placed the September issue of Masonry Magazine on my desk. She opened it to page 52 and said, “Look at this picture and tell me the first thing you see.” I gave it a quick glance. The top half of the pag

Chairman's Message: Everything, Everywhere...and All At Once

Once upon a time, long ago, when I was selling radio advertising, there was always an emphasis on the importance of keeping our ad copy efficient, attention-grabbing, and hopefully loaded with staying power. Advertisers know customers are busy and ad budg

Chairman's Message: Top-Shelf Leadership

When a business or association is doing well, there is always a temptation to relax and enjoy the ride. However, as anyone who has worked for an extended period in their career knows, there always seems to be some potentially knee-buckling challenge lurki

Chairman's Message: Staying Current and Having Vision

As I prepared for my 8th-grade graduation, I opened my closet and very carefully removed the shining new suit I would wear to the ceremony. I was excited and thankful that my parents purchased it, because if they hadn’t, I would have stood out like a sore

Chairman's Message: Planning for Pivots and What-ifs

When watching a football game, it’s always interesting to first see the play live in real-time, followed by the slow-motion replay afterward. In real time, it plays out in a handful of seconds.

Chairman's Message: Round Up The Usual Suspects

There’s a fabulous scene in the climax of the film CASABLANCA starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. In the scene, Claude Reins, the French Police Captain during German occupation, arrives at the airport hanger only to find Bogart had just expired

Chairman's Message: Vendor No. 25 and Selling Norman Rockwell’s Cottage

Growing up in the home of a mason contractor had all sorts of wonderful experiences for my siblings and me. My father and mother had a good thing going in their little household. They had a happy marriage and were raising four children.

Chairman's Message: Vendor No. 25 and Selling Norman Rockwell’s Cottage

Growing up in the home of a mason contractor had all sorts of wonderful experiences for my siblings and me. My father and mother had a good thing going in their little household. They had a happy marriage and were raising four children. Mom was in charge

Chairman's Message: Challenge of Cherry-Picking Change

Look, I get it. Yes, I have gray hair, but to be fair, I first started getting gray hair at age 16. Still, there’s no denying I’m an “old guy.” I’m a baby boomer, and I’m aware that some new trends and changes our companies have witnessed in recent years

Chairman's Message: Everyone is an Influencer

Chairman's Message: Everyone is an Influencer

Chairman's Message: Passing the Baton, Staying the Course…

Chairman's Message: Passing the Baton, Staying the Course…

Remembering Industry Icon, Bill Dentinger

Those who interacted with Bill recently will recall that he was as smart as a whip and one of a handful in his MCAA generation still counted on for input during challenges. He was also known and loved for his uncanny ability to fill a room with laughter.

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Report of the MCAA Membership Committee

The report of the MCAA Membership Committee presented at the 2018 MCAA Convention in Las Vegas.

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Report of the MCAA Membership Committee

Throughout the year, multiple issues of Masonry magazine will feature membership with new advertisements, an application and articles addressing recruitment.

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Report of the MCAA Membership Committee

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Report of the MCAA Membership Committee

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Report of the MCAA Membership Committee

Report of the MCAA Membership Committee presented at the 2004 Midyear Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

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Report of the MCAA Membership Committee

Report of the MCAA Membership Committee

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