Masonry Magazine January 2005 Page. 22
MEMBERSHIP
recruitment campaign has been much more successful than we could have imagined at its inception. With the success of this program, we are laying a foundation of future employees for our contractors, and recruiting bright young people who previously may not have thought about masonry for their careers."
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WHILE MCAA IS TAKING STEPS to better the industry, the Association also helps to make mason contractors' businesses better on an individual level.
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"A lot of tradesmen are the best tradesmen out there," says Gillick. "They know brickwork, they do quality work, they know how to do it efficiently, they know how to be productive. However, that doesn't make you a good business person. That's where the Association will come in to help you. You can be the best bricklayer in the world but if you don't know how to run a business, you're not going to be successful."
Bounds opened his business doors on March 21, 1989, and the very next day he became a member of the Association. "I felt like I needed the resources that were available through the MCAA," says Bounds. "Now I'd been in the masonry industry for quite some time, but not as an owner. I needed those resources to manage my business and grow my business."
The Sky's the Limit
There are approximately 17,000 mason contractors in the United States only about 1,000 are members. What would happen if half of the mason contractors in the country were to join MCAA?
"We would reclaim our market share in the construction industry, no doubt in my mind," Bounds states. "Our prices would be able to increase. Our manpower situation would be history, and once again we would be the elite in the construction industry."
f you are a mason contractor and not a member of MCAA you are not building your business u
to its fullest potential.
"If MCAA were able to pick up half of the contractors in the U.S., we would not only have the financial resources to tackle the issues faced by our industry, but we would have the backing of a larger member influence," says Faul. "This would give MCAA more leverage to push forward with our initiatives and fight for the survival and growth of our contractors and our industry's needs."
If you are a mason contractor and not a member of MCAA, you are not building your business up to its fullest potential. Every mason contractor can make a difference in this industry by joining MCAA, and MCAA can certainly make a difference in your business.
"I think if mason contractors would just join together, the influence we would have on promoting our industry would just be incredible," Griffin says.
"Bottom line, our greatest successes are yet to come," says Adelizzi.