Masonry Strong: Workforce
January 2023

Masonry for Owners Masonry is the best choice in many ways, such as increasing resale value while ultimately saving on sustainability.

Masonry Strong: Architect
January 2023

Masonry is not only predominately aesthetic, but creates a building fit for any potential adversity. MASONRY STRONG's resources highlight the benefits of masonry for your next project.

Keeping our Trade Strong
January 2023

A quick search of “workforce development” on Google will yield more than 62 million results in less than a quarter of a second. Pretty much everything has been said, written and done before.

Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse
September 2020

Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse

The Natural Stone Council and ANSI/NCS-373 Production of Natural Dimension Stone Standard
December 2018

The Natural Stone Council and ANSI/NCS-373 Production of Natural Dimension Stone Standard

USGBC to Adopt RELi Building Standard
December 2017

USGBC to Adopt RELi Building Standard

Sagamore Pendry Rec Pier Hotel Restoration Completed
September 2017

The Sagamore Pendry Rec Hotel is a restoration of the 1914 Recreation Pier in Baltimore by Beatty Harvey Coco Architects, a New York-based firm. The project, completed this year, received the Award of Excellence in the category of adaptive reuse/historic

Bonded by Brick
January 2017

Five years ago, the University Center of Lake County, a partnership between 18 Illinois colleges and universities, operated classrooms in shared buildings. However, it had no core facility – no “face” to show the community. The first facility of its k

Spring 2016: Table of Contents
May 2016

Features
• New York Hospital Queens Astoria Primary Care Clinic
• Faith In Masonry

Things Are Looking Up In Hardscaping
December 2015

If you were to visit the site of a new building project and were asked to examine the hardscaping design, your natural inclination would be to look down at the ground. In most instances, you wouldn’t be wrong in making that choice. But if you were to vis

Rik Kunnath Honored with DBIA Lifetime Achievement Award
October 2015

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has announced Richard M. (“Rik”) Kunnath, P.E., DBIA as the 2015 recipient of the DBIA Brunell

USGBC Names New CEO
September 2015

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors announced that USGBC’s Chief Operating Officer Mahesh Ramanujam has been named i

Vectorworks CAD software
August 2015

Vectorworks CAD software is a line of industry-specific 2D/3D and BIM solutions that allow designers to advance their ideas from concept through completion. Two of the programs are described below, and more information is available online.

Engineer Challenges Historical Theories on Building of Egypt’s Pyramids
March 2015

Engineer Challenges Historical Theories on Building of Egypt’s Pyramids

BIM for Masonry Initiative Moving Forward With Phase II Project Managers
September 2013

Project managers have been named for the four major project areas of Phase II of the Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) Initiative, which will be implementing the roadmap developed in Phase I.