Mason Contractors
February 2025

NETWORKING It’s not just who you know, it’s who they know. Build deep industry relationships with the most connected professionals across the nation. CREDIBILITY Demonstrate your company’s commitment to excellence in craftsmanship, ability to stay up

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.

Game Changer NCMCA Workforce Development and Training Coordinator: Ryan Shaver
January 2023

Despite the annual looming threat of increasingly severe weather across the country, Americans are more ill-prepared than ever to rebuild after a devastating ecological event.

Building the Ultimate Outdoor Kitchen for Any Budget
December 2022

Investment in outdoor living increased dramatically over the course of the pandemic. Spending more time at home prompted homeowners to create additional areas for rest, relaxation, and work or pushed them to start on that outdoor project they’ve been

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July 2022

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Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse
September 2020

Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse

Marvelous Masonry Turkey Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage
January 2019

As a little history, modern Turkey came into existence in 1923 and ended over 600 years of being part of the Ottoman Empire. The map below shows the various locations we’ll visit in this article.

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

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

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

Belden Brick Announces New Outdoor Living Line - BrickScapes
September 2015

BrickScapes by Belden announces the addition of brick mailboxes, fire pits, grills, trash cans, pizza ovens, fireplaces Andrianna Peterson Bronzella Cleveland Cory Sekine-pettite Dean Zerbe Justin DiLauro Mahesh Ramanujam Mark Swanson Nancy Somerville Olivier Salens Rick Fedrizzi Tom Allen

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