Bob Thomas


Roles


Concrete Masonry Hardscape Association (CMHA)


Employee - 1980- Current

NCMA is the national trade association representing the producers and suppliers of concrete masonry products, including concrete block, manufactured stone veneer, segmental retaining walls and articulating concrete block....


MCAA Workforce Development Committee


Member

The Workforce Development Committee has jurisdiction over all MCAA related mason recruiting and training programs. Included in this committee's responsibilities is the marketing of the Masonry Career Days and other recruiting...


Masonry Magazine May 2008 Page. 3
May 2008

SPEC MIX SUPPORTS MASONS

SPEC MIX SUPPORTS MASONS, FROM THE STUDENT MASON, THE APPRENTICE, THE TENDER, THE CONTRACTOR, THE TRADE SCHOOLS, AND THE MASONRY ASSOCIATIONS. TO EVERYONE WHO HAS LAID A BRICK, BLOCK OR STONE, WE COMMEND YOUR COMMITMENT

Masonry Magazine May 2008 Page. 6
May 2008

NOBLOK-FLASH for CMU Exterior Wall
by Mortar Net

New sharper-sloped interior surface drains even faster!

New built-in "bridge" deflects descending moisture into adjacent Blok-Flash pan! (Saves an entire step over separate "bridge u

Masonry Magazine May 2008 Page. 13
May 2008

The Big Secret...

What Non-Stop learned when we were a large masonry contractor...

Non-Stop was born from the lessons we learned as a masonry contractor ourselves. We were as large as any and more profitable than most. But we never be

Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 37
April 2008

MASONRY
The Voice of the Masonry Industry

MASOK RY
MASONRY MASONRY
CRANES
TRAINING
LEGISLATIVE
CONFERENCE

Masonry is the only magazine exclusively devoted to masonry in construction. Masonry Magazine provides th

Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 38
April 2008

CASE STUDY

KNOW YOUR COSTS
A bricklayer's journey to creating Trademen's Software

When most people look at a masonry structure, they appreciate its warmth and beauty. Whether its brick or split face, stone or specialized veneer, m

Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 39
April 2008

MASONRY COMPUTER ESTIMATING

Masonry Computer Estimating
That Does It All... in 3D!
by Tradesmen's Software

Do Faster Takeoffs!
Eliminate Mistakes!

See the actual building being displayed in 3D as you do your take-o

Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 40
April 2008

CASE STUDY
Like his grandfather, father and uncles before him, Bill Pacetti began life as a bricklayer in South Side Chicago. Job after job, he saw waste as a result of poor planning and hasty execution. In the midst of this, he heard contractors bi

Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 41
April 2008

Ah-ha momemt

ONE RAINY DAY, while visiting his in-laws in Florida, Pacetti took out a blank piece of paper and drew a wall section. He believed that, some how, you should be able to see the wall section in the computer, and the computer should b

Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 50
April 2008

Full Contact Project Management



By "Coach" Gary Micheloni

Spring Training Fundamentals
'Pitch' a winning RFI for your team.

Holy mackerel! Is spring training here already? No more football or basketball? Oh, ma

Masonry Magazine April 2008 Page. 51
April 2008

COACH GARY SAYS:
"Some parts of the RFI are more important to us than others."

time and money implications. These things are part of the default mode of the winning RFL. If you don't have these things on the form your client wants you to us