Roles

NEW PRODUCTS

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Rolling Miter
Saw/Planer Stand
DEWALT
Towson, Md.

DEWALT launched a new Rolling Miter Saw/Planer Stand (DWX726) that allo

By Jan Boyer
Cast Stone Institute
Educational Opportunities

The Cast Stone Institute recognizes that, because cast stone is not included at any time in the training of specifiers or masons, confusion about the product's properties as we

AIR BARRIERS
Products that can be sprayed or rolled onto structural walls or CMU back-up makes air barrier installation less like hanging wallpaper and more like simple painting.

"Self-performing the application just about always costs less

BUSINESS BUILDING
By George Hedley

Build An Accountable and Responsible Team
What drives you crazy about managing your company? Is it trying to get paid, dealing with customers, having to cut your prices, scheduling workers, or making

LEGAL ISSUES

By Timothy R. Hughes, Esq. and Lauren K. Keenan, Esq.

Business Succession Planning
Part II: Critical Tools

EDITOR'S NOTE: In Part I of business succession planning, the critical importance of business succes

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Test 11 AC106
1/2x4(x4)
Hnom = 2'4"
Min. Spacing 2
Tension Ancher

Four-anchor tension test showing failure mode for shallow enbedment

Connections between elements are important in applications like roof supports,

CODES AND STANDARDS

Post-installed anchors loaded in tension, especially adhesive anchors and screw anchors, demonstrate a capacity to resist loads, even when placed in adjacent cells.

Small diameter screw anchors have been used for ma

INNOVATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS

US. A.

STAY COOL...NEVER LOSE YOUR HEAD (Joint)

SPEC MEX mortars are engineered for masons. Making mortar that meets stength is the easy part-making mortar that sticks to a trowel and holds a head j

2 Free Bricklayers

What if your crew of 8 bricklayers laid the same number of brick as your competitor's crew of 10? THAT'S TWO FREE BRICKLAYERS.

That's what happens when your men keep laying INSTEAD of stopping for 20 minutes when the

NEW PRODUCTS

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Stone Champion Mortar Mixers
Stone Construction Equipment
Honeoye, N.Y.

Stone Construction Equipment offers 11 Champion Mor

RLD OF CONCRETE LAS VEGAS MASONRY SPEC MIX MTA LL BRACING BOOST PROFIT FOREMAN DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITS COMMERCIAL CONCRETE MASONRY CONSTRUCTION MAC PAC INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY STONE RLD CLASS EDUCATION WYNN HOTEL SKILLS CHALLENGE TEAM AWARDS SOUTH

MASONRY COMPUTER ESTIMATING

Masonry Computer Estimating
That Does It All... in 3D!
by TRADESMEN'S SOFTWARE

Dunlop Mastclimbers, Premier Scaffolding Solutions, etc.),
Having been the first to really take off in the industry,

MAST CLIMBERS
The Fraco model

AS MENTIONED, the masonry niche remains an important market for the MCWP manufacturers. In order to increase the productivity in that segment, Fraco Products has conducted several analyses with masonry contrac

For many years, the industry has followed the standard veneer wall construction of the ACI 530/ASCE 5/TMS 402, and this excerpt, "the anchor must be capable of withstanding 100# load in tension and compression without deforming or developing p

SAFETY

If not, fall protection must be connected to a point above or adjacent to the worker, such as a permanent wall. If the anchorage point can be on the scaffolding itself, the anchorage point typically is above or adjacent to the worker.

SAFETY

Safety, continued from p.28
pact. Following are some general considerations for each part of a personal fall protection system.

Anchorage connectors are a vital part of any fall protection system. They need to be tested to e