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By Juanita Ferguson


Preserving National Historic Treasures


In August, the East Coast experienced a natural disaster rarely felt in that part of the country: an earthquake that registere

Term Moisture Management Solution

Placing a bead of caulk over the void in the corner where the floor meets the wall is, in fact, a very poor caulk detail; it is a three-sided adhesion issue that has been historically proven to have a short lif

THERMAL MASS
To identify mass walls for compliance with Table 13-1 and 13-2, use the heat capacity values directly from code Table 10-9 or other recognized sources. Cavity walls have been included.

Summary
The masonry (mass) wall requi

LEGAL AFFAIRS
By Juanita Ferguson
Effective Use of Social Media in the Masonry Industry

Mason contractors are used to soliciting bids, addressing cost overruns and even mentoring apprentices, in order to continue the craftsmanship att

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News From MCAA

Advanced Masonry Systems
Completes Certification
Program

Advanced Masonry Systems Inc. has earned certification throug

MCAA Vision Award
Winners

The first-ever Vision Awards were bestowed during the 2011 MCAA TEAM Awards at the MCAA Convention in Las Vegas in January. The Vision Awards celebrate school districts, universities, communities and architects who

SAW BLADES
industry forward. With laser cut cores to distort the vibrations that cause noise, to epoxy filled sandwich cores, both contribute to softening noise levels.

The request for quieter cutting blades has directed our manufacturing s

Bring on the Rain

Moisture management: We all know the term, and we all know the processes and materials. But do we know if we are actually installing our work correctly?

BY STEVE FECHINO

CAVITY WALLS ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON

Typically, issues occur at the beginning and end of our busiest season, when our workforce is its strongest. With this in mind, both issues are simply a site management issue, which is one of the easiest problems for us to solve.

When

MOISTURE MANAGEMENT

top surface of the collection device, reducing the ability of moisture to exit through the weeps as well as block the weeps from allowing air movement within the cavity. One manufacturer adds an extra benefit to its product

End dams and corner boots can be purchased as injection molded boots. The benefit of the injected boots and end dams is that they do not leak and they are ready to install. Flashings that the contractor needs to fold and cut require additional trained la

MAST CLIMBERS

# Purchasing
# Used Mast
# Climbers

BY THIERRY LACHAPELLE

The current state of the construction market presents all sorts of challenges for contractors. By the same token, it also offers tremendous opport

INDUSTRY REPORT

Creating the Future

Both residential and commercial construction activity have reached record or near-record lows. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, we have just lived through the lowest level of new housing starts

developing relationships with architects

who work with masonry designs in their market area. They discuss moisture management as well as available masonry products and practices. By taking these steps, they are not only promoting their company'

INDUSTRY REPORT

The development of the BrickStainable Design Competition, which is now in its second year, seeks to attract and promote new ideas in the manufacturing of, the application of, or the physical arrangement of clay masonry units tha