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New Products

Blastrac
Oklahoma City, Okla.

The Blastrac seven-inch Grinder-Vac is a shrouded grinder system designed to control dust, effectively reduce cleanup time, provide better visibility, and increase productivity. By connect

BAC/IMI National Training Center: Open for Business

By Hazel Bradford, Director of Communications, International Masonry Institute

Above & Far Left: The 46,000-fost conference center has rooms, recreation facilities, meet rooms and a c

Company Profile

"For about $7 to $8, we've been able to incorporate this new system onto the BX-4, address customers' concerns of protecting workers, and provide a platform that masons can continue to use and that they're familiar with," Brian

MASONRY COMPUTER ESTIMATING

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

The Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) predicts a nationwide air barrier requirement code by 2010.

The U

2005
Excellence Awards

Excellence Award

MASONRY INSTITUTE OF TENNESSEE - AIA TENNESSEE AWARDS

Seven breathtaking masonry structures were honored at the AIA Tennessee Masonry Institute of Tennessee (MIT) awards ceremony on

Merit Awards

Photo by Tom Gatin Photography

Cali Stone

Roundabout Plaza, Nashville
Architect: Hastings Architecture Associates LLC
Mason Contractors: Jackson Masonry LLC and Gardner G&G

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Technology
Research Aims at Concrete
Results for Coastal States

Amber Miles
Staff Writer, Louisiana Tech University News Bureau

Thanks to a four-year, $3 million grant awarded to Louisiana Tech University's Trenchless Techn

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Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development will offer "Structural Design of Masonry Systems

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The showroom's welcoming exterior features a covered, arched walkway that leads customers into the showroom. Customers who enter through the tower will step onto a glass floor created with the new IBP Glass

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For TMS, Rand has assumed numerous leadership roles, including the positions of president and the first chair of the TMS Sustainability Subcommittee. (Rand is the first architect to have been elected preside

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TO YOUR IMAGINATION.

For your projects that require going beyond your imagination. All of your projects deserve

Investigators Examine
Masonry Affected by Hurricane
Katrina in Gulf States

A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS FROM THE MASONRY SOCIETY (TMS) arrived in the Gulf States area on Sept. 2 to investigate the effects of Hurricane Katrina on masonry st

RESTORATION

The FIGHT AGAINST TIME

Fort Washington has stood against attacks by iron-sided ships, canon blasts and rifle shots. In the end, it was not Fort Washington's rough military history that nearly did it in, but the ageless ene