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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

Oldcastle® Architectural, the largest producer of concrete masonry products in North America, has renamed its PRAIRIE® STONE high-density, pre-finished architectural concrete masonry unit Cordova Stone™ “to better represent its timeless aesthetic appe

The King of the Concrete Jungle

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The X2 Air Filtration System extends the life of filters for up to a year. The newly redesigned anti-vibration system reduces vibration up to 43% over previous models. Both systems allow

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High-end, lighter weight grinders

MASONRY CONTRACTORS who want to cut with angle grinders have a new line of seven- and nine-inch models to choose from, courtesy of Mount Prospect, III.-based Bosch Power Tools and Accessories. The com

If the Work Isn't There, it Just Isn't There

Are you seeing contractors pricing work so low that you are tempted to drop your drawers and prove you can do it just as cheap and still make money? Or, maybe you have thought to yourself, "Maybe the

Bonded by Brick

PIONEERING FACILITY COMBINES 18 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDER ONE ROOF
BY DOUGLAS J. OGUREK, LEED AP

(all images) University Center of Lake County
Photoprightley Roor plans courtesy ch

26 MASONRY

MAKING THE GRADE

Starting Them Young

If you want a good read on a masonry student, just ask a veteran masonry instructor.

"Kevin Morris is one of the most outstanding young men I have ever had in my class, and I mean that," s

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