Roles

Previous NCMA President Mr. John Heslip has passed away. Read more about his efforts in the industry and more.

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) held its semi-annual fall meetings in downtown Atlanta from Dec 4-7th, 2006.

The ASTM International Committee C12 on Mortars and Grouts for Unit Masonry celebrated its 75th anniversary at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency on Dec. 6, 2006.

Expo '96

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, site of Masonry Expo '96, proved to be a resounding success. Over four thousand attendees visited the show floor between January 27 and 29.

The Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition was given a hearty

Eley, California has been honored as its representative firm of the year by PermaGrain Products, an award given annually to the representative with the greatest sales of the firm's hard surface flooring products.



Dimensions

Earthquake Damage

Buildings built to code performed as expected in the Northridge earthquake, with little or no structural damage, and the businesses they housed were open for business the day after the quake. One older apartment building that

CHANGES & GROWTH
Colin C. Brown has been named vice president of sales and marketing for the Triangle Brick Company. For the past seven years he was an architectural sales representative for Custom Brick Company and previously to that he was with C

FROM THE PRESIDENT
George
Has Left
His Mark
on the
Industry
By RICHARD MATTHEWS
President, Mason Contractors
Association of America

I was asked at a recent chapter meeting, "what was the single most important eve

New Materials and Concepts
in NCWA Lifestyle Home

The just completed 2,300 square foot Lifestyle 2000 home, sponsored by NCMA, features products and systems to show how homes of the future will meet changing needs.

ADVANCED CONCRE

The winning projects and architectural firms were: Private Residence, Chicago, Illinois, designed by Frederick Phillips and Associates, Chicago:

A PRIVATE RESIDENCE in Chicago is built of ground face concrete block. The brick tower, t

Speakers at the Conference included (left to right): Robert Hatch, MCAA President; Judie Moreo, featured speaker from Las Vegas and John Heslip, President, National Concrete Masonry Association.

Stone Panels III continued to present new concepts

Speakers for the '89 Conference

Speakers for the '89 Conference (from top to bottom) were: Gregg Borchelt, Director of Engineering & Research, Brick Institute of America; George Milne, Vice President, L. C. Pardue, Inc.: George L. Plumb, MCAA L

MONDAY, MARCH 13
8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Registration
Hospitality Desk-Island Tower

9:30 a.m.
MCAA 2nd Session
Caribbean Ballroom

Addresses:
• Council of Masonry Research, the research arm of the masonry industry

Top photos: Scenes from the MCAA Trade Show

Top photos: Scenes from the MCAA Trade Show held in conjunction with the Annual Conference, Saturday, March 14th through March 16th. Contractors from 32 states and Canada attended the 100 booth Educat

Dee Brown, MCAA President, is joined by Past Presidents Eugene George, W. C. Dentinger, Jr., Charles Velardo and Don Leonard.

Laborers International Union of North America; Carl Booker
National Lime Association; Ken Gutschick
Building S

The Tuesday morning session featured speakers from the material producing segment of the masonry industry. Left to right are: Dee Brown, MCAA President, Bob Hatch, Vice President, George Miller, Executive Vice President; Nelson Cooney, Preside