Masonry Magazine April 2005 Page. 45
Mason Contractor
Gallagher Masonry, Inc., Norton, Ohio
Architects:
M. M. Konarski and The University of Akron
Capital Planning and Facilities Management
General Contractor
Stathos Construction and Engineering,
Akron, Ohio
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"To be honest, I didn't know if I wanted to get involved with it," jokes Aaron Gallagher, Owner of Gallagher Masonry. "It sounded like a bunch of nonsense, but we got into it and it was really neat."
"The work was really slow," he continues, "The hardest part was to piece it all together, because there's a pattern that follows all the way around [the terra cotta), and each piece had to go in order. We went into the warehouse, laid them all out on the floor, figured out the pattern, numbered them, and then took them over to the job as we were building it and put them into place."
Given three months to complete all three arches, Gallagher Masonry completed the project from start to finish in six weeks.
"We get a lot of calls from that general contractor now," he adds.
With the arches completed, the University now has a centerpiece that exemplifies not only the campus' structural goals, but ties the school's strong historic past with its promising future. The arches are now a trademark for the school and used in its marketing literature - even a regional Super Bowl commercial - to advertise the University.
"We think that these arches have added this excitement to what I like to refer to as our new campus," says Curtis. "For the first time we have the feeling of a campus. So I like to look at this total project as a large architectural welcome mat."
Curtis explains that he has used a lot of brick during his 45 years in the business. His recent experiences, with the arches and the New Landscape for Learning, only serve to strengthen his admiration for the material and the people who work with it every day.
"We have wonderful mason contractors in this town, a lot of skilled people here. They do a wonderful job," he says. "We have more [buildings] coming, and we will continue to use brick."
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