Masonry Magazine August 2005 Page. 34
CASE STUDY
We did use a boatswain's chair to do the touch-up cleaning. There was some stone patching that we had to do also, but again it was strictly a scheduling issue. We did not want to be accused of holding up some other trade as this job was wrapping up.
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You could see flames shooting up out of the roof. And the job still completed three months ahead of schedule.
Masonry: Did anything unusual happen on this project?
Bounds: One thing that happened on this project that wasn't advertised: I woke up one morning at about 4:30 and flipped the radio on, and the first thing I heard was that the new Baylor Science Building was on fire. I rushed down to the job site - you could see flames shooting up out of the roof.... And the job still completed three months ahead of schedule.
Masonry: Wow! What caused the fire?
Bounds: The fire was caused by an electrical hookup on an AC unit. The only thing that saved the building was a CMU firewall that we had built. If it hadn't been for that, the building probably would have went to the ground. It was unbelievable, the intensity of the heat and what it was doing to the structure. A simple CMU firewall that was added after the fact saved the structure.
Masonry: That's excellent! OK, one final question: Did your crews incur any injuries during this project?
Bounds: We had some very minor injuries - your typical construction site injuries; however, we didn't have any OSHA citations or major accidents throughout the project. From a safety standpoint, it was outstanding. I give a lot of credit to my Safety Manager, Zach Everett, and to my entire staff for the emphasis they put on safety at every job site we're on.
Masonry: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Bounds: I think scaffolding is an area of the masonry industry that we do not advertise enough. We're a changing industry, and scaffolding is a very big part of our business. Our scaffold suppliers have come forth with some very versatile scaffolding systems that help the consumer and I think, as mason contractors, we need to promote the fact that we're not just the frame scaffolding contractor anymore. We use our jack-up systems, we use the electrical scaffolding systems, like the Hydro Mobile and Fraco units. I mean we can do so much more now than we used to, and do it in a safe way, while also cutting time off the schedule.
Masonry: Thank you so much for your time, Mackie.
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