Masonry Magazine July 2011 Page. 43
MCAA Certification Calendar
The following is the MCAA's education calendar for certification:
July 13
How Codes Change the Way We Construct Masonry
Location: ONLINE
Discipline: Codes & Standards
Credits: 1.5
July 20
An Introduction to LEED and Masonry Construction
Location: ONLINE
Discipline: General
Credits: 1
July 27
Stone Fabrication for Restoration and New Construction
Location: ONLINE
Discipline: Masonry Products
Credits: 1
August 3
Quality Assurance for Masonry
Location: ONLINE
Discipline: Codes & Standards
Credits: 2
August 10
Masonry Wall Bracing Seminar
Location: Online
Discipline: Safety
Credits: 4
August 12
Masonry Scheduling
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Discipline: Ethics & Business Practices
Credits: 2
August 12
Masonry Wall Bracing
Location: Forth Worth, TX
Discipline: Safety
Credits: 2
August 12
Understanding Masonry Codes & Standards
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Discipline: Codes & Standards
Credits: 2
August 17
Understanding Masonry Codes & Standards
Location: ONLINE
Discipline: Codes & Standards
Credits: 4
August 24
Masonry Inspection & Testing
Location: ONLINE
Discipline: Codes & Standards
Credits: 1.5
August 30
How to Run Your Business More Profitably: Management Strategies for Masonry Contractors (NCMCA Mod 9)
Location: Greensboro, N.C.
Discipline: General
Credits: 6
August 31
Building High-Performance Teams and Stellar Customer Service (NCMCA Mod 10)
Location: Greensboro, N.C.
Discipline: General
Credits: 6
August 31
Water Resistant Masonry
Location: Greensboro, N.C.
Location: Masonry Products
Credits: 1
September 7
Restoration Masonry
Location: Online
Discipline: General
Credits: 1.5
September 14
Seismic Requirements of the Building Code
Location: Online
Discipline: Codes & Standards
Credits: 1
Online classes available at www.masoncontractors.org. We now offer Masonry Live Education Webinars on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. CST. For more information or to register for any of these programs, please go to http://certification.masoncontractors.org/education/index.php
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Lang Receives ASTM Award
Nicholas R. Lang, manager of the Research and Development Laboratory at the National Concrete Masonry Association in Herndon, Va., has received the 2011 President's Leadership Award from ASTM International.
Established in 2007, the President's Leadership Award recognizes individuals early in their ASTM careers who have significantly advanced the Society's mission through extraordinary accomplishment, example and vision. T. Russell Gentry, Ph.D., an associate professor in the School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga., also was honored this year.
Lang has been a member of ASTM International since 2006. He serves as a member at large on Committees C12 on Mortars and Grouts for Unit Masonry and C15 on Manufactured Masonry Units, and is chairman of Subcommittee C15.03 on Concrete Masonry Units and Related Units. He has chaired several C12 and C15 task groups, and also is a member of Committees C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and E06 on Performance of Buildings.
After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering, Lang accepted the position of laboratory inspector at the ASTM International Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL) in Gaithersburg, Md. In 2006, he joined the National Concrete Masonry Association as a research engineer, and he assumed his current role in 2008. As manager of the Research and Development Laboratory, he oversees a staff of technicians and masons in evaluating the performance of concrete masonry products and wall systems in both a contract capacity and on behalf of the concrete masonry industry.
SAKRETE Participates in Charlotte Playground Build
In a matter of hours, an empty field became a new playground for Charlotte.