Masonry Magazine February 2014 Page. 36
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MCAA Certification Ca I enda r
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imperfections provide texture and coun�terbalance the well-organized, restrained space.
The 3,200-square-fool, clinker-dad walls are 29 feet high. The project features 30,000 Mohawk clinker bricks manufac�tured by Colonial Brick. The Mohawk bricks are four inches wide, 2 1/4 inches high, and eight inches long. The Mazella Group served as the mason contractor.
Inside the plaw, the design team repaired and refinished the concrete floor slab. The engineers calculated loads where the new steel armatures had to rest on the concrete floor, ensuring the structural integrity of the slab and the arched structure below.
New masonry monoliths express the plaza's streetfront. These obelisks rely only on the traditional craft ofstacking brick to create openings and provide a structural, sculptural fonn. In contrast to the existing timber structure, ne,v structural steel ele�ments between the monoliths provide a scale and presence appropriate to the plaza's urban context. These masonry columns and steel elements work together to create a rhythm at the street edge. Their scale and material echo the neighboring Williams Visual Arts Building. Their spacing contin�ues the strret's rhythm, while creating open�ness and inviting movement into the plaza.
The project incorporates two cubic structural steel armatures, each draped with a veil of stainless-steel mesh. These transparent, ghost-like structures comple�ment the masonry monoliths and reflect the dimensions and rhythm of windows of the nearby Williams Building. The deli�cate details ofthe steel mesh, carefully lit at night and adorned with climbing vegeta�tion, organically complete the forms and bring a natural softness to the hard-edged, industrial streetfront. This effect is rein�forced in the winter, when ice and snow build up on the mesh.
The X-TEND stainless steel cable mesh fabric presented a challenge to the con�struction team. The X-TEND system fea�tures AISI 316 stainless steel cables and seamless ferruJes, which create a metal fab�ric that forms a diamond pattern as it is installed. The armatures, fabricated and erected by McGregor Industries of Dun�more, Pa., feature 32 tons of steel, mainly W8 x 28s structural steel members.
Feb. 26 How to Prepare a Professional Masonry Submittal Package
ONLINE Discipline: Ethics & Business Practices
Credits: 1
March 12 Basics of Prevailing Wage and the Davis-Bacon Act
ONLINE Discipllne: Ethics & Business Practices
Credits: 1
March 20 Occupational Safety Management (NCMCA Mod 1)
Location: Greensboro, N.C. Discipline: Safety Credits:4
March 26 The New Rules of Relationship Marketing
ONLINE Discipline: Ethics & Business Practices
Credits: 1
Apri130 Basic Masonry Estimating Seminar
ONLINE Dlsclpllne: Bidding Practices
Credits:6
May14 Reducing labor Costs, Bid Costs and Employee Benefit Costs on Government Work
ONLINE Dlsclpllne: Ethics & Business Practices
Credits: 1
July 16 Compliance on Prevailing Wage and Davis-Bacon
ONLINE D/sc/pl/ne: Ethics & Business Practices
Credits: 1
Online classes available at www.masoncontractors.org. We now offer Masonry Live Education Weblnars on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. CST. For more information or to register for any of these programs, please go to http://certification.masoncontractors.org/education/index.php
ONLINE Brick: Efflorescence, Stains and Cleaning
Discipline: Masonry Products
Credits: 1.5
ONLINE Brick: Properties, Shapes and Sizes
Dlsclpllne: Masonry Products
Credits: 3
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ONLINE Brick: Veneer Wall Systems
Discipline: Masonry Products
Credits: 1.5
ONLINE MCAA Safety Forum -Creating and Maintaining a Safety Culture
Discipline: Safety
Credits: 1
Available until Feb. 26
ONLINE Introduction to Movement Joints for Masons Discipline: Codes & Standards Credits: 1
Aval/able until March 6
ONLINE Understanding Masonry
Discipline: Masonry Products
Credits: 1
Available until March 13
ONLINE MCAA Safety Forum �Scaffold Hazards
Dlsclpllne: Safety
Credits: 1 Available until March 19
ONLINE Basic Masonry Estimating Seminar
Dlsc/pline: Bidding Practices
Credits: 6
Available until March 2
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