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INDUSTRY NEWS
design and construct bracing for a vari�ety ofcommon masonry structures. This course is intended to teach project man�agers, safety managers, foremen and any other responsible person to understand and implement the OSHA regulation on wall bracing, and the Standard Practice for Bracing Masonry Walls Under Con�struction. Completion ofthis course will allowyour people to safely and efficiently design adequate masonry wall bracing.
Networking Roundtables
Networking Round Table Discus�sions will engage different positions within a masonry company. The group will address and discuss issues of rele�vance to the duties they perform. The session will have an appointed leader from within the segment. That person will initiate conversation and coordinate the time for the group. Attendees should be prepared to participate in conversa�tion about the issues at hand and should be willing to share best practices. This is a great opportunity to openly discuss topics with other peers from around the country in a non-competitive atmo�sphere and for your company to walk awaywith a host ofnew best practices to implement in your company.
Visit www.masoncontractors.org/ convention for a full list of events tak�ing place during the MCAA Conven�tion at the World ofConcrete/World of Masonry and to register.
-Tim O'Toole, MCAA Director of Marketing, Education and Information Technology
Rental Hall of Fame Inducts Two
As ARA prepares to honor its 60th anniversary with a celebration at The Rental Show2016 in Atlanta, two rental leaders will become the latest induct�ees into the Rental Hall of Fame. Lew Hudson and Gene Rahll have built long, influential careers based on sharing the knowledge they've gained to help others create their own business success.
Lew Hudson, CEO of Lew Hudson Sales, Lawrenceville, Ga., and Gene Rahll, Dalhart, Texas, retired from ABC Rental Center and Rabern Rental Cen�
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ter, will be formally inducted during
The Rental Show's keynote session.
ARA created the Rental Hall ofFame
in 2000 to foster an appreciation of the
historical development ofthe equipment
rental industry and the leaders who have
made the industry what it is today. Each
year, nominations are accepted to recog�
nize individuals who have made a sub�
stantial impact on the industry at the
national or international level. The 2016
keynote session will be Monday, Feb. 22,
from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Georgia
World Congress Center.
For more information, visit
www.ARArental.org.
Terex Hosts Conference, Open Day in Oklahoma City
On Oct. 12, more than 100 distnb�utors arrived in Oklahoma City, Iowa, for the Terex MPS Americas Distnbutor Conference and Open Event 2015. Dis�tributors were given business updates about Terex Corp., the Terex Materials Processing Business segment and the strategyandvision ofTerex MPS for 2016. Product Forums were held, whereby dis�tributors were informed of the Product Roadmap for all Terex MPS products, ranging from crushers, screens, portable and modular equipment. Distributors and Terex Team Members visited the fa�cilities ofthe Terex OKC site as well.
Pavestone Releases Mobile App for Hardscape Market
Pavestone, a manufacturer of seg�
mental concrete products for the
commercial, residential, contractor, in�
dustrial and retail consumer markets,
has released an interactive mobile app
at Hardscape North America (HNA).
A comprehensive resource for com�
pleting hardscape projects from start
to finish, Pavestone created the mobile
app as a commitment to its customers
as residential and commercial land�
scape demand trends upward.
According to market researcher Free�
donia Group, the five-year landscape
project demand is forecast to grow 5.3
percent per year from $5.3 billion in
2014 to $8.2 billion in 2019. Ofthe four
landscape project categories considered
www.masoncontractors.org
MCAA
The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is proud to welcome the following new members to the Association. The MCAA would like to thank them for joining their fellow mason contractors nationwide in helping to build a strong and successful masonry industry.
DECEMBER 2015
A.I. Prince Technical High School
Hartford, CT
860-951-7112
www.cttech.org/PRINCE/Technologies/
masonry/masonry.htm
Instructor Member
Doctor Pavers Team
Harrison, NY
800-592-0181
www.doctorpavers.com
Contractor Member
Fraco Products Ltd.
St. Mathias-Sur-Richelien, QC
Canada
450-658-0094
www.fraco.com
National Associate Member
N. M. Bunge, Inc.
Evansville, IN
812-424-2704
www.nmbungeinc.com
Contractor Member
Discover the many benefits your company is missing by not becoming a member of the MCAA. Call 800-536-2225 or visit www.masoncontractors.org/join to join the MCAA today. Together, we are stronger.
in the forecast, concrete pavers and seg�mental wall units project for the greatest annual growth at 7.3 percent.
In addition to nationwide access to Pavestone, product information for CST,Willamette Graystone and Flag�stone is available to mobile app users geo-located or self-identified in appro�priate areas. Pavestone, CST, Willamette Graystone and Flagstone are members of The QUIKRETE Companies segmental concrete products division.
Built for use on iPhones, iPads, An�droid phones and Android tablets, the
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