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MCAA SPECIAL REPORT

A HELPING HAND: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI

Construction of low-income housing in the Dominican Republic, and repair/rehab in Haiti

EDOTOR'S NOTE: MCAA members have an opportunity to participate in a busines

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Nothing can hurt our industry more than unqualified mason contractors selected by construction customers simply because they are the lowest bidder. The result is of

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FAQS
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Adjustable Scaffolding

# Q: Why have so many of my competitors made the move to adjustable scaffolding?
A: Speed. When your masons keep laying instead of hopping planks... and the wall's a

2 Free Bricklayers

What if your crew of 8 bricklayers laid the same number of brick as your competitor's crew of 10? THAT'S TWO FREE BRICKLAYERS.

That's what happens when your men keep laying INSTEAD of stopping for 20 minutes when the

Third Place
Marcelo Lopez, Pengilly Masonry Inc., Stockton, Calif.

THIRD-YEAR APPRENTICES
First Place
Alvaro Landaverde, Sutter Masonry, El Mirage, Ariz.

Second Place
Wielman Gasper, Gentry & Painter Inc., Chattanoog

MCAA CONVENTION

Products, QUIKRETE, SPEC MIX, and TNT Equipment Co. The Golden Grout sponsor was Solomon Colors Inc. Bronze Bucket sponsors were the Mason Contractors Association of St. Louis, Chemical Lime, Prism Pigments, Western Lime, and Ba

COACH GARY REMINDS:
"Preventative actions cost a lot less than repair work."

before we even moved onto the site. But, I had done something in addition to noticing the cracks: I documented them in a video.

Imagine how gratifying it

INDUSTRY NEWS

News from MCAA

# Masonry Quality Institute
The MCAA has announced a new date and location for the Masonry Quality Institute (MQI) seminar. The next MQI course will be held March 24-25, 2009, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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Volume 44, Number 7
July 2005

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MCAA Testifies
Before Senate

Spilker Masonry of Spokane, Wash, received second place in the Industrial/Commercial category of the MCAA 2005 International E

President's Message

million working adults do not have coverage. In 39 states, at least one working adult in every 10 does not have healthcare coverage, while in eight other states, it's one in every five working adults who are uninsured.