Roles

As masons approach the milestone of retirement, the transition can bring a mix of excitement, anticipation, and uncertainty. For those who have spent their lives working in the physically demanding and highly skilled masonry trade, the prospect of retirem

2023 Hall of Fame Inductee: Dan Hiltebeitel

Another Successful SkillsUSA National Leadership And Skills Conference

John Grablewski worked masonry jobs from Pottstown to Philadelphia to Reno; Mississippi to Connecticut and back to Reno; on to Switzerland and back to Pottstown; and then to Switzerland again, off to Russia and back to Switzerland. Now, he???s back home

March 2009
MASONRY
The Voice of the Masonry Industry
Volume 48, Number 03

Left to right: Tyler Robertson, tender; Tom Daniel, president of MCAA: Pascal Robertson, winner of the Fastest Trowel on the Block competition; Mackie Bounds,

FOR THE RECORD

Jennifer Morrell
Editor
jmorrell@lionhrtpub.com

Looking for Signs

I was going to use this page to talk about the World of Concrete/World of Masonry shows, as well as the MCAA Convention, which took plac

FULL CONTACT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

FULL CONTACT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
By "Coach" Gary Micheloni

Are you Working Like a Dog?

January's column was all about your decision to do everything it takes to weather all the hope and

From the Editor

Upping the Ante
▼ Jennie Farnsworth, editor
jen@lionhrtpub.com

The New Year is in full swing, the construction shows are on a roll, and I'm ready to make 2006 a monumental year. Given the questionable economy,

But in our company, for instance, with OSHA and the Chase-Wisconsin partnership program, we're taking that head on. I don't believe in leaving these issues for somebody else to figure out. We try to face up to them.

Succession plannin

MASONRY INDUSTRY TRAINING

REPORT CARD
By Melissa Polivka
MCAA Director of Workforce Development
and Director of Membership

This is a great time to be a masonry apprentice. Over the next 10 years, the U.S. Department of Lab

MEMBERSHIP

recruitment campaign has been much more successful than we could have imagined at its inception. With the success of this program, we are laying a foundation of future employees for our contractors, and recruiting bright young people

Mason contractors are starting to see lower prices for laser products as multiple industries find uses for them.

Mason contractors are starting to see lower prices for laser products as multiple industries find uses for them. The initial cost o

Masonry

Keith Parker of Philadelphia, Pa., and his instructor, Dan Hiltebeitel of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades in Media, Pa., were obviously quite proud of Keith's completed project. A day later, Parker was awarded top honors

THE EASY MASON TM SYSTEM

"PAYS IT'S OWN WAY"

EXTENSIVE FIELD TESTING AND USER SUGGESTIONS HAVE RESULTED IN AN EVEN MORE USER FRIENDLY SYSTEM FOR LAYING BRICKS AND BLOCKS!

Our new Universal Corner pole, along with a complete li