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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,

Making the Grade Student in the Spotlight

Note: If you have an apprentice mason to nominate, contact: J. David Holt, c/o Holt Marketing Group, Inc. 6120 Union Chapel Road, Suite 100 Kansas City, Mo. 64152 or fax to (816) 891-6666.

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Contractor
to Contractor
MCAA MEMBER CONTRACTORS RESPOND TO THE INDUSTRY ISSUES OF THE DAY.

Fred Kinateder

Fred Kinateder Masonry Inc.
Waukesha, Wisc.

For two decades, Fred Kinateder Masonry Inc. (FKMI) has been r

that have worked here for a while see how we do things. If they go and work somewhere else, and if there's an opportunity to come back, they always do. We're really getting positive feedback from the field about that.

The other thing

Contractor

# Masonry: What do you feel is the biggest misconception about the masonry industry?

Kinateder: I think the biggest misconception - and there are a lot of them - is that, as far as materials, we're expensive compared to othe

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.

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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

Training and Workforce Development are crucial issues addressed by the Mason Contractors Association of America's (MCAA) Strategic Long-range Plan. To realize the Association's envisioned future to make masonry the building system of choice-on

INDUSTRY TRAINING

The District Council Training Center (DCTC) facility, at 35,000 square feet, is the largest local training center of its kind. Created by Chicago's International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) locals and un

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