Roles

Green Building is BIG BUSINESS
Brick can play an important role in sustainable design

By Cory Sekine-Pettite
November 2007 www.masoncontractors.org

Industry

SAWS AND BLADES

Technology

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This year's most innovative saws and blades

MS3
By Cory Sekine-Pettite

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MASONRY SAWS - AND THE ASSORTMENT OF BL

GROUT CONSOLIDATION
By Cory Sekine-Pettite

Getting the Air Out
A cutaway of the shaft of a mechanical vibrator.

With the seemingly constant changes to lift heights and required consolidation in the codes, there seems to be some

Restoration
"We can take outdated looking masonry that's 30 to 40 years old and make it look like new without the extreme expense of replacement," Homolka said. "We can take the brick from any color they have to any color they want."

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TOTALFlash Cavity-Wall Drainage System

TOTALFlash by Mortar Net USA is a historic breakthrough for controlling moisture-damage and mold-growth in masonry cavity walls. All the "best practices" of today's moisture-control have been ingeniously f

Restoration

"I use a masonry stain from Sherwin-Williams tinted close-
ly to samples 1 submit, and then I customize them with tints to
fine tune the final stain to match the actual job," Oatman said.
"It is time consuming, as i

MASONRY

Handy Products for Masons and Laborers

From hand tools to handy products, this year's offerings for mason contractors and their crews look quite promising. Although some of the designs may seem quite basic to a certain degree,

Organized and to Maintain More Complete E-mail and Electronic Data Archives

A company that has destroyed its e-mail records prematurely, or that cannot account for electronic records, may face penalties in court, including substantive impacts t

News
The NCMCA promotes masonry as
the building material of choice and a great
career opportunity, and has membership
of some 200 companies affiliated with
eight local chapters around the state.

For more information, vi

News

# Oshkosh Truck Names Paylor as President of JLG Industries

Oshkosh Truck Corporation announced that Craig E. Paylor was named president of JLG Industries Inc., its access equipment subsidiary and newest acquisition, effective imm

Telehandlers

Choices, Choices, Choices
By Cory Sekine-Pettite

Pardon the pun, but there has been quite a bit of shifting and movement within the telehandler market during the past few years. From specialized, larger and smaller ma

Business Building

What Labor Shortage?
George Hedley

Builders, contractors and subcontractors always complain they can't find enough good help. So the construction industry labor shortage must exist, right? Well, guess what? There

All the talk, complaining, programs and money will never get young people to seek work in the construction field until builders, contractors and subcontractors change the way they do business.

What's the Solution?

To attract