Masonry Magazine June 2009 Page. 8

Words: Matt Keelen, Mike Falencki
Masonry Magazine June 2009 Page. 8

Masonry Magazine June 2009 Page. 8
MASONRY
June 2009 Vol. 48, No. 6

features

# 18
MCAA On The Hill
A recap of the MCAA 2009 Fly-in

# 26
Fall Protection for
Scaffolding and
Mobile platforms

# 22
Three Keys to
Successful
Masonry Cleaning

# 32
Of Seismic
Proportion
Solving seismic requirements for
masonry joint reinforcing, anchors
and ties

on the cover
On the cover is Cooper Crossing in Chandler, Ariz. The architectural firm was PH Architecture, the structural engineering firme was PK Associates LLC; the general contractor was Hardison/Downey Construction, the masonry supplier was Superlite Block, and the masonry contractor was Rock and Stone Manufacturing Inc. Photo by Mark Boisclair.

columns &
departments

# 8 For The Record

# 10 President's Message

# 12 Government Affairs

# 14 Making the Grade

# 16 New Products

# 38 Full Contact PM

# 40 Business Building

# 42 Legal Issues

# 44 Classified Advertising

# 45 News

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