October 2008 Table of Contents

Words: Dan KamysTable of Contents

October 2008 Volume 47, Number 10

FEATURES

Green Building: Initiating the Initiative in Your Business Everyone is going green. Find out how being green can affect your operation, and what it means to your company to comply with this way of doing business. 2009 MCAA Convention The 2009 MCAA Convention is only a few months away, so now is the time to learn what will be offered and how you can best take advantage of the many valuable programs, events and activities that will be available. Mortar Meets the Challenge The world of mortars is ever changing and highly technical. Masonry will give you a glimpse into the current state of the mortar industry. Power Tools That Pack a Punch Masonry will examine the latest and greatest power tools that can help make your jobsite run efficiently and effectively.

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS For the Record President's Message Government Affairs Making the Grade New Products Estate Planning Full Contact Project Management My Masonry Life Story News Classified Advertising

Design Choices That Endure: Specification and Installation Go Hand-in-Hand
May 2026

Design decisions don’t live on paper; they live on the wall, the ceiling, the floor, and throughout every space. Today’s projects are driven by highly curated design intent, from layered color palettes to mixed-material façades. But once those decisions

Jeff Tew
MAP Partner
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Marvelous Masonry: Tianjin Zhongshuge Library
May 2026

It is not unusual today for masonry to be treated as a surface decision rather than a structural one. Too often, brick enters a project late in the process, trimmed back by budgets or reduced to a veneer once the “real” building work is finished. The Tian

Cass Stern
Marvelous Masonry
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Fechino Files: Concrete Pavers around a Pool
May 2026

Many folks over the years have placed concrete pavers around their pool as a nice form of decorative pool deck. Early in the 2000’s, I took a class held by the Interlocking Concrete Paver Institute, then known as the ICPI. At the time I attended the class

Steven Fechino
Fechino Files
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Chairman's Message: Staying the Course
May 2026

Spring is one of my favorite times of year. There’s energy in the air. Jobs are picking up. Crews are hitting their rhythm. Schedules are filling up. You can feel momentum building again. And every year around this time, I find myself thinking about con

Kent Huntley
Chairman’s Message
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