April 2011 Table of Contents

Words: Dan Kamys

Table of Contents

April 2011 Volume 50, Number 4

FEATURES

Rehabs and Restorations Learn from others’ experiences through detailed masonry case studies: • Restoring a Fountain of Leadership • Fixin' up the Ritz • Saving Miss Emily

Planks and Decking Scaffold plank price-buyers: beware of the loophole Scaffolding The obvious and not-so-obvious benefits of elevated scaffolding Lafarge Quarry Tour Lafarge’s Cumming, Ga., rock quarry and Aggregate Laboratory		 1240-cover

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS For the Record President's Message Government Affairs Making the Grade New Products Full Contact Project Management Business Building Classified Advertising News

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