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Personal Protective Equipment on the Job

8/5/2021

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Words: Vanessa Salvia

At this point, we’re all accustomed to wearing personal protective gear in the form of masks when we go about much of our daily lives. Even though we might rather not, they’ve become a fact of life in many ways. Wearing masks may have been a new experience for many people who weren’t used to wearing personal protective gear, but for masons and others who wear protective gear on the job, it might have been easier to get used to doing it every day. 
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FC&PA & FICAP EcoNOMIC FORUM UPDATE - MAY 22 @ 1:00 PM

5/12/2020

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MAF MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS BENEFITS

3/4/2020

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Did you know that as an MAF Member Contractor you are eligible to participate in the MCAA's Healthcare Plan?

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The MCAA's Association Healthcare Plan allows small employers to gain access to large group plan designs and doctor networks while avoiding pitfalls that add costs to small group medical plans.
 
The MCAA has partnered with Assurance, one of the premier insurance brokerages in the country, to develop an Association Health Plan (AHP).

FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE HERE: https://bit.ly/2wpRvbs
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Human reclamation through bricklaying

2/4/2020

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Pittsburgh’s construction boom offers a second chance to those who barely had a first one.

​By  George F. Will Columnist
​PITTSBURGH — In the 1940s, Steve Shelton’s grandfather dressed up — white shirt, tie, fedora — to take the streetcar to the steel mill where he would change into work clothes, and would shower before dressing up to return home. “There was,” Shelton says, “such dignity in the trades back then.”

There still is at the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh (TIP) that Shelton launched. There, in what used to be a Westinghouse Electric factory, some men, many in their 30s looking for their first legal jobs, and a few women learn to wield trowels and mortar, thereby deriving from bricklaying (and welding, carpentry and painting) a dignity they did not feel when they grew up on this city’s meanest streets, or when, for 85 percent of them, their incarcerations ended.
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Shelton, 59, was 12 when he first was taken to a construction site. “I just wanted to build stuff,” so after enjoying two things in high school (wood shop, metal shop), serving in the Navy and working in the trades, he started a business “out of the trunk of my car.” Eventually, however, he wondered: “Where are all the young guys?” He saw: “Everyone was being pushed to college.” He thought: “Having guys 55 or 60 years old on top of scaffolding, laying bricks, is not sustainable.”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/human-reclamation-through-bricklaying/2020/01/30/dc24fa16-4396-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html
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Flames destroy apartment building under construction on Southside

1/13/2020

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110 firefighters worked for hours to get 3-alarm fire under control

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  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A four-story apartment building under construction on Jacksonville’s Southside burned to the ground before dawn Sunday morning in a fire that kept the eastbound lanes of Baymeadows Road blocked at Interstate 295 all morning.
Flames from the Fusion Apartment at Baymeadows being built along Baymeadows Road East spread to woods but the fire was stopped before it could spread into the neighboring Hampton Park neighborhood.

The only thing left standing by daybreak was the concrete-block stairwell in the center of the building.
It took more than three hours for 110 firefighters to bring the three-alarm blaze under control, but lingering smoke is keeping roads in the area closed.

None of the firefighters called to fight the fire were injured, although their heart rates and temperatures are being taken assess heat exhaustion or other ill effects. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Powers said 14 engines and seven ladder trucks were needed to battle the three-alarm fire.
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Powers said the fire grew quickly because the sprinkler system in the large, mostly wooden structure was not yet active.  ::Read entire article here: https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/01/12/jfrd-battling-structure-fire-on-southside/
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MASONRY APPRENTICE CLASSES ARE STARTING!

1/7/2020

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MAF Masonry Apprentice
Classes Starting Soon!
OPEN HOUSE EVENT SCHEDULE

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The Masonry Association of Florida MASONRY APPRENTICE CLASSES are beginning soon. See dates and locations for Open House events in your area:

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2020
Individual class times are listed below:
ORLANDO PROGRAM
@ 7:00 AM

Orange Technical College
2900 W. Oak Ridge Road
Orlando, FL 32809

Contact:
Sheila Parsons
mafapprentice@gmail.com
407-251-6050

Map & Directions
TAMPA BAY PROGRAM
@7:30 AM

9117 Florida Mining Blvd
(at the Cemex Yard)
Tampa, FL 33634

Contact:
Linda Boyd
239 201-6011
memberservices@floridamasonry.com

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MANATEE PROGRAM
@ 7:30 AM

Manatee Technical College
6305 State Road 70 E
Bradenton, FL 34203

Contact:
Roy Nystrom
nystromr@manateeschools.net
941-744-6971

Map & Directions
SOUTHWEST PROGRAM
@ 7:30 AM

Preferred Materials
25061 Old 41 Road
Bonita Springs, FL


Contact:
Linda Boyd
239 201-6011
memberservices@floridamasonry.com

Map & Directions
NORTH CENTRAL PROGRAM
@ 7:30 AM

Marion Technical Institute
1614 East Fort King Street
Ocala, Fl. 34471

Contact:
Linda Boyd
239 201-6011
memberservices@floridamasonry.com

Map & Directions
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A Fire-Resistant Home? #BUILDWITHBLOCK #BLOCKSTRONG

12/27/2019

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Here are Materials That Should be Used for Homes in the Fire Zone

​A man built his vacation home in the fire zone, and when the Thomas Fire blazed through, it reached his property. But it didn't burn it down. He says it's due to his fire-resistant design and materials, and officials are saying it's the way to go.

As Woolsey Fire victims start to rebuild their homes, fire experts say they need to rethink how they rebuild. And maybe they should be doing it the way Jeremy wolf did — rebuilding with specific materials to prevent their home from burning down in a future fire.
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"It’s a beautiful place to spend time," said Jeremy Wolf about his weekend home in Ojai Valley. He built the house five years ago, and knew he had to rebuild wisely.
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Read more: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/fire-proof-home-california-wildfires-ojai-valley-thomas-fire/82278/
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SKILLS USA DAY TWO

6/25/2019

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June 24, 2019 - Skills USA Championship Day Two
​The masonry skills competition will have 14 post-secondary and 30 secondary students, for a total of 44 total masonry competitors!

Above left:
300 Florida Skills students getting the information on the contest scheduled for Thursday,  June 27, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Above right: Tenders from Florida Courtesy Core watching Ryan Shaver, NCMCA-MCAA, demonstrate the build on Thursday's  contest project. 


For more information on Skills USA, please visit their website: https://www.skillsusa.org/competitions/skillsusa-championships/
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MASONRY INSTRUCTOR NEEDED | Raiford, FL

6/24/2019

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FDC-VOCATIONAL TEACHER EJT- MASONRY/BRICK MASON INDUSTRY -70034597
​FLORIDA STATE PRISON (FSP)
​Location: 
RAIFORD, FL, US, 32026
To Apply: https://bit.ly/2IHSPdC
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