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Top 10 Reasons to Join the Masonry Team

1/15/2019

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The masonry industry offers great benefits including advancement opportunities, job security, paid training, and financial strength - and that’s just the beginning. Masonry work presents both an analytical and creative outlet, a sense of pride in accomplishment and job flexibility. Most importantly, masonry is an enduring craft that promises to be lucrative far into the future - and the opportunities are wide open!

For Florida Masonry Opportunities:  Learn more at www.floridamasonry.com/apprenticeship.html
For nationwide masonry opportunities: Learn more at www.masoncontractors.org/careers.

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Silica Train the Trainer Course Schedule :: FLORIDA

6/12/2017

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OSHA’s silica rule will require all jobsites to have:
  1. A written exposure control plan.
  2. A competent person who has been trained on the exposure control plan and silica on a jobsite.
The MCAA’s Silica Train-the-Trainer Course is a six-hour program that will train a key employee to train other employees to be a competent person with regard to the written exposure control plan. Certificates will be provided to those who complete the program.

Florida Dates:
September 6, 2017 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Miami, FL
September 8, 2017 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Naples, FL

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City of Fort Lauderdale, Department of Sustainability Holds Masonry Workshop

5/10/2017

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May 4-5 2017 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - The Masonry Association of Florida held a two-day Masonry Construction & Inspection Certification workshop for the city of Fort Lauderdale Department of Sustainability at the Safety and Training center in downtown Fort Lauderdale.  Attendees included City of Fort Lauderdale and Davie, Florida building inspectors and contractors from Miami and Orange Park, Florida.  Thank you to Robyn Randall, City of Fort Lauderdale Training Manager for coordinating the course with the MAF's Deb Bartolucci and Don Beers.  Special thanks to instructors: Alex Hockman (FLAPB), Chris Bettinger (Oldcastle), Greg Moody (CEMEX), Don Beers (MAF) and Jerry Painter (Painter Masonry) for making themselves available to teach this important class.   Additional Masonry Workshop class dates for 2017 are available by visiting: www.masonryworkshop.com ​
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Painter's Corner: Expansion Joints

3/14/2017

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QUESTION?

We recently acquired a project that has brick veneer over CMU. The plans do not show any expansion joints and the specifications do not mention anything about locations. The GC told us to put them where we thought they should be located.
What should I do?

First, check your bid form scope of work and contract to make sure someone did not slip into your paperwork. this is design criteria and not your responsibility. 

I  do not have a “Gibbs List of rules”, but if I did, this rule would be close to the top, if not #1! Put it in writing! This is a classic opportunity to send to the GC a request for information
(rFi). i have even had CM’s and GC’s complain that if I put it in writing, then they will “Have to” respond.
Well, “Duh”, isn’t that the point?

Read the rest of the article:  Painter's Corner March 201i

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Is There a Minimum Airspace Behind a Veneer?

2/20/2017

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As the saying goes, “I am glad you asked that question.” The short
answer is “Yes,” there is a designated minimum air space in
the code.

Many years ago when I was still in school, I had to fight for good grades
like everyone else. The problem in my math classes was not just getting
the answers correct, but providing the necessary proof for the answers. The teachers did not seem to appreciate my knowledge (or maybe it was my explanation) that if I gave them my proof, I would have to shoot them. I could see their displeasure by the drop in my grade. They finally wore down my resistance, and I decided to see reality and provide the proof with my answers.

To find the entire answer, we go to Chapter 12 of TMS 402-13. The
actual name is Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures,
but you will find I use “TMS 402-13” or the “Code” because it is shorter.

​Read the entire article: Painter's Corner ~ February 2017
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Hitting the Road and Making a Difference

9/8/2014

 
Chairman’s Message  By   Mark Kemp        

July brought a lot of exciting things for the MCAA as well as a lot of air  miles. Let’s start with the trip to Dallas for The Masonry Foundation. It was a  pleasure working with a group so dedicated to turning The Masonry Foundation  from an idea into reality. We mapped out our strategic plan to raise the money  needed to ensure a bright and prosperous future for the masonry  industry.
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Danielle Larson, chairwoman of the Masonry Association of Florida

Four companies certified at MCAA Convention

2/3/2014

 
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Henry J. Knott Masonry, Inc. of Timonium, Md.; JEI Masonry of Yakima,  Wash.;  Restore Masonry, LLC of Chicago; and Ron Kendall Masonry, Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla. are the latest companies to have earned certification through  the  Masonry Certification program, sponsored by the Mason Contractors  Association of  America (MCAA).

http://www.masoncontractors.org/2014/02/03/four-companies-certified-at-mcaa-convention

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