Are YOU Florida’s Fastest Trowel?

Words: Deborah BarberFastest Trowel is around the corner! This challenge is a testament of both the speed and skill of the industry’s workforce. Only those journeymen masons who have the skill, confidence, and courage to face-off with the industry’s best are invited to compete. This competition proves how important teamwork is in accomplishing a final product.

Journeyman masons, accompanied by their favorite tender, compete against one another in a show of both speed and craftsmanship. Contestants must have a high degree of workmanship using normal masonry practices and hand tools.

Do you think you have what it takes to compete?
download the application today and register! Registration is $200/team of one mason and one tender.
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