As a teenager growing up in a small town, I started my first job working as a laborer for a local mason. I rode my bike or hitched a ride to the shop before sunup every morning, where I would load up scaffolding, deck planks, and countless bags of mortar

The Interesting Story Behind MARSHALLTOWN

The Fechino Files: Resources

LEGOLAND® Florida recently added the LEGO® World of Chima™ interactive water ride, which used QUIKRETE® Base Coat Stucco - Pump Grade in its construction.

The inherent risk of purchasing, selling and installing a non-compliant lath deserves discussion to avoid performance of the stucco cladding.

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Talented, relative newcomers to the BAC earned the distinction of top apprentices in eight trowel trades crafts at the BAC/IMI International Apprentice Contest, held in September.

Aautoclaved aerated concrete is examined, including cost, durability, benefits, design flexibility, and resistance to pests, fire and mold.

Would you ever think to accept home building guidance from a pizza man? Michael Pizzolongo Sr., "The Pizza Man," is not only making his mark on the contracting industry, but also a billion-dollar home customization niche, with his stucco and concrete wor

The updated 296-page Bon Master Catalog is the most expansive yet, featuring 3,000 products for masonry, concrete and decorative concrete finishing, drywall, plastering, EIFS, flooring and general construction trades.

The New 2007 Kraft Tool Co. 130-page catalog includes 3,500 hand tools for the trowel trades and features many new innovations for concrete, masonry, plaster, drywall and tile.

The commitment of the employees at The Gallegos Corporation to a safe work environment has been recognized and their efforts have earned three prestigious awards.

Trades work in Chile has carried a stigma that its workers are lower class, poorly educated and poorly trained; there is no union, and there are no established installation techniques or quality standards that workers must achieve.

2005 International Building Lime Symposium

South Carolina Approves Charleston Building Arts Schools

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The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

Frank Herbert (1920-1986)

The Craft of Masonry

By Hazel Bradford
Director of Communications, International Masonry Institute
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