Category: Columns

The Path To Sucess Damian Lang The path to success is long and winding, but with hard work and support from the right people, it can be achieved. Next week I’m giving the keynote address to the finalists in the Masonry Skills...

Subject: A Year After The Respirable Silica Seminars Jerry Painter   Last year while we were traveling the country with the Respirable Silica Seminar we had the opportunity to meet over 1,000 attendees. The majority were masonry...

What compels someone to care? Perhaps it’s because something has personally affected you or someone you know. Or maybe it just happens over time; then something strikes a chord in you and opens the floodgates of a desire to...

Words: John Swindal The Swindal Group (www.swindalgroup.com) is a full-service construction consulting company providing specialty contractors with practical advice on contract formation, contract review, contract revision,...

Paul Odom, MCAA Chairman As I write this month’s message, I’m still thinking about how AMAZING the National SkillsUSA contest was. I’m so glad I got to travel to Louisville, Kentucky for this great event.  Seeing that many young...

You go fishing to catch fish, not just fish. The guy or gal who catches the biggest or the most fish wins and gets to brag about his or her accomplishments until the next fishing trip. In order to catch lots of fish it takes...

Contractors have unique abilities, equipment and training to “see” things that almost no one else can. You can merely look at a set of plans and see, right then and there, if a proposed project will not work – even though it was designed by the expert architect or engineer.

MCAA Magazine Jerry Painter   Subject: Tend To Your Business Do you ever wonder how many masons and masonry contractors we have in our industry? I believe it is such a fluid number we will never know. We know that not enough...

Job Cost Accounting for Construction Contractors Damian Lang Helping contractors determine if they are making money brings back a nightmare of my own from many years ago. It was during our October monthly profit and loss...