Sponsored By: Eldorado Stone Next to the design/build team’s relationship with the client, the dynamic between architects and project foremen, as well as the rest of the contracting team, is the most important one on any job site. While there is plenty of guidance out there for business and homeowners on “how to hire a …
Words and Photos: Indi Blake Western Anatolia in modern-day Turkey is home to one of the richest and most influential histories on earth. About six thousand years ago, inhabitants of this area were closely tied to Mesopotamian peoples who pioneered some of the earliest known civilizations known to science. Since then, crop cultivation, metallurgy and …
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Sponsored By Editor’s Note: MASONRY Magazine had the chance to work with the Arizona Masonry Council to talk with Ruben Rodriguez regarding his experience in the industry. Ruben is a father of four, competitor, and hard worker. His goal is to open his own masonry business one day. M.M.: Tell me a little bit about …
MASONRY Magazine: Tell me about how you got started in the industry. Bill McConnell: Well, I’m going to tell you this. I’m going to give a bit of my speech for tomorrow away, but I will tell you this. I was 16 years of age, living in Philadelphia. My parents lived in Philly. I’ve lived …
MASONRY Magazine: Tell me how you got started in the industry. Dan Hiltebeitel: It’s an interesting story. 1963, 14-year-old kid. I grew up working on a dairy farm had a 4-H Heifer Calf, and I got word through my parents that there was a builder in downtown Pennsylvania looking for a good kid for the …
MASONRY Magazine: Tell me how you got started in the industry. Stephen Getz: This is an interesting story for me. Mainly because I’m not a typical Mason Contractor Association member. My emphasis in this industry is preservation – masonry. You know the three R’s: Repair, Renovate, Restore. I got involved back in the 70s. I …
MASONRY Magazine: Tell me how you got started in the industry. Calvin Brodie: I was the third boy and the fifth child in a family of twelve children. I was raised on a tobacco farm in New Bern, North Carolina. That showed me hard work; I knew what getting out of bed in the morning …
Photos: Chris Eccleston and Jenny Schroen Editor’s Note: MASONRY Magazine had the chance to talk with Chris Eccleston and Jenny Schroen about the development of Mason the Mason, a children’s book representing the hard work and grit that goes into being a mason in the field. This book is targeted at the younger generation and …
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