Words: Matt Oklevitch, Director of Marketing at Construction RoboticsPhotos: Construction Robotics, Fastbrick Robotics, WUT789 Masonry is often regarded as one of the oldest trades, and although the time-honored tricks of the trade have been passed down for generations, the industry has seen numerous innovations in the tools, equipment, and technologies that assist contractors in project …
Words: Dick Dentinger Look, I get it. Yes, I have gray hair, but to be fair, I first started getting gray hair at age 16. Still, there’s no denying I’m an “old guy.” I’m a baby boomer, and I’m aware that some new trends and changes our companies have witnessed in recent years may have …
Chairman’s Message: The Challenge of Cherry-Picking Change Read More
Words: Melonie Leslie It’s no secret that construction is an ever-growing market, and we are facing a severe labor shortage on all fronts. Yet, women are a highly underrepresented group in the construction industry despite women making up nearly half of all employed individuals. Why aren’t more women in the construction industry? Why are there …
Jude Nosek In 2006 I was in a serious accident. The cause was my stubbornness and some ruts dried into a crushed limestone bicycle path. I was an avid cyclist, often riding to work two or three times a week. The limestone path was part of my route home, the stubbornness part of my numerous …
Words: Senior National Account Executive Nate Oland, Federated InsurancePhotos: Federated Insurance Would you ever agree to drive the length of a football field with your eyes closed? Probably not—and yet, at 55 mph, that’s approximately how far your vehicle will have traveled while you’ve spent five seconds reading or composing a text message instead of …
Help Defend Against America’s Distracted Driving Epidemic Read More
Words: Steve HansenPhoto: Block Strong March brings us the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament, as you know. March also brings us Block Strong’s March Masonry Matchup. This voter-driven event pares a field of “sweet 16” concrete block home designs down to a final winner. The votes will be tallied each week from March 1 …
Words and Photos: NCMCA Because of COVID-19 precautions, the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association (NCMCA) continued to experience curtailed activities in 2021. However, by any measure, it was a successful year. The 2018 revitalization of NCMCA’s workforce development efforts with the addition of Ryan Shaver to the NCMCA staff devoted to full-time workforce development and …
North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association 2022 Update Read More
Jude Nosek In 2006 I was in a serious accident. The cause was my stubbornness and some ruts dried into a crushed limestone bicycle path. I was an avid cyclist, often riding to work two or three times a week. The limestone path was part of my route home, the stubbornness part of my numerous …
On The Level: Keson and SOLA: Ergonomics and Tools Read More
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