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GEN NXT: Colby Breithaupt

We Don’t Have a Manpower Problem, We Have a Production Problem

Masonry recently had the opportunity sit down, with one of the difference makers in the construction and masonry industries, Justin Breithaupt Sr., founder of Non-Stop Scaffolding.

I talk to a lot of mason contractors daily. The great majority of them have a lot of work on the books right now. We seem to be coming out of this horrible downturn. If your area isn???t quite there yet, take heart; good times are coming.

How many times has this happened to you: You land a multi-story commercial job. You arrive on the site and find that all the steel is up, the floors are poured, it???s 90 feet high, and you???ve got to build block walls around five stairwells and t

It used to be ???Set up the frames and go to work,??? but now there are several choices of scaffold systems for the modern mason contractor. Frames have been around forever it seems, having been invented in the 1940s. Then adjustable crank-up type

All too often, a visit from OSHA reveals deficiencies, not only in the scaffolding, but also in the knowledge of the masonry foreman or business owner. If you???re the guy paying the fine, you should have the knowledge to prevent it.

In the race for profits i

Scaffolding Tricks for Tight Job Sites

The surprise winner: Elevating scaffolding proves to be the king of cut-up jobs. Six pros talk about tight sites.

BY JUSTIN BREITHAUPT JR.

In the race for profits in an ever-tightening ma

Exterior

FILL BLOCK WALLS
WITHOUT A CONCRETE PUMP OR FORKLIFT

Rainscreen
Rainscreen Drainage Plane
Moisture Resistant Surface - WRB
Structural Wall

Figure 2.

Interior

Rainscreen componen

WATERPROOFING

The third section, the weather-resistant surface, can be a waterproofing product (usually a sprayed or rolled on chemical compound) or a weather-resistant material (two layers of construction paper or a building wrap). It also can

According to the HUD's Path Project (www.pathnet.org), "Moisture, in all of its physical forms, is commonly regarded as the single-greatest threat to durability and the long-term performance of the housing stock. Excessive exposure to moisture

WATERPROOFING
Knowing how each product used in the construction of the building reacts with the rest of the products is critical.

It's a nice sunny day, so a rider decides to go for a motorcycle ride. Being an experienced motorcyclist, he a

Subsection 9.27.2.3-1b of the "National Building Code of Canada 2005, Vol. 1

Subsection 9.27.2.3-1b of the "National Building Code of Canada 2005, Vol. 1 states: "The second plane (the drainage plane) of protection shall be designed and constru

Article 1: Introduction to Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is a revolutionary field that harnesses the principles of quantum mechanics to perform complex calculations. Unlike classical computers that store information as bits represent