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BALANCING POWER WITH MOBILITY

The P-Series is perfect for smaller jobs that require high capacity or for restrained areas where most platforms can't fit. With its high load capacity (6,000 lbs at 28' length) to size ratio, fast set-up time and

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MASONRY
Volume 45, Number 7
July 2006

MASONS'
TOOLS

Dee Brown Inc. of Garland, Texas, received an Honor Award in the 2006 MCAA International Excellence in Masonry Awards for its work on Southern Me

The Big Secret...
What Non-Stop learned when we were a large masonry contractor...

Non-Stop was born from the lessons we learned as a masonry contractor ourselves. We were as large as any and more profitable than most. But we never became

Making the Grade Student
Note: If you have an apprentice mason to nominate, contact:
J. David Holt.
c/o Holt Marketing Group, Inc.
6120 Union Chapel Road, Suite 100
Kansas City. Mo. 64152
or fax to (816) 891-6666.

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The ultimate low maintenance mortar/plaster mixer

Hydra Flow

Oven tough in years, rough on-the-job performance.

Hydraulics have for dozens of years fastened many heavy tasks... dumping a truck bed, steering, even helping stop

BEATING EXPECTATIONS
(since 1868)

Robert J. Delahaut, President of MK Diamond Products understands that in order to be the best you can't rely only on heritage. Over the years MK Diamond has always been committed to being the leader in inno

Contractor

Contractors have a level of education that should be a minimum requirement for contractors in this field. As far as helping our business, I think it gives us some better credentials and enables us to be better prepared to do a better

MASONRY TOOLS

Hand Point Fit for a Mason
Trow & Holden's ergonomically designed Carbide Comfort Grip Hand Point provides a superior hold, allowing masons to hit it more accurately and with more power, said Norm Akley, president of the Barr

MASONRY TOOLS

"A lot of us have made tools. A lot of them were cumbersome and crude, but they work."
-Wally Bertschinger of Bertschinger Masonry LLC

Never Lose Another Tape

With a Magtite V2 magnetic tape holster clipped

Full Contact Project Management

# What Happens When PMs Star on Prime Time TV?

Gary Micheloni

Huge milestones. I'm beginning to think I have seen it all: three such milestones shape my thoughts for today.

The first is

Georgia
Apprentices attend school every Tuesday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Classes are winding down for the summer, but will begin again August 1. Apprentices are working hard to ready themselves for the testing of their semester physical stage projects

Hog Leg®

The Hog Leg® was designed by masons specifically to brace masonry walls. It is fully tested, works on any type block, adjusts to any height wall, only requires one or two people to assemble and is designed to support walls by bracing o