Masonry Strong: Workforce
January 2023

Masonry for Owners Masonry is the best choice in many ways, such as increasing resale value while ultimately saving on sustainability.

Masonry Strong: Architect
January 2023

Masonry is not only predominately aesthetic, but creates a building fit for any potential adversity. MASONRY STRONG's resources highlight the benefits of masonry for your next project.

Keeping our Trade Strong
January 2023

A quick search of “workforce development” on Google will yield more than 62 million results in less than a quarter of a second. Pretty much everything has been said, written and done before.

Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse
September 2020

Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse

The Natural Stone Council and ANSI/NCS-373 Production of Natural Dimension Stone Standard
December 2018

The Natural Stone Council and ANSI/NCS-373 Production of Natural Dimension Stone Standard

USGBC to Adopt RELi Building Standard
December 2017

USGBC to Adopt RELi Building Standard

Sagamore Pendry Rec Pier Hotel Restoration Completed
September 2017

The Sagamore Pendry Rec Hotel is a restoration of the 1914 Recreation Pier in Baltimore by Beatty Harvey Coco Architects, a New York-based firm. The project, completed this year, received the Award of Excellence in the category of adaptive reuse/historic

MCAA Gateway: February 2017
February 2017

MCAA Gateway: February 2017

Bonded by Brick
January 2017

Five years ago, the University Center of Lake County, a partnership between 18 Illinois colleges and universities, operated classrooms in shared buildings. However, it had no core facility – no “face” to show the community. The first facility of its k

Spring 2016: Table of Contents
May 2016

Features
• New York Hospital Queens Astoria Primary Care Clinic
• Faith In Masonry

PlanGrid: Free Blueprint Reading App for Students
February 2016

Established in 2011, PlanGrid is now the largest digital blueprint repository in the world, with over 30 million sheets of construction documents in the cloud, and they've helped build over 300,000 construction projects.

Masonry Institute of St. Louis Presents an Architectural Seminar
January 2016

A look at single-wythe masonry walls that do not rely on prescriptive code requirements; rather, they act holistically to produce cost effective, energy-efficient buildings

Things Are Looking Up In Hardscaping
December 2015

If you were to visit the site of a new building project and were asked to examine the hardscaping design, your natural inclination would be to look down at the ground. In most instances, you wouldn’t be wrong in making that choice. But if you were to vis

MIA CEU Course Teaches Stone Specification
October 2015

Choosing the right stone for a project is more difficult than it sounds. Architects and designers must weigh a number of factors, including functionality, durability and availability, when selecting stone for construction projects. New training opportuni

Rik Kunnath Honored with DBIA Lifetime Achievement Award
October 2015

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has announced Richard M. (“Rik”) Kunnath, P.E., DBIA as the 2015 recipient of the DBIA Brunell