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In October, Rush Masonry Management visited instructor Fred Mason’s masonry program at Southeastern Community College. Mr. Mason’s award-winning program was recently moved to the Whiteville college campus when Columbus College and Career Academy in Fair Bluff was closed. To assist with the expense of the relocation and re-equipping the class, Rush Masonry Management presented Mr. Mason with a $5,000.00 check during their visit. Pictured left to right, Rush Masonry Management Vice President Travis Plymell, instructor Fred Mason, Rush Masonry Management President Kendra Plymell Blackmon, and NCMCA’s Ryan Shaver. Photograph by Southeastern Community College.

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In September, Luke Keiderling (left) and Keith Young (middle) of Lang Masonry in Ohio visited with NCMCA’s Ryan Shaver for a few days to share ideas about workforce recruitment and masonry training. The three visited school programs and jobsites across North Carolina. Luke and Keith towed the Lang Masonry self-contained training trailer along for the trip, creating great envy within Shaver. In response, the NCMCA Board of Directors has approved acquiring and outfitting a similar rig for use in the Carolinas. The process is underway and the NCMCA trailer should be ready to show off before the end of the year. Photograph courtesy of Ryan Shaver

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The team of Grace Polo-Wood, Ben Stradling, Mylam Nestor, and Taylor Ligon have won the Annual NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship Design Competition at North Carolina State University. They will share a semester’s tuition as their prize. The competition required the team to design and model a hypothetical masonry office building. The competition is part of Professor J. Patrick Rand’s “Architectural Construction Systems” class at NC State University’s College of Design and is a graded class assignment. Ten teams participated in the “virtual” competition made necessary by current public health concerns. Projects were judged by NCMCA Past President Doug Burton and by architect and teacher Frank Harmon. Second place went to the team of Micah Holdsworth, Meg Maley, Selya Furukawa, and Ryan Fluharty. Third place was the team of Drew Dunphy, Brooklyn Scotto, Lauren Waterman, and Grace Riley and fourth place was the team of Barbara Espitia Toledo, Trent Baker, and Rushabh Patel.  The winning design is pictured.  The 2020 competition marks its twentieth year at NC State.   CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

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Tournament Chairman David McQueen (right) has announced the results of the September 24, 2020, NCMCA Annual Fall Golf Tournament in Mebane, North Carolina. First Place, after implementing the tiebreaker, was the Palmetto Brick team of, left to right, Justin Bryant, Dwayne Bryant, John Sanderson, and Tom Hughes. In second place was the Brodie Contractors team of Chase Werner, Frank Werner, Calvin Brodie, and Matt Spitzer. The Adams/Oldcastle team of Brandon Roberts, Matt Cash, Greg Huntley, and Bill Broadway finished in third place. Matt Cash and Justin Bryant won "Closest-to-the-Pin" recognition. The annual tournament is (almost) always played on the fourth Thursday in September and is the primary funding source for the NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship program at North Carolina State University and at Appalachian State University.

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NCMCA members were joined by masonry students and instructors from West Rowan, North Stanly, Montgomery Central, and Jesse Carson High Schools on an early September afternoon to install a house slab foundation in Stanly County. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward new association projects related to the NCMCA’s workforce and training initiative. Concrete masonry units and mortar were donated by Johnson Concrete Products, and Triangle Brick Company contributed the brick. Builder Wes Joyner worked with NCMCA’s Ryan Shaver to arrange for the fundraiser.  Participating member firms also included Helms Masonry, Carolina Masonry & Concrete, Gates Construction Company, and Seagraves Masonry.  Photograph by Lainey Love.

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In August, Pinnacle Masonry hosted an apprentice training session at their Cary office/shop for up and coming future masons working for NCMCA Raleigh Chapter member firms. NCMCA’s Workforce Development & Training Coordinator Ryan Shaver (right) did the instruction assisted by Dennis Little and other local NCMCA members. There were sixteen participants. Future such events are planned for other areas of the state along with added advanced classes for previous participants. Photo by Sean Loftis.

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