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features





Moisture Management
The Three-Part Rule for Moisture Management
By John Koester
The three-part rule of moisture management is to “get moisture off of, out of and away from a construction detail as quickly as possible.” However, we are left with the nagging questions: Off to where? Out to where? Away to where?





Building Information Modeling
Masonry and BIM
By David Biggs and Jennifer Morrell
If BIM is to be the go-to building concept, then masonry needs to be in the fold. Several organizations and associations are forging the way to make it happen. 





Air Barriers
Air Barriers: Impermeable or Permeable?
By Jane Wu
No building design today is complete without a continuous air barrier. However, architects and engineers are faced with the challenge of selecting an air barrier from the many types available, including the choice between vapor permeable and vapor impermeable air barriers.





Materials
Lightweight Block, Heavyweight Benefits
By Don Eberly and Laura Drotleff
At the Maryland Science Center, 24-inch-long lightweight concrete masonry units paid for themselves by saving masons half the labor.





Project Spotlight
Vernon S. Broyles Jr. Leadership Center
Edited by Cory Sekine-Pettite
Knitting repurposed historic dormitory with new construction creates cost-effective facility with LEED gold certification.





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Letter from the Editor
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                                                I’m Still Riding Beside Him
                                            

                                        


                                        

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                                            A couple of weeks ago, I found myself riding down the road in an 18-wheeler with my son. He recently got his CDL permit and is scheduled to attend a class, so he needs to get some driving time in. That day he was driving a Kenworth, and I was riding along
                                        


                                        

                                            Kent Huntley
                                        


                                        

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                                                Just a Blast from the Past
                                            

                                        


                                        

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                                            This weekend I had to go through and clean out a cabinet that I used to keep some of the old masonry information that I like to look at from time to time. I had the very first issue of Masonry Construction that was published in 1988. I know, forever ago. 
                                        


                                        

                                            Steve Fechino
                                        


                                        

                                            Fechino Files
                                        


                                        

                                            
                                        

                                    


                                
								

							

								
                                    


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                                                Stockholm City Hall
                                            

                                        


                                        

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                                            Stockholm City Hall is known around the world as the setting for the annual Nobel Prize banquet. But behind the ceremonies and the landmark tower is another story: a building constructed with approximately 8 million bricks.

The massive red-brick complex 
                                        


                                        

                                            Cass Stern
                                        


                                        

                                            Marvelous Masonry
                                        


                                        

                                            
                                        

                                    


                                
								

							

								
                                    


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                                                Geared Up for Fall Semester 
                                            

                                        


                                        

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                                            Along with finding potential leaders in the next generation of masonry professionals, getting to work with instructors in CTE programs throughout my region offers a great sense of hope and expectation.

Add to that an environment where new technologies an
                                        


                                        

                                            
                                        


                                        

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