EDUCATION
• We hold a series of webinars throughout each year for architects and engineers in the Mid-Atlantic area. They receive AIA credits for attending and we provide a certificate of completion to each attendee as well as a copy of the PowerPoint presentation immediately after the event (as authorized for some of the sessions). The response this year thus far and the past year was very good!! We normally range from 80 to 100+ for any given webinar which is outstanding for what we know of nationally.
February 14, 2023 (rescheduled from Dec. 2022) – Impact of Construction Type on Initial Cost and Ongoing Building Insurance Based on Independent Study of Multi-Residential Structures by Walter G. M. Schneider III, Ph.D., P.E., CBO, MCP, CFO, MiFireE, FASCE. (82 registered attendees)
November 3, 2022 – Masonry Structural Design Tips by W. Mark McGinley, Ph.D, PE, FASTM, Professor and Endowed Chair for Infrastructure Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, J.B. Speed School of Engineering University of Louisville. (138 registered attendees)
May 12, 2022 – Hot & Cold Weather Procedures for Concrete & Masonry by Brian Trimble, PE, LEED AP ~ Director of Industry Development and Technical Services, International Masonry Institute. (114 registered attendees)
• We also held a webinar on January 12, 2022 on the “Masonry Updates to the 2018 I-CODES” This webinar provided valuable information about the 2018 International Building Codes as relate to masonry that are currently enforced in Maryland. Virginia and Washington DC are currently on the 2015 version of the I Codes. Engineers, Architects, Building Code Officials, General Contractors, Masons, Masonry Instructors and Members attended this free webinar for a total of 135 registered attendees.
EVENTS UPDATES
• The Annual Golf Outing (reschedule from May due to the golf course flooding) was held August 7, 2023 at Holly Hills Country Club. We had a terrific attendance and sponsorship for this event. Everyone was excited to see each other! The 2024 Golf Outing will be held in May 2024 at Holly Hills Country Club in Frederick, MD. This event is open to members and non-members with foursomes or individual players welcomed.
• The Annual Sporting Clays Event was held October 25, 2022 at Prince Georges County Trap & Skeet. We are planning to hold the event again in October 2023 so stay tuned for the date and logistics. • The Annual Design and Craftsmanship Awards Dinner was held on November 15, 2022 at Jailbreak Brewing Company. This very successful event featured a reception, dinner and then the presentation of the 2022 Awards. The Design Awards were presented by Matthew Farmer, Principal Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, who was one of the five architect judges for the Design Awards. The Craftsmanship Awards were presented by two of the three judges – Curtis Hoover, Center for Applied Technology North and Mike Campanile, Carroll County CTC. Congratulations to all of the winners! View the 2022 Winning Design and Craftsmanship Projects.
The 2024 Awards Dinner will be held Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at Jailbreak Brewing Company in Laurel, MD. |
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
• We held our annual Spring Masonry Instructors Association Meeting on March 10, 2023 and our Fall Masonry Instructors Workshop is scheduled for October 2, 2023 for instructors in PA, MD and NJ. At these meetings we provide valuable information for the instructors and their students as well as time to share topics of mutual interest.
• MAMA provides a tool bag with tools and a level to each vo-tech school with a masonry program to give to their top student at the Awards banquet at the end of the school year.
• The committee is considering an apprentice competition in the Mid-Atlantic region and the winner could go to the World of Concrete Competition in Las Vegas.
• The masonry instructors at the secondary school level in Maryland could very much use the support of our mason contractors to assist on their craft advisory committees, with opportunities for their students and supplies they may need.
PROMOTION
• Promoting the Fall webinars with our “Masonry Tip Postcard” to architects in Maryland, Washington DC, Northern Virginia areas. 2,500 were sent out to key architects in the area.
• We have created a Masonry Tip postcard highlighting the Study of Initial Cost of Construction – Multi-Residential Structures with Insurance Costs that was coordinated by Executive Director, Jan Boyer, and national in scope. The results are very favorable to masonry wall systems. The website that we created, www.buildingstudies.org , highlights this report as well as insurance related information that you will also want to review. To go directly to the studies, click here. MAMA has mailed hard copies of the postcard to all of the architects on our master lists for Maryland, DC, Northern VA – approximately 3,000.
MAMA is part of the Masonry Alliance for Codes and Standards, which is working to get favorable building codes for the masonry industry. Through this coalition group, we are working to stop the impact of the wood industry as well as many other concerns including how masonry is looked upon in the sustainability and resilience world.
Much more is going on to benefit the masonry industry. Many of the things that we do are in coordination with the PA Concrete Masonry Association and therefore benefits the entire Mid-Atlantic market area. |
