Masonry

An introduction to the masonry trade: what masons build with brick, block, and stone, the materials and mortar types, tools and scaffolding, reading masonry details under TMS 402/602 and the building code, the hazards and how OSHA requires them to be controlled, and the apprenticeship and career path.

The second masonry course, for the mason who already knows the materials and wants to build the wall right: laying CMU and brick from the leads out, batching mortar and placing grout, reinforced masonry and bond beams under special inspection, flashing, ties and movement joints that keep the wall dry and uncracked, TMS 602 tolerances and the common defects, and running the crew through cold weather, hot weather, scaffold lifts and production.