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About Ground Face
Echelon Ground Face or Marble Face CMUs are manufactured using a unique combination of colored and tightly-mixed aggregate to create a smooth finish. These units undergo a multi-stage finishing process where each block is polished smooth to create a glossy finish for enhanced project aesthetics. In addition to an exceptional finish, all Ground Face or Marble Face concrete masonry units are manufactured with an integral water repellent that allows for use at or below grade.
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- Highly durable integrally colored block
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Continuing Education
Continue to develop your skill set and learn about the latest innovations in your field while earning CEU credits for Masonry & Architecture
Lunch and Learn
Designing with Innovative Architectural Blocks for Buildings
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
Concrete masonry units offer a surprising amount of design flexibility, sustainability benefits and performance characteristics. Join us for a look at some of the lesser known innovations happening in the world of architectural block.
Lunch and Learn
Introduction To Rainscreen Ventilated Facades
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
A rainscreen cladding is one of the most efficient systems for construction envelope purposes in today’s commercial building environment. This presentation will discuss how rainscreen cladding provides a building solution that aligns with current sustainable architecture trends and is surprisingly easy to install.
Lunch and Learn
Modern Masonry Using Pre-Blended Mortar
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
Pre-blended mortar eliminates many of the variables and uncertainties of site-mixed mortar, thus reducing the potential for problems and liability with the finished masonry construction. In this course, we will look at the types of mortar available, the process and pitfalls of field mixing versus pre-blended mortar, and the significance of mortar in masonry assemblies.
Masonry Solutions for BIM
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
This presentation provides a condensed overview of BIM and its impact on the construction industry, with a particular focus on new software tools that are changing the way masonry is designed, specified, ordered, manufactured, shipped, installed and maintained.
Lunch and Learn
Masonry vs. the Storm – Building for Resilience
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
This presentation will discuss how the strength and resiliency of masonry construction can help protect a building – and its occupants – from storm damage, return structures to use faster following a disaster and reduce the long-term cost of repairs.
Lunch and Learn
Design Strategies for Architectural Stone Masonry
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
Learn how to effectively design masonry walls using legacy stone products, such as natural limestone, cast stone and architectural masonry, as well as calcium silicate and architectural pre-cast products.
Lunch and Learn
Excellence in Single Wythe Masonry
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
When properly constructed, single-wythe masonry walls offer a myriad of benefits that no other building material can touch.
Lunch and Learn
Modern Masonry: Fire Protection and Enhanced Performance
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
The recent string of large construction fires across the US has cost billions of dollars in damages to job sites and nearby structures.
Lunch and Learn
An Overview of the Role of Masonry in Sustainable Design and LEED V4
CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW
Manufactured stone veneers have come a long way since their introduction, with modern versions delivering the high performance and timeless aesthetics of natural stone at a fraction of the cost.
This presentation reviews the rising trend and use of manufactured stone veneers (MSV) and advancements in the manufacturing process which make new veneers more durable, easier to install and more aesthetically pleasing and delivers the natural aesthetic of real stone.