A Mason's Perspective: Designing, Efficient, Economical & Aesthetic Masonry
Tuesday, aPRIL 8, 2025 | 12-1 p.m. Eastern Time
1 LU/HSW
Learning Objectives:
- Review masonry codes and tolerances and how they can be implemented into creative masonry designs.
- Learn tricks of the trade that can help coordinate your design with the construction of masonry assemblies.
- Discover creative masonry patterns that can be easily designed and constructed without increasing cost.
- Identify available industry resources and tools to assist with creating exciting masonry designs.
About the Speaker
tOM ELLIOTT
Director Of Industry Development And Technical Services, IMI
Tom is a journey-level craftworker who joined the masonry industry in 1985 as an apprentice bricklayer for BAC Local 5 in Cleveland, Ohio. Throughout his time in the industry, he has worked as a journey-level bricklayer, project foreman, and field superintendent on larger masonry projects in Ohio and surrounding states. He also served as a project manager for a restoration contractor and oversaw the restoration of several historic structures.
Previously, he managed his own mason contracting business and helped to negotiate local labor contracts as a board member of the Northeast Ohio Contractors Association.
Tom is a member of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and is a CSI-Certified Construction Document Technologist. He is a voting member on several TMS subcommittees and is actively involved in the ACE Mentoring program. He is also a lecturer at both the Ohio State University and Kent State University and the Chairman of his local Architectural Board of Review and Planning Commission Board.