A Mason's Perspective: Designing, Efficient, Economical & Aesthetic Masonry

Tuesday, aPRIL 8, 2025 | 12-1 p.m. Eastern Time
1 LU/HSW

Join us for the unique opportunity to discuss masonry assemblies from an installer's point of view. You’ll get insights from an experienced mason on designing masonry structures that are efficient to build. Learn tricks of the trade to coordinate better design and construction, along with important considerations for masonry tolerances. Plus, examine simple, creative masonry patterns that can be added to designs in a cost-effective manner to create more aesthetic buildings.

 

Image by the International Masonry Institute.

 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

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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. 

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