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2013 Quality Masonry Conference |
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Thank you for attending this year’s Quality Masonry Conference held January 24, 2013 at Quarry Oaks Golf Course. We hope that the conference was informative, useful and worth your time. Many in attendance signed up to receive Continuing Education Units through the AIA Continuing Education System. Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication between the NCMA and AIA, only one of the seminars at the Quality Masonry Conference was able to be counted as a “pre-approved” course. The course “Designing with Concrete Masonry Units for a Healthier, Safer Building Environment” by Lonnie Ruckman is the course that should be showing up in your AIA/CES credit list.
We appreciate your attendance and support of the Quality Masonry Conference and understand that most of you were counting on getting CEU’s for your attendance. From this point forward, all seminars and programs offered by the Nebraska Concrete Masonry Association will be AIA/CES approved. To that end, we have come up with a few options for you to receive CEU credits.
1. Attend an online webinar in June or July (date TBD) worth 2.0 CEU on a masonry related topic at no cost to you.
2. Attend a second Quality Masonry Conference this fall at a minimal cost (food and drink only) and receive a minimum of 2.0 CEU’s.
3. “Self Report” the seminars you attended at the January 24th Quality Masonry Conference. Copies of the presentations and certificates of attendance are available below.
Thank you for being understanding as we learn how to follow the AIA/CES rules for providing credits. Again, we appreciate your past attendance and support of the Quality Masonry Conference and look forward to seeing you again.
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Register to Receive "Concrete Masonry Designs Magazine" & "NCMA TEKs" |
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Beginning January 2011, NCMA will exclusively offer the "Concrete Masonry Designs Magazine" and "NCMA TEKs" electronically. Please register now to continue receiving this valuable and FREE resource.
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Concrete Masonry Produces Green Homes |
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Across the country, urban and suburban communities are taking advantage of a growing trend—infill projects. Unused or underutilized spaces in previously developed areas are getting a second chance to prosper through citywide and individual infill projects.
Infill sites are best described as neglected public spaces and clusters of vacant or nearly-empty buildings and land. Over time, these sites can obstruct community development plans and even inhibit neighborhood safety and growth. Infill projects make it possible for communities to leverage existing assets and rethink the use of older spaces rather than continually seeking out new spaces.
Concrete masonry units (CMU) are an ideal building material for these infill projects because there is often no adjacent space available for large equipment or staging areas. And because these projects tend to be tall and thin, closely situated to the site lines, and frequently mixed-use; the inherent strength, fire resistance, and noise abatement of CMUs provide an economic, one-step solution.
Here are two examples of homes that were infill projects. One is single family, one is multi-family. Both utilize block for its strength, beauty, and ability to mix well with other building materials.
Read the full article online @ Concrete Masonry Online.
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UNL Scholarship Recipients |
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Congradulations to the following students who were awarded scholarships as a part of the NCMA-UNL Scholarship Fund.
Architecture:
-Rick Reznicek
-Christopher Smith
Landscape Architecture:
-Kelsey Latshaw
-Eric Gustafson
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e-Matters #2 - Now Available Online |
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This is the second e-Newsletter in a new series called “e-Matters,” which is a blog-like document written by the Nebraska Masonry Institute, with a definite bias, dealing only with matters affecting masonry. This "e-Matters" covers Burnished CMU's, specifically Designing and Constructing without Problems. Please feel free to download a copy for yourself and pass it on to anyone who might be interested.
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