Archive for November 2023

The NCMCA/Metrolina Chapter Night was held at The Farmstead in Mt. Pleasant, NC. This night is built to recognize all of our outstanding apprentices that have won competitions, received scholarship opportunities, and have completed their apprenticeship program. We would like to thank Apprenticeship NC for all of their support, guidance, and work to make the…

The NCMCA is excited to announce the signing of the alliance agreement with NC OSH! This is a very beneficial connection for both groups that will encourage safe practices in the masonry industry and promote safety to our current workforce in the field as well as our new workforce entering the masonry trade. The NCMCA…

  The 69th Annual State Fair Apprenticeship Contest was held on October 16, 2023, in Raleigh, NC. Congratulations to Cade Huntley from Huntley Brothers on his win! Congratulations to all the contestants for your hard work, your craftmanship is amazing! There were 32 contestants representing 11 companies across NC. Many thanks go out to all…

  The 22nd annual NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship was awarded yesterday at NC State University College of Design, School of Architecture. There were 12 teams of 4 students each competing in the design project and they were tasked with use of modular coordination, innovation, technical performance, and presentation clarity and quality for a masonry facade…

The 2023 NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship Masonry Design contest at Appalachian State University was a huge success this year. Seven teams competed for a semester of paid tuition and designed a hypothetical in-fill building section as a graded assignment. The winning team is pictured. From left to right: President Elect Cliff McGee, Executive Vice President…

The 7th Annual Masonry Education Day in Gold Hill, NC was a huge success!Thanks to all of the vendors and SPEC MIX for making this day successful. Masonry Education Day was held on October 5 at Ben Ketchie Park in Gold Hill, NC.  With a total of 762 brick laid in one hour, the team…

Palmetto Brick team with Scott Wilson, Nick Barnes, DJ Stout and Alex Hunter are the winners of the 2023 Metrolina Chapter Golf Tournament on November 7, 2023 at Mooresville Golf Club.  Finishing in second place was Triangle Brick team with Kyle Holland, Kevin Hallman, Bruce Hallman and Clint Little.  Third place went to L &…

McART Masonry Team (Matt Cable, Brad Moore, Kevin Neuschaeger, Erik Steuck) is the winner of the 2023 NCMCA 33rd Annual Fall Golf Tournament in September at the Mill Creek Golf & Country Club in Mebane.   Finishing in second place, the G.E. Masonry team of Rob Haas, Bryan Smith, Bill Brooks and Jason Riddle. Third Place…

Congratulations to NCMCA Past President Calvin Brodie who was  inducted into the MCAA Masonry Hall of Fame in Hershey, PA on   September 20, 2023 On September 20, 2023, Calvin Brodie was inducted into MCAA Masonry Hall of Fame in Hershey, PA.  Prior to his induction, Lynn Nash submitted a nomination for Calvin Brodie with the…

GOOD LUCK LYNN NASH ON YOUR RETIREMENT! Lynn Nash – North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association Executive Vice President 1997 – 2023 The board of NCMCA, which was founded in 1974, decided in the mid-90’s that there was a need for a full time executive to advance our mission and Lynn was hired in 1997. He…