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Jim Priest, long-time masonry industry advocate, has started a new venture in his retirement and is making this valuable program available to AMG and AMCA members.   HomeBenefitIQ Corporate Real Estate Benefit is one of the nation’s largest voluntary benefit plans.  The plan is free for both employee and employer.  The exclusive HomeBenefitIQ team of experts ...

Jennifer Freiland, Mr. Hellmann’s daughter and the President of Quality Block Co. made the presentation of the first award on February 24, 2018 at the Apprenticeship Graduation Dinner. Below are her comments about the award and the recipient. The Clem Hellmann Leadership award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the masonry community through leadership of, ...

On Saturday, Feb 24th over 75 members of the industry gathered to honor the 2017 AMCA Apprenticeship Graduating Class. In order to graduate from the apprenticeship program, apprentices must complete a minimum of 432 class and lab hours and 4,500 on-the-job training hours over 3 years.  In addition, graduates must pass module exams and successfully build various ...

This year we are presenting our first ever Clem Hellmann Leadership Award. Clem passed away in late October of 2017. For those who did not have the opportunity to know Clem, I would like to take a few minutes to share with you a little about him. To quote well known scholar and author Peter ...

This PDF contains the information about the winners and the overall Bricklayer competition. It includes a link to photos also! ...

JOSE SOTO IS THE 2018 FASTEST TROWEL ON THE BLOCK CHAMPION The annual MCAA Fastest Trowel on the Block competition was held January 24, 2018 during MASONRY MADNESS® and the MCAA Convention at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in Las Vegas. The event drew a record crowd to catch the fastest twenty minutes in ...

Please join us in celebrating the Arizona Masonry Contractors Association’s Masonry Apprenticeship Program Graduating Class of 2017.   The evening will include a cocktail hour, dinner, graduation ceremony & celebration, presentations including Leader of the Year and Master Mason Award and a raffle.   Event Details Dinner Tickets Sponsorship Opportunities     ...

Congratulations to Gerardo Patlan, from Fyffe Masonry, for being the winner of our Arizona's 2017 Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition. Over 300 members of the masonry industry gathered at AZ Best Block's Phoenix Yard to cheer on this year's Fastest Trowel on the Block and Masonry Skills Challenge competitors. Spectators enjoyed hamburgers & hot dogs provided by Marvel Building ...

We were so saddened to hear the passing of Clem Hellmann, from Quality Block, last October. We wanted to do something to honor what he had done and everything he had accomplished. Writing this memorial seemed fitting. "Clem will be remembered most for his ability to make each person he met and worked with feel ...

We had such a great time at this golf tournament and we were able to raise over $18,000 for the AMCA Apprenticeship Programs. On Saturday, September 30th over 160 players gathered at the Raven Golf Club to celebrate the life & legacy of Art Cañez Sr. Players enjoyed an afternoon of golf, music, dinner & ...