Vision Award winners announced

Architects, communities, school districts, and universities recognized

By MCAA Marketing

On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, the Mason Contractors Association of America awarded the second annual Vision Award winners during the 2012 MCAA Midyear Meeting in Park City, Utah.

The Vision Awards celebrate school districts, universities, communities, and architects who have demonstrated outstanding use of masonry in their projects and incorporate masonry in their campuses, communities, and buildings.

The MCAA would like to congratulate the winners of the 2012 MCAA Vision Awards.

Architect

Moseley Architects

Farmville Town Hall, designed by Moseley Architects.

Moseley Architects has a long, rich history of designing architecture with masonry in mind. As a private firm with a public sector soul, Moseley Architects public school projects are mindful in their requirements for simplicity, durability, and longevity, yet still realize opportunities for aesthetic uniqueness. Their projects continually recognize the timeless permanence embodied in masonry, while exemplifying unique characteristic moments achievable within the material type.

Moseley Architects reaffirms that as a material, no other material blends seamlessly with all of them as well as masonry.

Community

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Salt Lake Temple

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, based out of Salt Lake City, Utah, is one of the largest private entities with a constant development of new facilities to meet the needs of their congregations and communities. Church construction in North America is between 50-70 new chapel projects per year averaging 12,000 sq. ft. per project along with 2-4 seminary or institute buildings each year where brick is the preferred exterior building material. Worldwide, the volume of work is about 200 new chapels annually. Average chapel construction consists of approximately 55000 modular brick equivalents, a sum of over 11 million brick used annually. Concrete masonry is used as the exterior veneer for many of the buildings.

The Church has an Architectural, Engineering and Construction oversight division that manages design and supports construction across North America and internationally. Their goal is to design facilities that fit well in the various communities, while maintaining aesthetics, long term sustainability, high energy efficiency and exterior façades that require very low maintenance. Masonry fits that charge. Following that goal, they use masonry as much as possible on every building they can. Besides the communities scattered across the nation, mason contractors, multiple manufacturers and suppliers that are affiliated with our industry, have benefited from this church organization, as they strongly support our industry.

School District

Huntley Consolidated School District 158

Huntley High School

Huntley Consolidated School District 158 is a small school district in northern Illinois. The district has three school campuses with five elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. When selecting their materials the district chose to use masonry for the exterior and interior walls. No doubt this is due to the lifecycle factors for these buildings.

University

The University of Alabama

Foster Auditorium and Malone Hood Plaza on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

The University of Alabama is a truly beautiful campus. A visitor to the University of Alabama would have a difficult time finding a building on campus not built of masonry. The University of Alabama campus should be applauded for its extensive and impressive use of masonry.

Visit www.masoncontractors.org/team for more information about MCAA's TEAM Awards and the MCAA Vision Awards.

About the Author

The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is the national trade association representing mason contractors. The MCAA is committed to preserving and promoting the masonry industry by providing continuing education, advocating fair codes and standards, fostering a safe work environment, recruiting future manpower, and marketing the benefits of masonry materials.

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