Are YOU Florida’s Fastest Trowel?

Words: Deborah BarberFastest Trowel is around the corner! This challenge is a testament of both the speed and skill of the industry’s workforce. Only those journeymen masons who have the skill, confidence, and courage to face-off with the industry’s best are invited to compete. This competition proves how important teamwork is in accomplishing a final product.

Journeyman masons, accompanied by their favorite tender, compete against one another in a show of both speed and craftsmanship. Contestants must have a high degree of workmanship using normal masonry practices and hand tools.

Do you think you have what it takes to compete?
download the application today and register! Registration is $200/team of one mason and one tender.
iQ Power Tools Joins as a Platinum Partner in the 2026 Masonry Alliance Program
November 2025

The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is excited to announce that iQ Power Tools has joined the 2026 Masonry Alliance Program (MAP) at the Platinum Level.

Bonding with Masonry 2025: Q4
November 2025

This issue’s questions come from an Architect and an Engineer. What questions do you have? Send them to info@masonrymagazine.com, attention Technical Talk.

Hultafors Group Continues Gold Partnership in the 2026 Masonry Alliance Program
November 2025

The Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) is pleased to announce that Hultafors Group will continue its Gold partnership in the 2026 Masonry Alliance Program.

Are you in the Insulated Concrete Block business? Then FTC Rule 460 applies to you…
November 2025

If you supply, sell, or use any of these… Pre-insulated concrete block... Loose-Fill Insulation... Injectable Foam-in-Place Insulation... Foam Plastic Inserts... Then you must abide by FTC Rule 460, 16 CFR 460, which governs R-value testing and claims