Welcome to NCMCA Certification

The North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association (NCMCA) provides masonry contractors in the Carolinas an opportunity for extensive professional development and continuing education with the NCMCA Masonry Contractor Certification Program. In addition to increasing the professionalism of masonry contractors, the program is also targeted for specification writers, architects and owners as a means to pre-qualify masonry contractor firms for building projects. NCMCA provides two levels of certification for individuals. Contractor firm foremen, superintendents, project managers, and middle management can become “Certified Masonry Professionals” (CMP) by completing a minimum of eight day-long classes and documenting five years of experience in the masonry and/or construction field. Company principals, owners and upper management can become “Certified Masonry Executives” (CME) by successfully completing ten daylong classes and documenting at least five years of experience. All CMP and CME candidates must reaffirm their pledge to abide by the NCMCA “Standards of Conduct.” Companies themselves become “NCMCA Certified Masonry Contractors” by maintaining a required percentage of NCMCA certified individuals on staff and by documenting company history. A total of eleven classes are included in the certification curriculum and include instruction on occupational safety management, basics of masonry materials, specifications, masonry special inspection, design details, codes and standards, testing, grouting, structural engineering basics, blueprints & specifications, estimating and bidding, and courses on good business practice and people management. Experts from around the country instruct the classes, most considered to be the leading authorities in the field of masonry construction and operations. Class participants must pass an exam at the end of each class to obtain class completion credit. To maintain certification, individuals must earn a minimum number of continuing education credits per year. The NCMCA Certification Program is governed by a board of nine “governors,” consisting of appointed experienced NCMCA masonry contractors members, an architect representative of North Carolina AIA, a representative appointed by the Carolinas Concrete Masonry Association, and an appointment by Brick Industry Association-Southeast Region, each serving a three-year term. As of the summer of 2021, 300 individuals and thirty-four companies have become NCMCA certified. Now that a significant number of individuals and companies have become certified, NCMCA is proceeding with an ambitious program to market certification for use in specification documents and as a means of ensuring quality masonry installation performed by the documented top professionals in the industry. Suggested wording for including a NCMCA Masonry Contractor Certification requirement in bid specification documents: SECTION 042000 - UNIT MASONRY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS A. The work of this section shall be bid and performed by a firm certified as a “North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association Certified Masonry Contractor” as described in the most current version of the NCMCA’s “Guide to Masonry Contractor Certification.” (North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association, PO Box 3463, Hickory, NC 28603-3463, (828) 324-1564, information@ncmca.com) B. The masonry subcontractor shall at all times when work is in progress, provide an individual from its own staff designated by the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association Masonry Contractor Certification Program as a “CMP-Certified Masonry Professional” or “CME-Certified Masonry Executive” (as described in the most current version of the NCMCA’s “Guide to Masonry Contractor Certification”) on-site to supervise work in progress. The “Guide to Masonry Contractor Certification” can be downloaded as a PDF from www.ncmca.com NCMCA membership is not a requirement for participation in the NCMCA Certification Program. For information, call the NCMCA office (828) 324-1564 or email NCMCA Executive Vice President Lynn Nash: LNash@ncmca.com. 2018 - 2019 Certification Board of Governors: Doug

Burton, Whitman Masonry, Chairman; David Mauney, Pyramid Masonry; Calvin Brodie, Brodie Contractors; Danks Burton, Pinnacle Masonry; David McQueen, Adams/Oldcastle; Tony Lineberry AIA, The Lineberry Architectural Group; Byard Stevens, Southeast Concrete Masonry Association; Bryan Light, BIA SouthEast; and Lynn Nash, NCMCA.

The NCMCA Masonry Certification Program consists of 11 one-day courses. Owners and principals of masonry companies who complete 10 of the 11 courses will earn the designation of Certified Masonry Executive (CME). Project managers, estimators and supervisors, including foremen, will earn the title of Certified Masonry Professional (CMP) after completing 8 courses.

Once 70% of a company’s key employees graduate from the program, the company may apply for designation as a Certified Masonry Contractor (CMC).

Class series and instructors:

“Occupational Safety Management” - Bill Parsons & Mike Rosser

“The Basics of Masonry Materials: Brick & Block” - Dr. Richard Bennett, Ph.D., P.E.

“Mortar & Grout – Properties, Proportions & Standards; Masonry Testing – Proper Methods & Results” - Michael Schuller, P.E.

“Structural Engineering Basics” - Trey Hamilton, P.E., PhD,

“Mastering the Details in Masonry Construction” - J. Patrick Rand, AIA

“Basic Blueprint Reading & Jobsite Estimating Basics” - Joseph Canitano

“Masonry Special Inspection & Code Review” - Christina Subasic, PE & Dale Yarbrough, PE

“Masonry Advanced Bidding Workshop” - Doug Burton and Thomas Davis

“Financial & Operational Management” - Bob Dusin

“Managing the Human Side of the Business” - Bob Dusin

“Leadership Skills & Supervisory Development Training” - Bob Dusin

MCAA “Masonry Quality Institute” (Alternate) - Michael Callahan

Initial registration fee is $30. Cost is $150 per course except MCAA MQI. ($250 for non-NCMCA members.) For details, contact the NCMCA State Office: (828) 324-1564.

Certified Companies*

Alward Masonry Contractors, Inc. Concord Ariel Masonry, Elon Beam Construction Co., Inc. Cherryville Brodie Contractors Inc Raleigh Carolina Masonry Unlimited, Fuquay Varina Concept Masonry, Raleigh Edgar Boettcher Mason Contr., Inc., Bay City, MI Gates Construction Co. Inc. Mooresville Joyner Masonry Works Inc Greenville, NC Kirby Construction Services, Inc. Conover Kiser Masonry, Inc. Charlotte Koontz Masonry, Inc. Lexington, NC Lanier & Associates Masonry Bunn Level Manning Masonry, Inc. Williamston Masonry Unlimited of Cherryville, Inc. Cherryville Mattachione Construction Company, Inc., Apex Old North State Masonry, Matthews Piedmont Masonry, Inc. Huntersville Pinnacle Masonry, Inc Cary Pyramid Masonry Contractors, Charlotte Randall Cox Masonry, Summerfield Stone Creek Masonry, Inc. Sims Terry Masonry, Burlington Whitman Masonry, Inc. Raleigh

Parker Allen, Whitman Masonry Chris Alley Cody Alward, Mount Pleasant High School Frank Alston, Brodie Contractors Bill Anderson, Manning Masonry, Inc. Jaime Apodaca, Pinnacle Masonry Marlon Aragon, Pyramid Masonry Contractors Greg Argetsinger, Pyramid Masonry Contractors Bob Arnold, Gates Construction Co. Inc. Austin Babb, Fay Block Company Mike Bailey, Carolina Masonry Unlimited Brent Beck, Koontz Masonry Inc. Sabrina K. Beck, Koontz Masonry, Inc. Jimmy Benfield Andy Bell, Pecora Corp. Steve Bell, SPEC-MIX/Quikrete Chris Black, Carolina Masonry Unlimited Neal Belt, Mattachione Construction Company, Inc. Samuel Bond William Boose, Carolina Masonry Unlimited Matt Botts, Gates Construction Company Brian Brady, Chandler Concrete C.W. Branch, Gates Construction Co. Inc. Dave Bridgers, Pyramid Masonry Mike Brinkley, Pyramid Masonry Contractors John Brock, Old North State Masonry Howard L. Brodie, Brodie Contractors Inc. Toby Brodie Kelly M. Brooks, Brodie Contractors Inc. Mike Brown, Griffin Masonry Chris Bruner, Gates Construction Co. Inc. Drew Bullock, Roanoke Cement Company Jason Burnette Joe Canitano, Old North State Masonry, LLC Patrick Carter, Pyramid Masonry Contractors Doug Campbell, Pyramid Masonry Contractors David Chance Dennis Childress, Kirby Construction Services, Inc. Britton Craig Larry Crocker, Pyramid Masonry Contractors Mark H. Crowe Gene Croyle, retired Mike Cook, Gates Construction Company Todd Coomber, Pyramid Masonry Contractors Ryan Cooper, Gates Construction Company Domingo Cruz, Joyner Masonry Works Luis Cruz Andres Davila Chad Day, Gates Construction Company Jim Donahue Wesley Drye, Old North State Masonry, LLC Steven L. Echerd, Kirby Construction Services, Inc. Filberto Espinosa, Edgar Boettcher Mason Contractor Chris Ellis, Southeastern Contracting Jeremy Eudy, Gates Construction Company Gene Fargis, S M Gillespie Masonry Grant Fisher, Custom Brick & Supply Co. Ryan Fitzgerald Melvin Frady, Pyramid Masonry Contractors Nick Ferrucci, Tucker-Kirby Company D.C. Frye, Beam Construction Company Dirk Gale, Brodie Contractors, Matt Gates, Gates Construction Company Cheryl Gaw, Adams, an Oldcastle Company Joseph Gedrimas, Manning Masonry Carson Greif, General Shale Brick Douglas Gray, Brodie Contractors Inc Josh Gray, Brodie Contractors, Inc.. Josh Guiton, Beam Construction Co., Inc. Javier Gutierrez, Joyner Masonry Works Rob Haas, Adams, an Oldcastle company Bart Hardison, Fay Block Materials Brandon Hartsell, Gates Construction Company Brett Harris, Giant Cement Company Steven M. Hauser Scott Hegler, Koontz Masonry Justin Helms, General Shale Parrish Hoffman, EastWest Products Richard Hogan, Southeastern Contracting, Inc. Angie G. Holt, Southeastern Concrete Products Todd Horner, Adams, an Oldcastle company Donnie Howard, Argos Eric Howell, Gates Construction Co. Inc. Mickey Hull, Beam Construction Co., Inc. Cory Huneycutt, Southeastern Architectural Solutions Kevin Hunter, Brodie Contractors Eugene Ingram, Old North State Masonry, LLC Juan Juarez, Pinnacle Masonry Jonathan Jessup, Adams, an Oldcastle company Jimmy Johnson, Jim Bricksit Starling Johnson-Kaklamanos, Johnson Concrete Co. Ingrid Kenner, Brodie Contractors Inc. Dan Langmade, Gates Construction Company Laura Zenns Lineberry Chase Lipford, Custom Stonescapes Dennis Little, Pinnacle Masonry Inc. Derek Lockrem, Gates Construction Company

Sean A. Loftis, Carolina Masonry Unlimited, Inc. Robbie Ludwig, Seagraves Masonry Scot Lyons, Gates Construction Company

Lawrence Manley, Joyner Masonry Works Inc. William Manning Juan Garcia Martinez, Brodie Contractors

Sam Mattachione, Mattachione Construction Jeff Matthews, Joyner Masonry Works

Jamie McDermott, Leitner Construction Company Billy McGee, Whitman Masonry, Inc.

Tim McManus, Pyramid Masonry Contractors

David T. McQueen, Adams, an Oldcastle Company Steve Mello Laura Mendez, Joyner Masonry Works

Charles Miller, Kirby Construction Services, Inc. Chris Miller, Roanoke Cement Co. Casey Mitchell, Wemco Contracting, Inc.

Chris Mitchell, Adams, an Oldcastle company

Davis “Dink” Mitchell, Gates Construction Company Lynn Mitchell, retired

Oscar Murillo, Edgar Boettcher Mason Contractor

Ashlee Koontz Moore, Koontz Masonry, Inc. Brent Moore, Koontz Masonry, Inc.

Dean Moore, Adams, an Oldcastle company Jake R. Morgan, Masonry Unlimited of Cherryville, Inc. Marty Munn, McGee Brothers Co Inc. Brian Murray, Concept Masonry, Inc.

Gordon Newman, Jr., Pyramid Masonry Contractors

Opie Nixon, Mattachione Construction Company Walter Ochoa, Brodie Contractors Donnie Owens, retired Fred Palmer, Concept Masonry

Rodney Palmer, Gates Construction Company Gabriel Panuco, S.M. Elmore Masonry Brad Peele

Joaquin Perez, Pyramid Masonry Contractors John Peshek, Southeastern Contracting Billy J. Philemon, B. Philemon LLC Jack Phillips, R.E. Harris Mason Contractor Kory Podgaysky, Griffin Masonry Phillipe Poulin David L. Presnell

Angie Puckett, New South Construction Supply Neal Ragsdale, Chandler Concrete Jose Rios, Boettcher Masonry Arianis Rivera, Stonehenge Masonry

Brandon Roberts, Adams, an Oldcastle company Gerald R. Robinson, Masonry Unlimited of Cherryville, Victor Rodriguez, Brodie Contractors Shelby E. Rominger

Charles Ross, Mattachione Construction Company Eric Ryder, Fay Block Materials

J. Gusdalupe Contreras Salas, Brodie Contractors Juan Sanchez Ramon Sanchez, Joyner Masonry Works Berk Saunders, Pinnacle Masonry Inc.

Kevin Scheele, Adams, an Oldcastle company Kevin Smith, Old North State Masonry, LLC Terry Smith, Griffin Masonry Eric Sollie, Tuscola High School Kyle Dustin Speight, Griffin Masonry Bradley Sutton, Whitman Masonry, Inc.

Mike Teague, Adams, an Oldcastle company

Josh Thomas, Pyramid Masonry Contractors Trey Tuttle, Gates Construction Company Rudy Vandervelde, Concept Masonry, Inc. Juan Vargas, Carolina Masonry Unlimited

Christian Vasquez, Pyramid Masonry Contractors

Ruperto Vasquez-Valdepena, Stone Creek Masonry Gilbert Vega, Joyner Masonry Works

Jerry David Venable, Old North State Masonry, LLC David Walker

Todd Walker, Adams, an Oldcastle Company Mike Weaver Frank Werner Chris Whitby

Thomas R. Whitlow, McGee Brothers Company Connie Whitman, Whitman Masonry Inc. Tim Wilder, Old North State Masonry, LLC Gayle Williams Macy Williams, Brodie Contractors

Mike Williams, Pyramid Masonry Contractors George Winbush James C. Yost III, Euclid Chemical Craig Young, Koontz Masonry Juan Zaragosa, Whitman Masonry

Certified Masonry Executive (CME)

Don Alward, Alward Masonry Contractors, Inc. Hazen Alward, Alward Masonry Contractors, Inc. Joeseph Anastasi, Old North State Masonry, LLC Nate Ariel, Ariel Masonry Stanly Bacon, Stone Creek Masonry

Dean Bagnoni, Winston Masonry Company Jerry Bayne, Jerry Bayne, Inc.

Kelly Black, Carolina Masonry Unlimited James “Bo” Black, Carolina Masonry Unlimited Kendra Blackmon, Rush Masonry Management

Bill Broadway, McGee Brothers Co Inc. continued -

CME continued -

Calvin Brodie, Brodie Contractors Inc Martin Browne, Masonry Unlimited of Cherryville, Inc. Robert Browne, Beam Construction Co., Inc. Danks Burton, Pinnacle Masonry Inc Doug Burton, Whitman Masonry Inc Matt Cable, McART Masonry, LLC Brian Cook, Masonry Unlimited of Cherryville, Inc. Randall Cox, Randall Cox Masonry Robert H. Gates, Gates Construction Co. Inc. James C. Gurley, Concept Masonry, Inc. Michael T. Gurley, Concept Masonry, Inc. James C.Gurley, Jr., Concept Masonry, Inc. Kevin Hallman, McGee Brothers Company Greg Huntley, McGee Brothers Company Kent Huntley, Huntley Brothers Company Chris Joyner, Joyner Masonry Works Inc Gary Joyner, Joyner Masonry Works Inc Misty Joyner, Manning Masonry Larry Kirby, Kirby Construction Services, Inc. Tracy Kiser, Kiser Masonry, Inc. Ronnie Kiser, Jr., Kiser Masonry, Inc. Freddy Koontz, Koontz Masonry Inc Roger Koontz, Koontz Masonry Inc. Nancy Land Michael W. Lanier, Lanier & Associates Masonry Marion Magee, Piedmont Masonry of NC, Inc. Matthew H. Mahoney, McGee Brothers Company Roger W. Manning, Manning Masonry, Inc. Tim Manning, Manning Masonry, Inc.

Mike Mattachione, Mattachione Construction Company, Brandon McGee, McGee Brothers Company, Inc. Don McGee, McGee Brothers Company, Inc.

Christopher L. McGee, McGee Brothers Company, Inc. Cliff McGee, McGee Brothers Company Jon “Doc” McGee, McGee Brothers Company Larry McGee, McGee Brothers Company Rodney McGee, McGee Brothers Company Travis McGee, McGee Brothers Company Winston McGee, McGee Brothers Company Allison Mercurio, Stonehenge Masonry, Inc. Mark Mercurio, Stonehenge Masonry, Inc.

Shawn Millay, Mattachione Construction Company, Inc. Harvey W. Mullis, McGee Brothers Company Jason Oliver, Boettcher Masonry Bryan Overman, J.B. Overman Masonry. Travis Plymell, Rush Masonry Management Mike Prince, McGee Brothers Co Inc.. Michael Radosa, Boettcher Masonry Michael J. Rogers, Michael J. Rogers Masonry, Inc. Brad Scott, McGee Brothers Company Mark Shepherd, Shepherd Masonry/Watauga High School James Simmons, Simmons Masonry, Inc. Tiffany Smith, William E. Smith Masonry Inc Steve Stout, Merrill Masonry, Inc. Imani Brodie Surratt, Brodie Contractors Randy Terry, Terry Masonry

Christopher Scott Trogdon, McGee Brothers Company Tina Troutman, Masonry Management, Inc. Joseph Russell Tyler, Stone Creek Masonry, Inc. Krystal Marie Tyler, Stone Creek Masonry, Inc. David M. Walden, Metro Masonry Ron Williams, CityLink Construction

Mark the Dates! September 23, 2021 Annual NCMCA Golf Tournament Mill Creek Golf Club Mebane, NC

October 29, 2021 Masonry Education Day Ben Ketchie Park Gold Hill, NC

March 24 - March 26, 2022 NCMCA Annual Convention Hyatt Regency Greenville, SC

May 21, 2022 Samuel A. McGee Memorial Contest Adams/Oldcastle Colfax, NC

NCMCA Leadership and Distinguished Member Firms

In 2006, The Board of Directors offered member firms the opportunity to support the Association with a new category of NCMCA membership. “Leadership” members are firms that voluntarily pay double the standard membership fee each year. “Distinguished” members are firms that voluntarily pay double dues and also maintain membership in the Masonry Contractors Association of America (MCAA) each year. President Danks Burton and the Board of NCMCA recognize and salute the following Leadership and Distinguished* members of the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association:

Brodie Contractors* Carolina Masonry Unlimited, Inc.* Cherokee Masonry* Edgar Boettcher Mason Contractor* Gates Construction* Huntley Brothers Company* Joyner Masonry Works* Kirby Construction Services LPS Enterprises* Manning Masonry* McGee Brothers Company* Mountcastle Insurance Pinnacle Masonry* Roanoke Cement Rush Masonry Management* SPEC MIX* TriSure Corporation Whitman Masonry*

(as of July 2021)

For information about how your company can step up to Leadership or Distinguished NCMCA membership, contact the NCMCA State Office.

The NCMCA Western Carolina Chapter Founders Award

Jerry W. Eckard*

2013 Howard Rowe*

2015 Carl E. Moser, Jr.

2017

Ivey L. Griffin, Jr.*

2013 G. Alan Griffin

2016 David R. Sigmon*

2019

Warren Cockran*

2015 W. Larry Kirby

2016 Carl E. Moser, Sr.*

2020

Hugh Townsend

2015

Wayne Starr* R. Bruce Davis

2016

J. Leland Eckard Glenn W, Sipe*

2020

*Deceased