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Visiting Masonry Construction Sites

The masonry center has organized two visits to masonry construction sites:

June 28th, 2019

Dr. Carlos Noguez, Dr. Yuxiang Chen, Dr. ShihChung (Jessy) Kang,  Dr. Christane (Chile) and their students visited a construction site of masonry partition. Mr. Louis St. Laurent and his team from Scorpio Masonry demonstrated the construction techniques and procedures.

A visit to a masonry site
A mason was teaching a student to lay blocks.

August 1st, 2019

Dr. Yuxiang Chen and six students visited a construction site of masonry exterior walls. Mr. Louis St. Laurent and his team from Scorpio Masonry demonstrated the construction techniques and procedures.

Mr. Louis was showing the intersection between bricks and windows.
A mason was showing how wall tiles were attached to the supporting structure.
A mason was showing the installation of thermal insulation over a window.