MCAA is the Masonry Contractors Association of America. The Fast…
MCAA is the Masonry Contractors Association of America. The Fastest Trowel block laying contest was held at WOC.
Proline makes tools for decorative concrete work
LIUNA is the Laborers' International Union of North America
I have no idea who this is, but I like the shirt and dew rag
M.E.T is a masonry supplier in Australia. This guy was there to …
M.E.T is a masonry supplier in Australia. This guy was there to cheer on Ron Eliot, an Australian mason who competed in the Bricklayer 500.
Spectator at the Bricklayer 500. Like the brick pattern on the s…
Spectator at the Bricklayer 500. Like the brick pattern on the shirt.
Boral Bricks, a sponsor of the Bricklayer 500, made this shirt f…
Boral Bricks, a sponsor of the Bricklayer 500, made this shirt for the show.
Another spectator. Nice shirt.
Part of the cheering section for Dave Moyle, a competitor from S…
Part of the cheering section for Dave Moyle, a competitor from Sumner, Iowa. The Pope's endorsement didn't help, because this year Moyle failed to make the podium.
Spectator. That truck in the background is one of the prizes awa…
Spectator. That truck in the background is one of the prizes awarded to the winner.
Masonry Contractors Association of America.
You are who the shirt says you are – and these guys are masons.
So I was at the World of Concrete (WOC), looking at machinery, talking to tool manufacturers, and taking in the sights, and what do you know, I find myself photographing T-shirts, worn mostly by folks at the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500. The Bricklayer 500 is the premier event of the show, a contest in which 20 masons lay as much brick as they can in an hour. The winner receives cash and prizes, including a Ford pickup. More on the bricklaying contest later; for now, it’s about the T-shirts.
