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• Message from the board
• Consider Fire Safety When Building a Home
• A Look at the Redesign of the St. Lawrence Market
• Environmental Benefits - Green Materials
• Association News
• 2010 Membership

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• Message from the board
• Sustainability of Masonry in Construction Today
• LEED GOLD Candidate - École secondaire de Barrie
• Association News
• 2009 Membership

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• Message from the board
• Homeowners’ safety should come first!
• Meeting safety needs through design
• Interlocking aesthetics and safety
• MASONRY: Superior fire resistance and superior fire performance
• Association News
• 2009 Membership

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• Message from the board
• Taking the LEED in Sustainable Living
• Toronto Botanical Garden - LEED Silver Certified Building
• Government Relations Update
• Association News

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• Message from the board
• CCMPA Fire Safety Campaign - What’s Separating You From Your Neighbour?
• Board of Directors News
• Government Relations Update
• New brick products offer design flexibility
• Preserving Newmarket’s architectural history – one brick at a time: The Office Specialty Lofts restoration project
• Association News

Article on Daily Commercial News

In a world of super-plastics, space age metals and nanotechnology-enhanced building materials, brick is still considered a prime choice as an environmentally sustainable building material.

Though sustainability has a wide range of definitions, as it pertains to building materials, it generally involves minimizing the depletion of the Earth’s resources and remaining relatively benign to the the ecology while accommodating the needs of the end-user.

Article on Daily Commercial News website.

RE: “Georgia-Pacific’s paperless drywall gains foothold in new low-rise construction” Feb. 21, DCN

In the article referenced above, the real issues of firewall performance and compliance should have been identified and the associated technical issues factually revealed and discussed.

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• Message from the board
• In the Line of Fire: Masonry’s performance
• MasonryWorx recognizes building excellence in York Region with Masonry Masterpiece Awards
• Government Relations Update
• Association News

Newmarket, ON (November 14) – Today, York Region Chairman and CEO, Bill Fisch and MasonryWorx President, Judy Pryma announced the winners of the second annual Masonry Masterpiece Awards. Presented by MasonryWorx – an industry association representing Ontario’s product manufacturers, suppliers and skilled professionals – the Masonry Masterpiece Awards recognize excellence in building with masonry products.

“York Region has many wonderful examples – old and new – of masonry buildings that are, and will become, cornerstones of the communities” says Judy Pryma, president of MasonryWorx. “The Masonry Masterpiece Awards formally recognizes these buildings for their beauty and sustainability, and showcase the overall benefits of brick, block and stone.”

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• Message from the board
• Mason Homes Challenges Industry to Think Globally, Act Locally
• Government Relations Update
• Toronto Police Services - 51 Division
• Association News

Climate change may mean growing role for time-tested products

Tornados, hurricane spin-offs, torrential rains, floods, heat waves and ice storms.

As such incidents become more common in Canada, the ability of structures to withstand the effects of extreme weather is of growing importance to designers and builders.

From turning out the lights when we leave a room to replacing our traditional incandescent bulbs with newer, more energy efficient models, it is becoming increasingly easy - and expected - for us all to live greener lives.

In keeping with the growing global movement to be more energy efficient, municipalities across the Greater Toronto Area are taking steps to create and implement programs supporting the individual efforts of citizens.

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• Message from the board
• Robert Simpson Brewery awarded at the 1st Annual Masonry Masterpiece Awards
• Toronto Police Services - 51 Division
• Government Relations Update
• Association News
• Industry News

The Gold Standard

The construction industry is open to green methods, especially when it gets their projects certified, but green building is far from mainstream.

Masonry construction - sounds like the right choice

One important reason for building with masonry is that it provides superior sound control. Whether it’s concrete block, clay brick, or stone, masonry possesses an inherent resistance to the passage of airborne sound, which makes it a superior performer in attenuating low-frequency, airborne noise caused by building mechanical systems, elevators, amplified music, traffic and aircraft. Although some alternative systems may perform as well as masonry for frequencies in the speech range, these lower mass systems have difficulty insulating against low-frequency noise.

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• Message from the board
• Government Relations Update
• Masonry Construction – Sounds Like The Right Choice!
• Roxborough Condominiums awarded at the 1st Annual Masonry Masterpiece Awards
• Association News
• Industry News

According to a new Leger Marketing poll, Ontarians have a clear vision of their dream home and how it would be built.

When asked to describe their dream home, an overwhelming majority say that it would be 91% fully detached, 89% environmentally-friendly and 81% of it would be built using masonry products.

New survey finds surprising similarities in Ontarians’ vision of their dream home

TORONTO, ON (November 21, 2006) – Builders and architects take heed: according to a new Leger Marketing poll, Ontarians have a clear vision of their dream home and how it would be built. When asked to describe their dream home, an overwhelming majority say that it would be a fully detached house (91 per cent), environmentally friendly (89 per cent) and that it would be built using masonry products (81 per cent).

BARRIE, ON (November 7) – Today, Mayor Rob Hamilton (City of Barrie) and MasonryWorx member Dante DiGiovanni announced the winners of the 1st Annual Masonry Masterpiece Awards. The Masonry Masterpiece Awards – sponsored by MasonryWorx – were created to recognize excellence in building with masonry products.

“The Barrie area has many buildings – both new and old – that showcase the benefits of masonry products,” says Frank Buck, president of MasonryWorx. “The visual appeal is the most noticeable benefit, but masonry products also help to create sustainable, healthy and durable buildings.”

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• Message from the board
• Building to Resist Wind and Storm Damage: The “Three Little Pigs” Project
• GR Update
• Consumer Survey
• Wind and Storm Resistant Cladding
• 2006 Ontario Building Code
• Association News

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• Message from the board
• Achieving the FIRST LEED Durable Building Credit at the Radiance in Toronto
• Masonry and LEED®: A winning combination
• Industry News

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• Message from the board
• From the ground up: How building materials affect mould growth
• Industry News

Great communities start with great building materials, says MasonryWorx

Toronto, ON July 8, 2004 – Toronto-area masonry professionals, product makers and suppliers have formed a new association that will provide information and education on the use of brick, block and stone in building beautiful, long-lasting communities.
The new association — called MasonryWorx — is encouraging homeowners, architects, builders and municipal officials to think about how Greater Toronto Area communities will look in twenty years, and to think more carefully about the exterior claddings chosen for buildings.

Facts About Masonry

The Masonry Advantage
Masonry products — block, brick and stone — are strong, sustainable and safe materials. As an exterior cladding, masonry products help create beautiful and durable residential homes and commercial buildings in our communities.