Story · 47:08
// THE QUOTE
“you mentioned earlier you guys worked on the shipyard”
— Andrew Smith · Atlantic Masonry Institute
Named Irving Shipyard project — 30-40 guys, three crews through the winter, biggest block work they'd run; being-seen project story with a clean arc.
Full episode at 47:08Masonry Is 22% Cheaper Than Concrete? The Load-Bearing Comeback + Why the Average Bricklayer Is 53 | Atlantic Masonry Institute & Darim Masonry ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Family lines still do the trade's recruiting — almost every bricklayer knew one — which sustains the craft but masks a failure to communicate the trade to outsiders.
“we struggle from a communication standpoint getting our trade out there for new bricklayers”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
The load-bearing masonry comeback: the Moncton numbers
37:00
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 47:08 of Masonry Is 22% Cheaper Than Concrete? The Load-Bearing Comeback + Why the Average Bricklayer Is 53 | Atlantic Masonry Institute & Darim Masonry