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title: Masonry Education Day 2026
description: Earn up to 4 AIA/CES HSW credits while participating in engaging, hands-on learning sessions designed for masonry professionals, architects, and engineers. Attendance is free for Upstate MCAA member companies, their employees, and all architects and engineers. Participants can attend in person or virtually—a proctor is required for virtual attendance—and will receive certificates of completion for each seminar upon passing the review tests. Plus, enjoy a roundtable discussion and complimentary breakfast and lunch provided during the event.
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# MASONRY EDUCATION DAY

Earn up to 4 AIA/CES HSW credits while participating in engaging, hands-on learning sessions designed for masonry professionals, architects, and engineers. Attendance is free for Upstate MCAA member companies, their employees, and all architects and engineers. Participants can attend in person or virtually—a proctor is required for virtual attendance—and will receive certificates of completion for each seminar upon passing the review tests. Plus, enjoy a roundtable discussion and complimentary breakfast and lunch provided during the event.

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**DETAILS**

*Date: *January 15, 2026  
*Time:* 7:15AM - 2:30PM ET  
*Location:* Barbagallo’s | 6344 Molloy Rd. East Syracuse, NY 13057

*Virtual Option:* Zoom (proctor required)

 

**SCHEDULE**

7:15AM - 8:00AM | Check-in & Continental Breakfast

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8:00AM - 9:30AM | Dealing with Foundation Issues Supporting Masonry  
Presenter: Jason McCoy - MCAA | 1 AIA/CES HSW credit  
*Learning Objectives:*

- *Differences in concrete and masonry tolerances.*
- *Process of checking foundation tolerances.*
- *Solutions for correction out of tolerance foundations.*

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9:30AM - 11:00AM | Efflorescence  
Presenter: Jason McCoy - MCAA | 1 AIA/CES HSW credit  
*Learning Objectives:*

- *Conditions causing of efflorescence.*
- *Types of efflorescence.*
- *Methods for removal.*

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11:00AM - 12:30PM | Fact from Fiction: Busting Masonry Myths  
Presenter: Brian Trimble, PE, CDT, LEED AP | 1 AIA/CES HSW credit  
*Learning Objectives:*

- *Explore myths about masonry design and construction and how to avoid them on your project.*
- *Implement cost savings elements on projects.*
- *Avoid designing movement joints using old empirical rules of thumb and use more efficient analytical methods instead.*
- *Incorporate appropriate testing and inspection requirements on projects for both masonry and mortar.*

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12:30PM - 1:00PM | Lunch Break

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1:00PM - 1:30PM | Delegated Design for Structural CMU  
Presenter: Jamie Davis, PE, LEED AP - Ryan Biggs Clark Davis

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1:30PM - 2:30PM | Roundtable Discussion Busting Masonry Myths  
Moderator: Brian Trimble, PE, CDT, LEED AP | 1 AIA/CES HSW credit  
Panel Members:  
Mike Palmer - Remlap Construction, Inc.  
David Biggs, PE, SE - Biggs Consulting Engineering  
Craig Dailey, AIA, LEP - LaBella Associates

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2:30PM | Program Ends

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