SCMA Concrete Masonry Academy

Southeast Concrete Masonry Association (SCMA) has created a Concrete Masonry Academy designed to provide monthly education webinars on a variety of topics for all industry professionals at no cost.

Simplifying Masonry Series

The New Simplifying Masonry Series is designed to provide the professional community as well as the concrete masonry community a more in-depth education of the various elements of concrete masonry. Please note that the webinars are indicated below if they are AIA-registered and a certificate of attendance will be provided upon request.

Professional Audience Track

New Masonry Cleaning Issues
This program will be used to acquaint the participant with useful knowledge that can be used to assure a project once completed will highlight their design efforts. This can only happen if the surface of the exterior of the building has been properly treated during the final wash down stage of their project.

Date: Wednesday, April 12^th 11am-12pm
Speaker: Debbie Spik – EaCo Chem, Senior Chemist
Credit: AIA LU/HSW

Hardscape Cleaning and Maintenance
Concrete and clay pavers, along with retaining walls should be treated the same as vertical masonry substrates and cleaned post-installation. We will look at best-practices to support proper drainage that will help prevent moisture from staying in the hardscape unit. We will also look at cleaning hardscape units post-installation and removing water hydration staining that can occur prior to installation. Once the hardscape units have been properly cleaned post-installation, maintenance schedules will be necessary to keep them looking optimal for many years.

Date: Wednesday, May 10^th 11am-12pm
Speaker: Debbie Spik – EaCo Chem, Senior Chemist
Credit: AIA LU/HSW