Simply and clearly written, Modern Masonry presents students with a thorough grounding in safe methods of laying brick, block, and stone. This thoroughly illustrated text provides a broad understanding of materials and their properties. It covers all important aspects of the masonry trade.

This supplement provides many instructional resources, including quiz masters, answer keys, reproducible masters, and additional resources.

This Lab Workbook is intended to be used with the Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone textbook. The Lab Workbook contains chapter review questions designed to reinforce the information presented in each chapter of the text, as well as jobs in which you apply your knowledge in hands-on activities. The Lab Workbook chapter reviews correspond to the textbook chapters and should be completed after reading the appropriate chapter in the text. The Lab Workbook chapter reviews are designed to enhance your understanding of textbook content. The various types of questions include multiple choice, true or false, matching, identification, and fill-in-the-blank. Answering the questions for each chapter will help you master the technical knowledge presented in the text. The Lab Workbook also contains jobs that cover areas specified in apprenticeship training programs. The jobs are action-oriented laboratory and field experiences that are designed to build skill and knowledge of accepted practices in the trade. The jobs are related to textbook content, and most of the jobs are supported by information in the text in addition to the step-by-step procedures.

Simply and clearly written, Modern Masonry presents students with a thorough grounding in safe methods of laying brick, block, and stone. This thoroughly illustrated text provides a broad understanding of materials and their properties. It covers all important aspects of the masonry trade.

Modern Masonry provides a thorough grounding in safe methods of laying brick, block, and stone, as well as a broad understanding of materials and their properties. Simply and clearly written, the text covers the important aspects of the masonry trade including tools and equipment; safety; the makeup, properties, uses, and sizes of every type of masonry unit; accepted techniques for laying all kinds of masonry units in all kinds of bonds; construction details for masonry walls, foundations, pavement, steps, garden walls, and masonry arches, and over 75 procedures for laying brick, block, and stone.