RMMI Teams with Habitat for Humanity

Tyler Walker, an apprentice mason with Berich Masonry, installs brick on a Habitat for Humanity triplex in Denver.

Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute

In April, volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute members companies installed a veneer on a triplex on Thrill Place in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood as part of the institute’s new partnership with Habitat for Humanity.

Using brick is a new construction concept for Habitat in Denver, so as a pilot project, RMMI Technical Director Diane Travis worked with architect Peter Hynes to design the veneer on a triplex and a duplex.

Volunteer masons from C. Morgen Masonry and the apprentices from the masonry program at Front Range Community College are using materials donated by Rio Grande Co. and A.P. Eberlein Co. Approximately 10,000 bricks, mortar and other supplies were donated for the triplex project, along with approximately 224 hours of foreman and mason man-hours and 230 labor hours.

The duplex project will take place this month.