Western Specialty Contractors As the largest masonry contractor in the US, it boasts 30 offices, more than 1,000 employees, and well over $100 million in annual revenue. Western is best known for its building restoration work.

Masonry work refers to the use of building materials such as bricks, stones, concrete blocks, and mortar to construct structures and buildings. It is one of the oldest forms of construction and has been used for centuries to build everything from homes to grand structures such as castles and churches.

Brick and concrete block are the most common types of masonry in use in industrialized nations and may be either load-bearing or non-load-bearing.

Masonry Work involves all of the following skills: Laying bricks and blocks. Chimney building and repairs. Tuck-pointing deteriorated mortar joints and replacing shaled, or porous bricks (restoration) Laying stone with mortar, or dry stacking.