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. Service lines span masonry restoration, concrete restoration, waterproofing, and facades.

Masonry workers, also known as masons, use bricks, concrete and concrete blocks, and natural and manmade stones to build walkways, walls, and other structures.

Concrete is a construction material consisting of conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone or slag in a mortar or cement matrix. Masonry is building and fabricating in stone, clay, brick, or concrete block. Masonry also refers to the building units (stone, brick, etc.) themselves.

Masonry consists of building structures from single units that are laid and bound together with mortar. Brick, stone and concrete blocks are the most common materials used in masonry construction. Masonry is a popular construction technique around the world, due to its many advantages.