Caldwell Hall: Muskingum College: New Concord, Ohio

Masonry Construction, July-August, 2005

This project required the mixing of various masonry materials to match the historic decor of a nearly 170-year-old campus. The job used 55,000 block, 135,000 modular brick, 8100 burnished block, 231,000 pounds of cast stone, and 4300 pieces of Rock Cast.

The building's showcase is the theatre, which features two stories of autumn oak leaf burnished stone accented with burnished sandstone laid around the catwalk and seating area. The precast archway that serves as the entry point has a depth of 5 feet and consists of two main arches, caps, and bands.

All exterior walls of the 32,000-square-foot building are brick veneer with CMU backup. Corbeling brick soldiers around a top band of the end towers--both recessed and projected--give the overall project a more creative look.

Project Participants

Masonry Contractor: Lang Masonry Contractors Inc., Waterford, Ohio

Architect: Bialosky Partners LLC, Cleveland

Masonry Suppliers: R.L. Brown, Erie, Pa.; Pompili Recast Concrete, Garfield Heights, Ohio; Reading Rock, Cincinnati; Ohio Concrete/OK Coal, Zanesville, Ohio; and Hohmann &: Barnard, Hauppauge, N.Y.