You know about the Indianapolis 500. How about the Bricklayer 500? In this video from Building Wisconsin TV we feature the “Road to Las Vegas” as we check out the Fond du Lac WI Regional Competition for the Spec Mix Bricklayer 500. Jim Vick, State Dir. of the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers of Wisconsin (BACWI) gives an introduction and Mike Rolf from Spec Mix provides an overview the competition. Then host Stuart Keith interviews reigning 2 time Spec Mix Bricklayer 500 World Champion Michael Schlund, who tells what it’s like to compete, win the regional to go to the “Super Bowl of Masonry” in Las Vegas and win it two years in a row! We finish at a cement masonry project at DC Everest High School near Wausau with Steve Lewis from Lewis Construction to see how a concrete pour is done with his crew of cement masons from BACWI.
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