Brick NY to Honor Thompson

In October, the chairman of the Battery Park City Authority, William C. Thompson Jr., will be recognized for his long and distinguished record of public service to the City of New York and support of the brick industry and its participating unions at the Brick NY 2011 Awards. Sponsored by members of the Brick Industry Association’s New York/New Jersey Brick Distributor Council and the Associated Brick Mason Contractors of Greater New York, the biennial awards honor individuals and organizations who have contributed to the vitality and success of brick masonry construction in the New York area.

The Brick NY 2011 Awards also will honor, among others, seven New York City architects who have contributed to the infrastructure of New York. This year’s labor honoree will be Jerry Sullivan Jr., president of Bricklayers’ Local Union No. 1.

The awards dinner will take place Oct. 20, 2011. The remaining honorees will be announced in the near future. A list of 2009 honorees and more information about the 2011 event is available at www.gobrick.com/BrickNY.

Wasco Names Sneed as President, CEO

Nashville, Tenn.-based Wasco Inc., a commercial masonry company, has named William A. “Andy” Sneed Jr. as president and CEO. Sneed will oversee all company operations and the senior management team.

With more than 30 years of experience in the masonry industry, Sneed joined WASCO Inc. as a laborer in 1977 and has excelled to his current position. Prior to his current appointment, Sneed had served as WASCO’s COO for almost 15 years.

In the 1950s, Robert R. Sneed (a second-generation mason and civil engineer) helped to create the MCAA. Robert Sneed’s family’s business, Bush Building Co., was a member from the 1950s through the 1980s. His son, Andy, was active in the MCAA and formed his own company, WASCO Inc., in the 1980s. Historically, WASCO’s owners and officers have remained active in the MCAA from the company’s formation through the present. WASCO Chairman Brad Procter has served as a regional VP. WASCO’s new president, Andy Sneed, is chairman of the Education Committee, and WASCO board member, Brian Procter is the Tennessee State Chairman. Other board members, Trey and Adam Sneed, are involved with the region of MCAA’s South of 40 group. Four generations of the Sneed family have been mason contractors, and the family plans to continue the legacy.

WASCO Inc. is a MCAA-certified Mason Contractor, with additional offices in Knoxville, Tenn., and Bowling Green, Ky. WASCO Inc. also owns Lovell’s Masonry Inc. in Columbia, Tenn. Divisions of WASCO include New Commercial Masonry, Restorations by WASCO, WASCO Sitescapes, Bush Building Company Inc. and Cumberland Stone Works.