Tap Into IMI For Project Success: Real-World Collaborative Case Studies
Join us for an inside look at how IMI and BAC are building lasting relationships, influencing design, and driving successful outcomes for union masonry. Hear real-world examples of strategic engagement throughout key phases of construction, including design development, mock-up execution, jobsite training, and construction support.
Discover how IMI’s early involvement helped expand the work opportunities on several different projects, including a multipurpose community venue, a historic cultural center, a higher education performing arts center, and a major correctional facility. The multipurpose community venue included coordinating a demonstration that brought together contractors, suppliers, owners, and the design team. At the historic cultural center, IMI and IMTEF’s expertise played a critical role in preservation training, which was integrated into quality assurance and extended through jobsite assistance. For the higher education performing arts center, early-phase collaboration and mock-up development at a BAC/IMI training center enabled optimization of cost, schedule, and constructability. Lastly, relationship-building with county officials led to IMI’s participation in the planning of a major correctional facility, resulting in increased masonry work for signatory contractors.
See how partnering with BAC/IMI can help shape projects, promote high-performing masonry solutions, and expand work opportunities across the industry.
About the Speaker:
Dan Siteman, EIT
Director of Industry Development and Technical Services, IMI
Dan is an engineer in training, university lecturer, and masonry workshop coordinator. He is a graduate of Atlantic Cape Community College, Stockton University, and Rowan University. Dan serves as treasurer for the South Jersey Chapter Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and sits on the board of the ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey.
Previously, Dan was an installer – working with unit masonry, masonry repointing and repair, concrete repair, flashing systems, sealants, rainscreen systems, and waterproofing systems. He has been a member of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) since 2001.
With over 15 years of experience in the field, Dan now supports the design and construction industry through continuing education, construction document review, direct project assistance, and craftworker training development.
About the Speaker:
Casey Weisdock
Director of Industry Development and Technical Services, IMI
Casey is an architectural conservator whose professional experience spans preservation design, project management, and contracting/implementation. She is a graduate of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Previously, Casey served as an architectural conservator and site manager, focused primarily on the preservation of historic structures through research of traditional materials, and implementation of traditional repair methods and contemporary restoration techniques.
Today, Casey supports the masonry restoration industry internationally, and is also a regional director, providing support for all masonry projects, new and existing, at the local level. She's a developer and instructor of the Historic Masonry Preservation Certificate (HMPC) training offered through the International Masonry Training and Education Foundation (IMTEF). Casey is also the Board Chair Emeritus of the Association for Preservation Technology– Delaware Valley Chapter (APT-DVC).
About the Speaker:
Jeff Diqui
Director of Industry Development and Technical Services, IMI
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in architectural engineering with a major in structural engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering University.
He has experience in the design and construction industry dating back to the early ‘90’s of which has been focused on the building enclosure, including assessment and investigations related to moisture intrusion and structural-related issues, building condition assessments, repair/rehabilitation designs, and construction observations. Jeff has been a frequent lecturer nationally to architects, engineers, specifiers, building enclosure consultants, contractors, code officials and university students on subject matter pertaining to the importance of maintaining continuity of water, air, vapor and thermal controls of the enclosure and the ever-important interface detail. Previously, Jeff held a position where he had involvement with international projects in regions including Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Central-South America that exposed him to different design and construction practices.
Jeff remains active in the building science community through involvement in various technical committees and organizations and is a regular attendee or speaker at conferences and symposiums.
About the Speaker:
Tom Elliott
Director of Industry Development and Technical Services, IMI
Tom is a journey-level craftworker who joined the masonry industry in 1985 as an apprentice bricklayer for BAC Local 5 in Cleveland, Ohio. Throughout his time in the industry, he has worked as a journey-level bricklayer, project foreman, and field superintendent on larger masonry projects in Ohio and surrounding states. He also served as a project manager for a restoration contractor and oversaw the restoration of several historic structures.
Previously, he managed his own mason contracting business and helped to negotiate local labor contracts as a board member of the Northeast Ohio Contractors Association.
Tom is a member of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and is a CSI-Certified Construction Document Technologist. He is a voting member on several TMS subcommittees and is actively involved in the ACE Mentoring program. He is also a lecturer at both the Ohio State University and Kent State University and the Chairman of his local Architectural Board of Review and Planning Commission Board.