Included Products : Concrete Masonry Units
Together, these four attributes determine if a concrete masonry unit is INCLUDED in assessments:
It's Made
of dry-cast concrete
It's Manufactured
on mechanized block-making equipment by vibrating and compacting into forms
It's suitable for masonry construction
defined as "the act of building structures from single units laid and bound together".
Its Width
is 3 inches or greater
Here are examples of concrete masonry units INCLUDED in the checkoff assessment:
Gray Block
Architectural Block
Includes smooth color, split-face, ribbed, scored, polished, textured, ground face, etc
Prefaced
The units have a glazed finish integrally bonded to the face of the concrete block.
Sound Block
Pre-Insulated Block
Half-high Units
Fence Block
Lintel Block
Concrete masonry units joined to create a lintel are included, while lintels designed to span an entire opening are excluded.
Open-Ended Block
Screen Block
These architectural units are included if their actual widths are 3 inches or greater and if they are made on a block machine.
Chimney,
Pilaster or,
Column Block
Sill Block
These units and related specialty units are included if their actual widths are 3 inches or greater and if they are made on a block machine.
Veneer units
( 3 inches or greater in actual width)
Architectural
Concrete Brick
Concrete brick that are architectural (integrally colored or other exposed face)
Pre-Assembled Block
Products consisting of individual concrete masonry face shells combined with other materials to create a unit for masonry construction are part of the assessment.
Other Units
could be
There may be additional units you produce that meet the assessment criteria (made of dry-cast concrete, formed mechanically, intended for masonry and at least 3 inches in actual width) so they would also be INCLUDED even if they are not shown here.