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 for Masonry

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

INCLUDED

Architectural Block

INCLUDED

Includes smooth color, split-face, ribbed, scored, polished, textured, ground face, etc

Prefaced

INCLUDED

The units have a glazed finish integrally bonded to the face of the concrete block.

Sound Block

INCLUDED

Pre-Insulated Block

INCLUDED

Half-high Units

INCLUDED

Fence Block

INCLUDED

Lintel Block

INCLUDED

Concrete masonry units joined to create a lintel are included, while lintels designed to span an entire opening are excluded.

Open-Ended Block

INCLUDED

Screen Block

INCLUDED

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

INCLUDED

Sill Block

INCLUDED

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

INCLUDED

( 3 inches or greater in actual width)

Architectural
Concrete Brick

INCLUDED

Concrete brick that are architectural (integrally colored or other exposed face)

Pre-Assembled Block

INCLUDED

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

INCLUDED

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.