"Stress Test" video with MCAA

 This video was made with the Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA).

It was filmed at Mackie Bounds' ranch, near Waco Texas. Mackie is CEO of Brazos Masonry. Some masons from Brazos Masonry helped me to assemble the buildings in December of 2025. The testing took place in March of 2026

By dropping vehicles onto the masonry roof structure of a one-car test garage, we hope to prove the strong, tough, reslient nature of these masonry roof structures. This was intended to demonstrate the resiliency of these buildings, and to show how they are appropriate to withstand extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc. The arched roof shown here was made with Spherical Block LLC's "Arch" block. These block were produced by Southern Tier Concrete Products in Alfred, NY.

We also assembled an 'observation building' so that people could safely watch as we dropped these vehicles on the nearby arched structure. The observation building used Spherical Block LLC's "Dome" block to provide a 1st frequency truncated icosahedron for the roof.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXGQOCDEizg&t=339s