Question

______________ are workshop-based and specialize in working the stones into the shapes required by a building’s design, this set out on templets and a bed mould.

(a) Fixer mason

(b) Advance mason

(c) Stone mason

(d) Banker masons

This question was addressed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

This question is from Brickwork, Woodwork and Stone Masonry in division Rules and Methods of Measurement of Civil Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

The correct option is (d) Banker masons

Easy explanation: They can produce anything from stones with simple chamfers to tracery windows, detailed mouldings and the more classical architectural building masonry. When working a stone from a sawn block, the mason ensures that the stone is bedded in the right way, so the finished work sits in the building in the same orientation as it was formed on the ground.