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Icpi
I have seen a lot of posts here suggesting that people attend an ICPI course. I have not worked with concrete pavers before and took the class this winter along with my business partner and our foreman. With the exception of some good info about base materials I found the class to be a huge waste of my time, especially with the hour and a half drive to Boston and back for two days. The class was a joke. The instructor was from Texas and didn't know the first thing about working in a freeze thaw area. The useful information that I took from the class could have been covered in a morning but instead I had to drive and pay for two full days. I could have just watched thier little video segments, where I learned most of what I learned, in my living room and got as much out of it. I had thought that the whole thing was basically a scam for ICPI to make a lot of money on classes and for various manufacturers to promote thier products. After reading all the comments here I think maybe I just got screwed on this particular class.
Has anyone else had bad experiences with this? Can anyone recommend some good resources (books, etc.) for paver and masonry construction techniques?
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