Masonry Magazine June 1962 Page. 8
BRICK PANELS WESTERN STYLE
(Continued from page 7)
BUILDING FACTS
Architect & Engineer.. Johnson, Nesland & Sibold
General Contractor. G. Weldon Gwinn
Panel Engineer. Harry R. Powell & Partners
Panel Manufacturer.. Builders Brick Co.
Brick Manufacturer.. Builders Brick Co.
Panel Masonry. D. V. Klier, MCAA Member
Panel Installation. Hatcher & Hatcher,
MCAA Member
Brick panels were loaded aboard a flat bed truck equipped with a wooden cradle for transportation to the job site. Here the vacuum gripper manufactured by Whiting Corp., Harvey, Ill., attached to a mobile crane lifts off one of the sections.
The large flat panels were constructed alongside a steel frame storage building with 20 foot bays. After the first course was laid, the 3/8 inch reinforcing bar was inserted 16 inch on center. The brick were laid in stack bond with the notched ends of the brick to the steel. A 3/16 inch wire was placed in every third bed joint. These panels were then cured a minimum of seven days. Over 30,000 brick manufactured by Builders Brick Co. went into the panels.
Workman guides panel down on to job-site storage cradle. "Vac-u-grip" consist of six-14 inch diameter suction cups mounted on a frame. Each cup has individual valves and the frame carries a valve for quick release. The cups are on spring-loaded swivel to adjust to curved surfaces.
The curved panels were built on an asphalt area in stock soldier course as they could not be turned. Photo shows the curved template used by the bricklayers. A mortar of one part high early Portland Cement, part lime and 4 parts sand with 2 pounds lamp black per yard for coloring was used.
Mobile crane lowers one of the large curved brick panels into bays. Trailer in foreground has remaining curved section of
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