Masonry Magazine March 1974 Page. 23
People & Events
F.G. Scott has been appointed senior vice president of JI Case Co. and general manager of its Construction Equipment Division, Racine, Wis. Joel S. Kummins has been appointed to the newly formed post of construction industry specialist for Dow Corning Corp. with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. John R. Long, owner of the mason contracting firm bearing his name, has taken over the reins as president of the Colorado Mason Contractors Association headquartered in Denver. Long, who joined the association less than four years ago, is a former rodeo circuit rider of bulls and bareback horses. His wife, Kay, is an instructor in the Westernaires, a nationally famous precision riding group known for their horsemanship. Their daughter, Lisa, is a member of this group. The law firm of Kothe & Eagleton, Inc., which has strong ties with the construction industry, formally opened its new building at 4th & Cincinnati in Tulsa, Okla., on March 15. Three new members have been elected to the board of directors of the American National Standards Institute, New York, N.Y., to fill the unexpired terms of men who resigned because of other obligations. R. G. Chenoweth, Jr., director of engineering, chemical & plastics, Union Carbide Corp., replaces John A. Swartout, vice president, Union Carbide, on the ANSI board. Lowell W. Foster, director, corporate standardization services, Honeywell, Inc., replaces Nathaniel Robbins, Jr., director of engineering, residential division, Honeywell. Herbert Phillips, technical director, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, succeeds Guenther Baumgart, AHAM president.
IRS Booklet on Profits
How to Calculate Profit Margin, which explains the profit margin limitations imposed on business firms by the Phase IV regulations of the Economic Stabilization Program, is available from local IRS district offices. Ask for revised publication S-3054.
The Next Forty Years
Our sincere appreciation to all those who have contributed so much time and talent throughout the past 40 years. Our sincere appreciation to all their names are legion-who have made BIA what it is today.
"The next 40 years have already begun."
They have begun indeed. The BIA of 1972 scarcely resembled the 1971 SCPI. And the BIA of 1974 will scarcely resemble the BIA of 1973. We will continue to move forward, with promotion, to increase our share of the marketplace and to let architects, builders, developers and engineers know that the only building material which will suit all their needs in every possible application from initial cost to ultimate cost to energy to color to flexibility to availability to anything else is brick.
Nebraska Firm Fined $5,000 in OSHA Suit
A Millard (Neb.) construction firm, convicted on January 28 in the U.S. government's first criminal suit brought under the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970, has been fined $5,000 by U.S. District Court Judge Albert B. Schatz.
A jury in Omaha convicted the company on one count of "willful violation" of the Act's trench shoring standard which caused the death of an employee of the firm. Such offenses carry penalties of up to $10,000 in fines.
In addition to the $5,000 penalty, the firm was ordered to pay $1,073 in costs.
New 'Buyline' Service Introduced by Sweet's
The first nationwide telephone inquiry service for the construction industry designed to make manufacturers local representatives quickly accessible to architects, engineers, home-builders, contractors and project owners has been announced by Sweet's Division of McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co., New York, N.Y. Called Sweet's Buyline, the new service is expected to be operational next fall.
Sweet's Buyline will enable users of the Sweet's Catalog Files to obtain the names, addresses and telephone numbers of local sources of building products, equipment and furnishings by dialing a toll-free number from any location in the country. Requested information will come from a computerized list covering manufacturers represented in the catalog files.
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