Masonry Magazine September 1979 Page. 23
Mason Contractor News
MCAA President George
Addresses Florida Group
MCAA President Eugene George
was one of the featured speakers at the
Silver Anniversary Convention of the
Florida Concrete & Products Associa
tion held at The Breakers in Palm
Beach, June 22-24.
His address centered on the
"MCAA and the Block Industry:
Where We've Been and Where We're
Going."
Chicago Masonry Council
Slates Awards Program
Requirements for submission to the
sixth annual "Excellence In Masonry
"79" architectural awards program
sponsored by the Metropolitan
Chicago Masonry Council have been
mailed to nearly 5,000 architects, en-
gineers, specification writers, mason
contractors, and other allied masonry
interests.
Details may be obtained from the
Council at 1150 Northwest Hwy..
Suite 201, Park Ridge, IL 60068, (312)
297-6704.
People &
Events
►Richard M. Wing has been ap
pointed technical engineer of the
Masonry Institute of Michigan and
Masonry Institute of Northwestern
Ohio. Formerly materials technologist
and field engineer for Soil & Materials
Engineers, Inc. in Michigan, Wing
will be responsible for providing
fechnical assistance on masonry de-
sign and construction in outstate.
Michigan and northwestern Ohio.
Mary Kraft, designer, decorator and
architect, has been elected to chair the
National Editorial Board of The
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Tri-Delta Block Plant Opens in Las Vegas
S.E. Brick Producers
Meeting Is Big Success
The 1979 Joint Meeting of the
Southeastern Brick Manufacturers,
held recently in Sea Island, Ga., en-
joyed record breaking attendance.
Some 150 manufacturers, distributors,
suppliers and brick association repre-
sentatives, joined by their spouses,
brought the number attending to 265.
Free Report on Business
Acquisition Techniques
An informative new report, How to
Buy a Business-the Painless Way, of-
fers a unique list of criteria of a busi-
ness for sale. Based on the author's ex-
tensive acquisition consulting experi
ence, 16 criteria are offered which
Over 400 persons from the masonry industry
and allied masonry interests toured the new
Tri-Delta Building Materials Co. plant in Las
Vegas, Nev., during open house, July
27-28. The totally new facility at 4675 Wynn
Rd. features the MASA fully automated block
manufacturing system pioneered in Ger-
many. It is capable of producing twelve 8" x
8" x 16" concrete block every 14 seconds.
Pictured here are some of the visitors to the
open house and an exterior view of Tri-
Delta's ultra-modern building which is in full
operation. Displaying two of their block are
Richard and Guy Apple, principals of the
firm. A complete report on Tri-Delta's man-
ufacturing set-up will appear in next month's
Masonry. (Photos by Burt Bass, Mitrani
Photography, Las Vegas.)
pinpoint situations where a business
owner is probably amenable to a
buy-out inquiry.
The report continues with sugges-
tions for contacting the owner and
opening discussions, as well as ways
to arrange graceful price negotiations.
The report is free to any business
owner or executive for a self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope. Write In-
dependent Business Institute, P.O.
Box 159, Akron, OH 44309.
MCA of DuPage County
Holds Annual Golf Meet
The Mason Contractors Association
of DuPage County, Ill., held its 19th
annual golf outing and dinner at the
Elmhurst Country Club, July 27.
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