Masonry Magazine June 1986 Page. 16
Coming Events
1986
July 17-20. MCAA Summer Executive Board Meeting. Stein Ericksen Lodge, Park City, Utah. Contact: MCAA Executive Office, 17W601-14th St., Oakbrook Terrace. IL 60181, (312) 620-6767.
October 1-3. Rocky Mountain Apprenticeship Conference. Executive Tower Inn, Denver, Colo. Contact: Colorado Host Committee, 5765 N. Logan St., #305, Denver, CO 80216, (303) 295-1907.
October 8-11. MCAA Fall Executive Board Meeting. Chicago Metropolitan Area. Contact: MCAA Executive Office, 17W601-14th St., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181, (312) 620-6767.
October 9-12. 42nd Annual Convention & Exhibition, Marble Institute of America, Marriott Orlando World Center Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Contact: MIA, 33505 State St.. Farmington, MI 48024, (313) 476-5558.
October 11-20. MCAA Industry Tour of Ireland and England. Departs Chicago O'Hare and Boston Logan Airports. Contact: MCAA Executive Office, 17W601-14th St., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181, (312) 620-6767.
October 13-19. 3rd International Building & Housing Exhibition, Expo CIHAC 86, Mexico City, Mexico. Contact: Eduardo Carrera, Executive Secretary. Centro Impulsor de la Construcion y la Habitacion, A.C., Empresa 165 Extremadura, Insurgentes, Benito Juarez, 03740 Mexico, D.F., telephones: 563-2664 and 563-3554, telex: (017) 1774427 Consme.
October 15-19. 40th National Preservation Conference & Rehabitat, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: Joanne Doyle, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036, (202) 673-4089.
October 31-November 5. Annual Meeting. International Masonry Institute, Marquis Hotel, Palm Springs, Calif. Contact: IMI, 823-15th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 783-3908.
November 11-13. CMC 86 Computer & Management Show for Contractors, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, Calif. Contact: Irene Nelson, Fleishman & Linden Expositions Group, Inc., 2401 Plum Grove Rd., Palatine, IL 60067. (312) 397-7818.
December 2. ASTM Symposium on Masonry, Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, La. Contact: American Society for Testing & Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103, (215) 299-5400.
December 2-4. 1st International Symposium, British Masonry Society, Bloomsbury Crest Hotel, London, England. Contact: H. W. H. West, Acting Honorary Secretary, c/o British Ceramic Research Association Ltd., Queens Rd., Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7LQ. England.
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1987
February 21-26. CONEXPO 87 International Construction Equipment Exposition, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: Construction Industry Manufacturers' Association, 111 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1700, Milwaukee, WI 53202, (414) 272-0943.
March 14-18. 37th Annual MCAA International Masonry Conference & Trade Show, Loews Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas. Contact: MCAA Executive Office, 17W601-14th St., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181, (312) 620-6767.
April 6-10. International Construction Equipment 87 Exhibition, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England. Contact: Brintex Ltd., 178-202 Great Portland St., London, England WIN 6NH, tel: 01-637-2400, telex: 262568.
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