Masonry Magazine April 1992 Page. 36
Cadin Contracting was the mason contractor for the York College Facility, and Rosen and Morelli/A Joint Venture, was the mason contractor for the Carnegie Hall Tower. In making the awards Zotollo noted that the awards program, established in 1988, "reconizes and acknowledges outstanding excellence in design, workmanship, volume and use of masonry wall systems and exposed masonry materials."
IMMEDIATELY AFTER receiving a $5,000 check from Anthony Zotollo (right), architect Stephen A. Lennard (center) donated a major part of the award to Fountain House of New York, a half-way house for formerly institutionalized people returning to mainstream life. Accepting the award for Fountain House was Nicholas Robertshaw (left).
Construction Executive Increases Down
CONSTRUCTION executives can expect an average salary increase of 4.8 percent in 1992, down from the 1991 average of 5.2 percent. Total compensation for presidents of construction firms reporting over $100-million in revenues is $314,587, led only by the board chairman at $386,532. These figures are reported in the 1992 edition of the PAS-FMI Executive Compensation Survey for Construction. In all responding firms paying executives both salaries and bonuses, the average total compensation for presidents is $177,018. The most popular perk remains the company car, with eight-seven percent of the firms providing the benefit. Professional dues (eighty-one percent) and club memberships (fifty-eight percent) followed as the most popular perks.
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