Masonry Magazine March 2012 Page. 52
INDUSTRY NEWS
LiftOne will operate Barloworld branch locations in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. LiftOne will operate Barloworld branch locations in these States, including the Barloworld Headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., serving customer needs for Hyster product sales, rental equipment, parts, and service.
Once completed, the Briggs transaction will position it as one of the largest Hyster dealers in the United States, with responsibility for a large portion of the southern United States. Briggs will sell and service Hyster brand lift trucks in Horida, Arkansas and Atlanta, and portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Briggs will assume dealer responsibilities in these territories.
SST Enters Concrete
Repair, Protection and
Strengthening Industry
Simpson Strong-Tie has entered the concrete repair, protection and strengthening business with the acquisitions of Baltimore-based Fox Industries Inc. and Switzerland-based S&P Clever Reinforcement Co.
Stone Joins Brick and Block
at the Board Table
The Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute (RMMI) has changed its bylaws to add a new membership category to its organization. Stone manufacturers have been welcomed into the organization and will have two seats on the board of directors, alongside the brick manufacturers, block manufacturers, masonry contractors and materials suppliers.
This is a significant change to the organization, which has not changed its membership categories since its incorporation in 1986. The two newly created board seats will be divided, with one representing natural stone and the other representing manufactured stone.
While the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute's mission is to promote masonry wall systems throughout the Rocky Mountain Region, it traditionally has focused on bricks and blocks. The addition of the stone manufacturers expands the organization's efforts to include all types of masonry, as defined by the building codes.
The 2009 International Building code defines the two primary types of masonry: Section 2102, paragraph 39, defines masonry as a "combination of building units or materials of clay, shale, concrete, glass, gypsum, stone or other approved units bonded together," and Section 2102, paragraph 75, defines stone masonry as "masonry composed of field, quarried, or cast stone units bonded by mortar."
Five stone manufacturer members currently are in RMMI: Environmental Stoneworks, Coronado Stone, Legacy Stone, Telluride Stone and Pine's Stone Co. Prior to this bylaws change, the stone companies were classified in the Contributing Member category with insurance companies and scaffolding suppliers. IMAS
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