Masonry Magazine March 1972 Page. 14
People & Events...
work as associate director of the Jewish Institute for Geriatric Care, the first psychiatric-geriatric complex in the United States.
Statistics compiled by The Travelers Insurance Companies suggest its safer to ride in a truck than in a car. In 1970, over 54,000 passenger cars were involved in fatal accidents compared to 12,400 commercial vehicles.
The Minneapolis Chapter of MCAA heard Arthur E. McCauley discuss the Occupational Safety & Health Act at its February meeting. Ray A. Browning, president of Capital Concrete Products Co., Topeka, Kans., was elected president of the National Concrete Masonry Association for '72 at the group's 32d annual convention in San Diego... Mahendra N. Raval and James R. Perrone have joined the New York-based firm of LeRoy Calllender, consultants in structural engineering.
Predicts Cement Cutback
A shortage of cement that will force producers to ration their output in some areas of the country within the next three years has been predicted by Robert R. Salyard, president of cement operations for American Cement Corporation.
Salyard said the shortage would be caused by the closing of a number of cement plants that are not able to meet anti-pollution requirements, the minimal opening of new plants, and a shortage of shipping facilities.
Merger Discontinued
Louis R. Perini, chairman and president of Perini Corp., and H. Irwin Levy, president of American International onal Development Co., have agreed to discontinue further negotiations to combine AIDC with Perini Land & Development Co., the wholly-owned real estate subsidiary of Perini Corp.
New Course in Concrete Promotion
A five-day course in Marketing and Promotion of Concrete the first of its kind in the industry has been scheduled for April 17-21 at the Portland Cement Association's Cement and Concrete Center in Skokie, III.
PCA's Roger E. Wilson, manager of personnel training, said the new course will be open to anyone in the cement and concrete industries. It will be geared primarily, although not exclusively, to ready mixed concrete markets.
Students will learn basic marketing concepts, differences between promotion and direct selling, and ways to use market research data. The development of promotion programs, use of available promotional materials, and use of technical knowledge to create sales opportunities will also be discussed. Market areas to be covered include residential, industrial, commercial, highway and public works.
Information and registration forms are available from Roger E. Wilson, Portland Cement Association, Old Orchard Road, Skokie, III. 60076, telephone (312) 966-6200.
Fuller Fills Two Posts
H. E. Howard, a construction financial manager for more than 25 years, has been named vice president and chief financial officer of the George A. Fuller Company, New York, it has been announced by Robert W. Page, president and chief executive officer.
Page also announced the appointment of Raymond C. Daly, former president of the Fuller Company, as special consultant and assistant to the president.
Fuller, founded in 1882, has been continuously engaged in general contracting and construction management on major construction projects for more than 90 years. It became a subsidiary of Northrop Corp., Los Angeles, late last year.
ICMA Elects Carter
Robert Carter, Carter's Block Co., Logansport, Indiana, has been elected President of the Indiana Concrete Masonry Association. Other officers elected were: Everitte Trulock, Vice President; Don Stanfield, Treasurer, and Directors Arlin Spragg, Joseph Armbruster, Bill H. Bradley and Dennis Sedam.
$11 Million Contract
Slattery Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of Alpha Portland Cement Co., has been awarded an $11.1 million contract by the New York State Department of Transportation for construction of a 43-mile section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in New York City.