Masonry Magazine January 1977 Page. 44
People & Events...
Richard J. Ward has been appointed staff product manager for building and industrial lime in the chemicals division of United States Gypsum Co., Chicago, III. The appointment of P. Alex Henderson as product manager, organic products, has been announced by the Grinding Wheel Division of Norton Co., Worcester, Mass.
Chia-Chih Ou has been named senior research chemist for the W. R. Grace & Co. Construction Products Division, Cambridge, Mass. Dean E. Lindsay, formerly manager, residential insulation division, has been appointed director, energy conservation for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.'s Building Materials Group, Toledo, Ohio.
Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., Toledo, Ohio, has announced the appointments of three men to new positions in the company's residential and commercial insulation division. Robert G. Breniff has been appointed manager of that division, Charles B. Hartmann has been named manager of the residential building materials marketing division, and Harry H. Gautsche has been appointed manager of the manufactured housing marketing division.
Stephen A. Stockman has been named assistant advertising manager for the marketing communications department of Norton Co.'s Abrasives Marketing Group, Worcester, Mass.
Fire Safety Seminar
Held in Toronto
A seminar for architects, engineers and senior specification writers was held in Toronto, Ont., on November 23, 1976 to introduce the new brochure on fire code safety, Masonry In New and Improved Life and Fire Safety Codes, developed by the International Masonry Institute.
The program was co-sponsored by the Ontario Provincial Conference of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, the Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Guild of Ontario, and the Ontario Masonry Contractors Association.
Featured speaker was Ed Schultz, president, Code Consultants, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., a specialist in architectural design for fire protection. Other speakers were Joseph R. Miller, fire chief.
Dodge Guide Adds Labor,
Productivity Figures
Labor rates and productivity figures for merit shop jobs have been added to the 1977 Dodge Guide to Public Works and Heavy Construction. The new data on hourly wage scales and work crew sizes in this ninth annual edition reflect the lower costs associated with the growing movement away from union shops.
The 232-page Guide contains more than 6,000 unit costs arranged in three sections according to levels of detail to facilitate the preparation of quick budget estimates, more detailed engineering estimates and very detailed bids. The unit cost data cover materials, labor costs, equipment rental and purchase rates, work crew sizes, and productivity rates for crews and power equipment. An index listing 120 U.S. and Canadian cities permits local cost adjustments.
Price of the Guide is $21.60 prepaid plus the appropriate state sales tax. Address mail orders to Dodge Building Cost Services, McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co., Rm., 2051, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020.
Blackwell Burner Expands
Blackwell Burner Co. has broken ground for its new 70,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas. The expansion will give the company a 50% increase in its capacity to produce industrial roofing equipment.
Blackwell said the expansion was necessary "to meet the demand for bulk asphalt tanks and the sharp increase in material handling equipment orders."
Kaufman Named Ad Agency
For "Nation's Business"
Henry J. Kaufman & Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C., has been appointed advertising agency for Nation's Business magazine published by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Kaufman & Associates is also the advertising agency for the International Masonry Institute headquartered in Washington.