Masonry Magazine March 1981 Page. 23
One Billionth Bag of Sakrete Sold
A symbol of the billionth bag of Sakrete to be sold-a landmark never before reached in the packaged concrete mix industry-is flanked by leaders of the W. R. Bonsal Co., which produces Sakrete products in the Southeast and southern California. Standing (left to right) are Harry Ferguson, Jan Kerrebyn. F. J. Cloud. F. J. Cloud Jr., Rocky Bonsal, Jack Deger and Bernie Edwards, with Fred Goeman squatting. Bonsal is one of the licensees that have helped make Sakrete the largest-selling brand of packaged dry mixes in the world. Each licensee, some as far away as Australia and Thailand, manufactures and distributes Sakrete products in its geographical area.
Apt reference
The employer was asked to write a reference for a man he was dismissing after only one week's work. He would not lie, and he did not want to hurt the man unnecessarily. So he wrote: "To whom it may concern: Mr. John Smith worked for us one week, and we're satisfied."
STONE BUILDINGS
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ternational Union.) In addition, the American public, spurred by interest in the nation's bicentennial, began to rediscover the past and to desire buildings which were visually linked with the past.
Stone buildings provide such a link, even though new stone structures usually utilize relatively thin panels of stone, in contrast to the thick and enormously heavy stone blocks of older buildings.
The comeback of stone, according to IMI, demonstrates more than changes in economics and architectural tastes, however. It also demonstrates the resiliency of masonry products and the masonry industry. When architects began to design stone buildings again in recent years, the masonry industry was easily able to supply the qualified contractors and skilled craftsmen needed to execute their designs.
There probably is no better demonstration of this capacity for craftsmanship than the widely-heralded East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. D.C.. a marble building by I. M. Pei, FAIA.
Pei's project architect, Leonard Jacobson, illustrated the stonework challenges that were put before the contractor and his craftsmen, and the way they met those challenges, in these words:
"The floor is made of triangular pieces of marble, intersecting at six-way points, with sixteenth-inch joints. Yet over thousands of square feet of floor area, every single joint is aligned perfectly there's not a single place, anywhere on that floor, where the corner of a triangular piece of stone has been snipped off, just to make it fit. You could crawl on your hands and knees, but you won't find it. Never. That's execution."
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