Masonry Magazine June 1986 Page. 18
Illinois Masonry Institute Presents Awards
The 12th annual Excellence In Masonry '85 Architectural Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Illinois Masonry Institute, was held April 26 in Itasca, III., to honor area architects and mason contractors for outstanding projects constructed predominantly of masonry. Edward Uhlir, AIA, first vice president, Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects (far left) presented Gold Medal Awards, the highest award, to: (from left) Gene Caldwell, Mid-Continental Tuckpointers; Walker Johnson, Holabird & Root; John Syvertsen, Hammond Beeby & Babka, and Harold Kochan, Hansen & Hempel Co.
III. Masonry Institute Honors McLaren
At the recent Excellence In Masonry '85 Architectural Awards Program. Ronald McLaren, president of Southfield Builders, Oak Lawn, was honored for his seven years of service on the Institute's Promotion Trust Board of Trustees & Advisors, from which he retired in December, 1985. He received a plaque with the inscription: "In grateful appreciation for years of service to the masonry industry as a bricklayer, mason contractor and as a trustee of the Illinois Masonry Institute Promotion Trust. For your friendliness, integrity, understanding, and for volunteering your time to an industry that nurtured you. The Masonry Industry thanks you."
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JCB Offers Factory Rebate on 4WD Machines
JCB Inc. has announced an extension of its factory rebate on new JCB four-wheel drive backhoe loaders and model 525B-4HL. Loadall rough terrain forklifts. The program offer includes four-wheel drive machines purchased between January 1, 1986 through June 30, 1986. JCB, the first manufacturer to offer four-wheel drive on its complete line of machines, ran a similar program in 1985.
"We had tremendous success with last year's rebate campaign," said Mike Swartz, vice-president, sales. "We felt another rebate offer on our new machines would give many more customers the chance to take advantage of the benefits of four-wheel drive."
Every retail purchaser of a new four-wheel drive JCB will receive a check ranging from $2,000 for the 1400B Backhoe and the 525B-4HL Loadall to $3,000 for the 1700B Backhoe. Excluded are machines purchased through bid.
New Terra Cotta Exhibit Opens At National Building Museum
Ornamental Architecture Reborn: A New Terra Cotta Vocabulary opens at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 1986, and will continue through October 13, 1986. The exhibition celebrates the return of ornament in contemporary architecture and highlights the importance of terra cotta as a building material which encourages this new decorative language.
Frank Lloyd Wright once described terra cotta as a material that "was in the hands of the architect what wax was in the hands of the sculptor." The exhibit also traces the history of the use of this uniquely flexible and colorful material in American buildings from the mid-nineteenth century to its rediscovery today.
Ornamental Architecture Reborn is an outgrowth of a national competition held by the National Building Museum to stimulate new designs for ornamental terra cotta pieces. Winners of the competition were chosen by six prominent architects, each of whom selected the entry he believed would contribute the most to enlarging the decorative architectural vocabulary available to today's designers.
The winning designs have been transformed into reality by the firm of Ludowici Celadon, New Lexington. Ohio, one of the oldest manufacturers of terra cotta in this country and whose continued on page 32
Oregon Mason Contractors Elect Officers
New officers for the 1986-87 term were named at the recent annual meeting of the Masonry & Ceramic Tile Institute of Oregon. They are: Dick Sears of Schouten/ Sears, president; Matt Bromley, Bromley Masonry, vice president; and Charlie Smith, Smith Masonry Contractors, secretary/treasurer. All are from Portland.
Residential Building Buoys Construction Outlook for 1986
A higher level of homebuilding is now expected to raise construction contracting in 1986 to a record $236 billion, according to the 1986 Dodge/ Sweet's Construction Outlook.
The figure is nearly $10 billion more than predicted six months ago, and up 4 percent over 1985. The report said that deficit reduction, tax reform and falling interest rates will be reshaping the construction market this year.