Masonry Magazine December 1986 Page. 19
Mason Contractor News...
# Pittsburgh Corning Plans New Block Facility
Pittsburgh Corning has announced plans to build a multi-million-dollar glass block manufacturing facility in Port Allegany, Pa. Anticipated plant start-up is late 1987 or 1988.
The company is in the planning and engineering stage for the proposed PC GlassBlock products pressed glass manufacturing plant. It is anticipated that this production facility will produce the complete line of PC's glass block.
John L. Bladwin, PC president, cited continuing popularity in architectural and consumer use of glass block windows, panels and partitions for the steadily increasing demand for its products. He reported that "significant growth" over the past five years led to the company's decision to construct a new facility.
# People & Events...
Edwin Hughes, v.p. of Strong-Lite Products Corp., Pine Bluff, Ark., was recently elected president of the Perlite Institute, Commack, N.Y. Roger Phares has been promoted to national sales manager of Schwing America, Inc. and will operate out of the company's factory in White Bear, Minn.
Donald L. Peyton, president of the American National Standards Institute, has been named an Honorary Life Fellow by the Standards Engineering Society.
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The Employing Bricklayers Association of Delaware Valley, Pa., re-
Masonry Institute Gives A/E Seminars
J. Gregg Borchelt, P.E. (center), executive director of the Texas Masonry Institute, spoke to capacity audiences at two seminars presented by the Masonry Institute of St. Louis held at the Masonry Centre in St. Louis, October 8. This A/E seminar on "Masonry Design/Problems & Solutions" was part of ongoing educational programs sponsored by the St. Louis masonry industry and offered as an excellent opportunity for information exchange between design professionals and a panel of masonry experts. Participants included Harry Fine, executive director of the Masonry Institute of St. Louis, and Donald Grant, P.E., mason contractor and chairman of the Institute's board of trustees.
A VHS tape has been produced of this seminar and is available for viewing. Interested parties can call the Masonry Institute at (314) 645-5888.
CIMA Elects Officers
The Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA) elected its officers for 1987 during the trade group's annual meeting in Chicago. They are:
President, Donald E. Adams, Dresser Industries, Inc., Washington, D.C.; 1st vice president, John G. Myers, Sundstrand Hydraulic Power Systems, Minneapolis, Minn.; 2nd vice president, E. J. Elliott, General Combustion Corp., Orlando, Fla.; treasurer, James J. Farrar, Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbus, Ind., and secretary, Fred J. Broad, CIMA's full-time executive vice president.
Kerry Rice Rejoins Staff of Allied Construction
Kerry C. Rice has rejoined the staff of Allied Construction Industries, Cincinnati, Ohio, as associate managing director. He has been named to succeed ACI managing director Howard L. Knauf who has announced his retirement effective April 1, 1987.
Rice previously served on the ACI staff from July, 1968 to June, 1979. He was director of education and training until April, 1972 when he was named assistant managing director. He later became executive vice president of the Oklahoma Builders' Chapter of Associated General Contractors of America, the position he left to return to ACI.
Construction Firms Merge
Al Cohen Construction Co., Denver, Colo., and Weitz Co., Inc., Des Moines. la., have announced their merger. Both firms specialize in highrise and commercial/industrial construction.
Weitz, with 1985 construction sales volume of $189 million, is ranked as the 109th largest general building contractor in the nation, according to Engineering News-Record's Top 400 Contractor list published last April. Cohen was 189th, with construction sales volume of $117 million.