Masonry Magazine August 1988 Page. 27

Words: Jill Weber, John Scanlon, W. Baker, John Altobelli, Donald Payton, Nader Ardalan, Neil Middleton, James Ferner, Alan Olson, Michael Aitken, Thomas Schwartz, James McKelvey, Floyd Herrick
Masonry Magazine August 1988 Page. 27

Masonry Magazine August 1988 Page. 27
People & Events

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Located at 4460 Brookfield Corporate Drive, Chantilly, VA 22021... Austin Commercial, Inc. has been selected to construct a 129,000 sq.ft. research and development center northwest of Austin, TX, for Vista Chemical Co... John M. Scanlon, director of engineering service at Master Builders, Inc., Cleveland, OH, was named 1988 recipient of the ASTM's Award of Merit... The Masonry Institute of Washington held its Annual Masonry Day '88 on August 5th at McCormick Woods Golf Course near Port Orchard.

"If you get up early, work late and pay your taxes, you will get ahead- if you strike oil."

The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) will once again sponsor "Build Boston 88" the largest regional convention and tradeshow for the design and construction industries at the World Trade Center in Boston on November 16 & 17.... W. Scott Baker, AIA, has joined the FWA Group's Hilton Head Island, South Carolina office as a project architect. The Hilton Head office is located at 10 Pope Avenue. John A. Altobelli has become the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans new chief executive officer. Mr. Altobelli assumed his duties on May 2. He succeeds David C. Fullaton who left the top management post after one year.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

The president of the American National Standards Institute, Donald L. Payton, has announced that he would enter early retirement at the end of 1988.... Jung/Brannen Associates has announced that Jill Weber has been named Vice President: Nader Ardalan and Neil Middleton named principals of the firm and James Ferner has been named Director of Engineering Alan P. Olson has been appointed assistant development services director for the City of Phoenix, AZ.

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

Henry J. Kaiser

Stone Construction Equipment, Inc. has announced the following appointments: Marty Ream as District Manager serving MD, VA and DC; John Clayton as District Manager for eastern PA, New York City and DE, and Lynne Woodworth, Assistant to the President, has assumed the additional responsibility for corporate communications and public relations.... Michael T. Aitken has recently joined the sales department of Comproco Corp. with responsibilities for commercial products sales and sales administration.

"I've had a wonderful evening." said Groucho Marx after a very dull party. "but this wasn't it."

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, consulting engineers, have announced that their senior associate Thomas A. Schwartz, P. E., has been named chairman of the subcommittee on Performance of Exterior Building Wall Systems by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). James D. McKelvey has been named Marketing Training Manager at The Gradall Co. McKelvey began his new duties April 1 and is responsible for all levels of training in sales and marketing for employees of Gradall and its distributors.... The New York State Concrete Masonry Association has announced the expansion of their operation throughout New York State with the addition of Floyd O. Herrick, Jr., P. E., as their director of Engineering.

No more playing dress-up before mixing mortar.

Plasticizers may make mortar easier to handle. But when they're irritants, they create a real handling problem.

Easy-Spred eliminates the need to play dress-up. Its natural minerals can be handled with bare hands, saving time and money while reducing the risk of skin and eye irritation.

Once on the board, one 7 lb. bag of Easy-Spred out-performs 50 lbs. of lime. Because it retains water, it promotes better curing with less shrinkage while greatly reducing the amount of retempering needed. It accepts color pigments without bleaching, so you can make a better color match. And, it provides up to twice the board life of a standard Portland/lime mix.

Put an end to the costly dress-up game on the job by using Easy-Spred. For more information, call your American Colloid distributor, or call us direct.

American Colloid Company
1500 Shure Drive
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(312) 392-4600
TELEX ITT 4330321
FAX 312-506-6199

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