Masonry Magazine December 1992 Page. 33
Minkoff Company, Baltimore Maryland, fire restoration and general contracting firm.
Peter C. Johnson, Jr. has been named chairman of the Tile Promotion Board. He's vice chairman of the board of Summitville Tile. Summitville, Ohio, one of the country's leading ceramic tile manufacturers.
Fred Sixt has been named vice president of sales by JCB, Incorporated. Sixt, formerly with Case Power and Equipment, will be responsible for the company's North American dealer network and field sales force.
J. William Melsop has been elected executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Austin Company. Melsop, who has been with Austin since 1967, had been group vice president with responsibilities for eight U.S. district operations.
Joe C. Strickland has been named president and Warren J. King has been named executive vice president of Amoco Foam Products Company. Strickland, with Amoco since 1969, was most recently manager of the Welchem subsidiary. King was most recently manager of business unit development at Amoco Chemical in Chicago.
J. Gregg Borchelt, director of engineering and research for the Brick Institute of America, has been elected treasurer of the Construction Specifications Institute for a two year term.
John D. Hayhurst has been appointed plant manager by KF Brick Company, East Windsor Hill, Connecticut. Hayhurst will assume responsibility over all production functions.
Neil Hamilton has been appointed North Houston branch manager for Hertz Equipment Rental. Previously midwest account manager, he's been with the company since 1984.
NEW CONSTRUCTION contracts in August remained unchanged from July's lackluster rate, according to the F.W. Dodge Division of McGraw-Hill. The flat pattern of activity held the seasonally adjusted Dodge Index at 90 (1987-100), virtually the same level reported since May when the recovery of the building industry initially lost momentum. The latest month's data also showed only a modest change for the industry's three main sectors, as a further decline for non-residential building offset marginal improvement for housing and non-building construction (public works and utilities).