Masonry Magazine July 2007 Page. 64
News
The NCMCA promotes masonry as
the building material of choice and a great
career opportunity, and has membership
of some 200 companies affiliated with
eight local chapters around the state.
For more information, visit the associa
tion website at www.NCMCA.com.
Industry News
PROSOCO Announces New
Sales Manager
PROSOCO-a national manufactur-
er of products for cleaning, protecting
and maintaining concrete, brick and
stone based in Lawrence, Kan.
announced the appointment of Stan
Harwell as sales manager for the compa
ny's Mid-Atlantic sales area. A Virginia
Beach, Va.-native, Harwell will work with
distributors, architects and contractors-
something he's done for more than 35
years-throughout his territory of Mary-
land; Washington, D.C.; Virginia; and
North and South Carolina.
Harwell comes to PROSOCO after 15
years as eastern regional sales manager
with Spec Mix. There, he managed 24
territories across the eastern United
States, with emphasis on sales, training,
branding and QA problem solving.
A nationally recognized masonry
expert, Harwell is a member of the Con-
struction Specifiers Institute and The
Masonry Society. He is also an NCMA-
certified concrete masonry testing tech-
nician. Harwell's longstanding affiliation
with ASTM includes membership on
technical committees C12, Mortars and
Grouts, C15, Masonry Units, and C7,
Lime for Construction.
Gehl Company and the
Milwaukee Brewers Announce
Naming Rights Partnership
Gehl Company and the Milwaukee
Brewers have reached an agreement on a
multi-year corporate partnership that
includes the naming rights to the new
all-inclusive group area on the Club
Level-the Gehl Club-which made its
debut earlier this season at Miller Park.
In addition to the naming agreement,
Gehl will receive additional hospitality
IMI University Programs
At the New Jersey Institute of Technol-
ogy's School of Architecture (NJSOA), a
design/build competition that allows
architecture students to experience both
masonry materials and collaboration with
masonry professionals is now part of the
curriculum for second-year architecture
students. "As you would imagine," said Urs
Gauchat, dean of the School of Architec-
ture, "a more informed designer will cer-
tainly create a higher quality product."
For this year's competition in April,
65 members of the International Union
of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsworkers
(BAC) spent two days teaching building
techniques to 120 students.
"The students saw how a thought in
their head is turned into a wall made
out of brick and mortar," said Professor
Thomas Ogorzalek. "It's magic for the
students, and they will remember that
day for the rest of their lives."
The competition is sponsored by
the Masonry Contractors of New Jer-
and advertising elements through the
partnership, including messaging on the
first- and third-base rotational signs.
The Gehl Club is the newest enter-
tainment attraction at Miller Park and
has become a popular destination area in
its inaugural season. Located adjacent to
The .300 Club, the Gehl Club offers an
all-inclusive, upscale entertainment expe
rience for up to 240 people. It features an
open-air patio design on three separate
levels with numerous seating options,
two private bar locations and a full buf-
fet with a variety of food offerings.
Atlas Copco Opens Regional
Service Center in Denver
Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC
announced the opening of a new region-
al service center in Denver. The new
facility is the third Atlas Copco service
center in the United States, joining estab-
lished centers in Cleveland, Ohio, and
Austin, Texas.
The new site provides Atlas Copco
with an excellent logistical location to
sey (MCNJ), with BAC NJ Locals 2, 4
and 5 and the International Masonry
Institute (IMI).
The competition and related cur-
riculum, said MCNJ President Michael
Schmerbeck, "has turned into the most
ambitious and rewarding educational
joint venture between educators and
industry."
On other campuses, IMI programs
take different approaches. In Michigan,
IMI sponsors professors who teach
structural masonry at several campus-
es. At the University of Cincinnati in
Ohio, IMI sponsors a column-crushing
contest that helps students understand
material strengths and loads.
From materials labs to lectures to
the annual University Professors
Masonry Workshop, IMI works to
instill a career-long appreciation for
masonry, and craftsmanship.
For more information on the IMI.
please visit www.imiweb.org.
provide timely service to end users of
heavy hydraulic products in the western
United States.
The company has hired Ron Brooks
as service center manager for the Denver
location. Brooks previously held the
position of locomotive general foreman
at Union Pacific Railroad and has 12
years of experience working in the heavy
machinery and service management
industry.
In addition to a fully equipped work-
shop, the center has a dedicated service
truck - including an 8,000-pound crane
-available to offer assistance with new
equipment setup or maintenance in the
field. The Denver location places trained
Atlas Copco technicians within a day's
drive of West Coast customers.
Services offered at the new center
will include field maintenance,
machine adjustments, operator train-
ing, immediate parts availability, ser-
vice contracts and agreements, and
practical application training for both
customers and distributors.