Roles

signed the project with Richard M. Gensert as the consulting structural engineer. The occasion which reunited the group was the third in a series of masonry seminars being held through 1973 in Baltimore. Pictured (from the left) are: James G. Gross, P.E.

People & Events...

(Continued from page 8) and letters coming for they help the time go by. It is easy to be critical. The real test is to come up with constructive alternatives.

James G. Gross has been appointed Director of Engineering

Data MC AA
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No. 2

Cold Weather Construction of
Bearing Wall Buildings
By JAMES G. GROSS, P.E.
Director, Engineering and Technology
Structural Clay Products Institute

INTRODUCTION
With the acceptance an

Mason Contractor News...

43 Attend St. Louis Tour MCAA Holds Fall Board Meeting

The Mason Contractors Association of St. Louis hosted 43 Architects and Engineers on a three-day inspection tour of Contemporary Load Bearing Masonry Wall

Books from MCAA
(continued from page 28)
The author explains in specific detail how she can plan her financial future. He describes the important benefits to look for in employment. He explains the protection afforded by the different kinds of in

Good Tips On Bad Weather Driving

Good Tips On Bad Weather Driving (continued from page 24) up your automotive know-how before the first snow falls. If you're not sure of what to do in bad weather situations, here's a quickie quiz, prepared and r

48 PARK TOOL COMPANY
Box 44
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Leon Schlough, Rudy Krampotich, Mrs. Alvina Schlough, Mrs. Helen Krampotich

65-66 PATENT SCAFFOLDING COMPANY
38-21 12 Street
Long Island City, New York

87 PETTIBONE

MCAA-SCPI All-Weather Committee Meeting

Mason Contractors from various sections of the United States and Canada met with officials of Structural Clay Products Institute to discuss problems connected with All-Weather Construction. Here Charles Ve

Convention Notes

JAMES GROSS
MASONRY January, 1967

THOMAS F. MURPHY

ROY WENZLICK

RICHARD OTTERSON

LES DIETRICH
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MCAA MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

January 4, 1967 "Insurance For the Mason Contractor" will be presented at the Hopkins House, Hopkins, Minnesota. Those interested in attending should contact R. J. Hendershott, 112 Wayside Road, Hopkins, Minn, or the MC

OFFICIAL CONVENTION PROGRAM
Chase Park Plaza Hotel-St. Louis, Mo.
Feb. 18, 19, 20, 21

(This is a tentative program subject to change)

Saturday, February 18th
9:30 A.M. Executive Board Meeting

11:00 A.M. Registratio

Pennley Park Apartments, Pittsburgh

Pennley Park Apartments, Pittsburgh, which served as a case study for the recently held National Bearing Wall Conference. By projecting some exterior curtain walls and recessing others, the architect was able

This detail of the load-bearing brick columns of the First National Bank, Loveland, Colo shows the interesting design created by the alternating column types. See next page for photograph of complete elevation.

BEARING WALL CONFERENCE

Special Report:
On a subject of great importance
to the entire Masonry Industry
The Contemporary Bearing Wall
By James G. Gross, Director, Engineering & Technology
Structural Clay Products Institute

There are major changes t

Contemporary Bearing Wall
(continued from page 23)
into the ground in a series of lines or paths rather than in point loads as occurs in structural frame buildings.

Wall Types and Details
Almost all commonly used masonry walls have

People & Events
President elect of the Dayton, Ohio, Chapter is Leonard Hoying. Other officers are: William Jones, Vice President; Percy Bilbrey, Secretary and Edgar Stamper, Jr., Treasurer.

The Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference w