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Officers of BAC Reelected at Annual Convention

All officers of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen (BAC) were unanimously reelected at the organization's 1977 convention in Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nev., September 19-23.

Velardo Elected Chairman of IMI
Examining a document at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the International Masonry Institute (IMI) are the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Advisors of IMI, Charles F. Velardo (center) and Eugene

Mason Contractor News...

# Award Winning Structure
The Riverview Branch Office of the First National Bank of Toledo, designed by the Toledo architectural firm of Samborn, Steketee, Otis and Evans, Inc., has been selected as the winner of the

IMI TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS MEET

Neal English, International Masonry Institute's Executive Director, discusses a forthcoming program at the February 5th meeting of the Trustees and Advisors held at the Hyatt House, San Diego, Calif. Left to right

Mason Contractor News...

NCMA Names Sinnicks
George S. Sinnicks, Vice President and General Manager of Superior Block Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, has been named Chairman of the Board of the National Concrete Masonry Association. He w

Richardson Appointed

IMI Staff Engineer James F. Buck Richardson, Jr., 29, has been appointed Director of the newly established Masonry Engineering Department of the International Masonry Institute (IMI) in Washington, D.C., it has been announce

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A majority of the Mason Contractors Association of America members in North America currently fund the International Masonry Institute through collective bargaining agreements with Locals of the

Apprenticeship Trust

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IMAT will handle the development of instructional materials, and recruiting candidates.

IMAT will be a voluntary program, funded through contributions of one cent per manhour worked

Mason Contractor News...

# MCAA Seattle Chapter
# Studies Masonry Standards
The establishment of masonry standards for Region G was one of the principal topics of discussion at the October meeting of the MCAA Seattle chapter.

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Signing the MCAA-BM&PIU-LIUNA agreement in Washington, D.C. are (seated, from left) Thomas F. Murphy, BM&PIU president; David B. Soloff, Jr., MCAA immediate past-president, and Peter Fosco, LIUNA general president. (Standing, from left): John

MCAA Information
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c. The Local Union and the Employer shall post in places where notices to employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted, the provisions relating to the functioning of this hiring agreemen

Masonry's qualities and economies in regard to energy conservation were discussed by (from left) Alan Yorkdale, P.E., Director of Engineering, Brick Institute of America: George A. Miller, IMI Secretary-Treasurer, and Henry Toennies, P.E., Vice

IMI Trustees, Advisors Meet in Washington
Pausing for the photographer during their recent meeting in Washington, D.C. were Trustees and Advisors of the International Masonry Institute. Seated (from the left) are: John T. Joyce, Charles Velardo, Thom

Apprenticeship Through the Ages
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the apprentice completed his hitch, he received a bonus of $124.

But even with this "innovative" move, things were still sorely lacking for the apprentice, even a generation l

Hubert Humphrey Visits MMI Exhibit

A joint display by the State Conference of Bricklayers and the Minnesota Masonry Institute was one of the main attractions at the recent Minnesota State Fair. Actual demonstrations of laying brick proved a traf