Masonry Magazine August 1961 Page. 6
PORTLAND UMA BUILDS CLINIC
Members of the Unit Masonry Assn. - the group which several years ago raised the walls of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in a single day - began construction of a new Portland Child Guidance Clinic Saturday as another public service project.
Work began at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 24, at S.E. 34th and Powell. The clinic, an outpatient clinic for children with emotional problems, is a United Good Neighbor agency with a staff of seven directed by Dr. C. V. Morrison.
The UMA, an organization which includes masonry contractors and suppliers as well as members of Bricklayers Local No. 1, donated thousands of dollars worth of labor and materials to erect the structure, which will provide expanded facilities for the clinic.
The masonry group several years ago raised the walls of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in a single day and recently completed construction of a fall-out shelter in the basement of Governor Hatfield's home. E. Lyle Parsley is president of the organization. Doug Remmick of the UMA was materials coordinator for the Guidance Clinic Masonry Bee, and Robert Raymond and Harold Hawkins were in charge of labor procurement. Henry Mason is general contractor for the project.
The almost all-masonry structure will include a classroom, playroom, offices, a waiting room and staff room, according to Robert Koch of Johnston and Koch, architect for the unit. The building will provide the Guidance Clinic with more space than it has had previously and an outside play area. The one-story contemporary unit will have a built-up roof and a gray stone and salmon brick exterior. Most of the interior walls will also be of masonry construction, Koch said.
Donors of materials for the project include, interior brick, Columbia Brick Works, Gladding McBean, Monroe Brick Co., McMinnville Brick Co.; exterior brick, Willamina Brick Co.; miscellaneous materials Mannan Building Supply; ten tons of moon mesa stone, Stone Center; slate for entry way, Portland Brick and Stone; glass block and mortar procurement, Mason Supply Co.; slick lime, Ollie Paynter; sand, Pacific Ready Mix; fork lift truck and other equipment, Waco Scaffold; glazed tile, W. E. Coleman Co.; block, Empire Building Materials, Smithwick Concrete Products, Brookside Concrete Products, Western Block Co.
Clinic officers include Dave E. Abram, president; C. Don Grew, vice president; Dr. Duncan McLaughlan, second vice president; Mrs. Florence Johnson, secretary; Lloyd Eckhardt, treasurer.
General Regulation No. 2
Procedures for Federal agencies to follow in reporting identical bids to the Attorney General are set forth in a regulation to take effect July 15 by the General Services Administration recently.
The regulation, General Regulation No. 26, was developed by GSA in cooperation with the Department of Justice and Defense to carry out the purposes of President Kennedy's Executive Order (No. 10936) of April 26, 1961.
In accordance with the Executive Order, the new regulation is designed to:
Aid in discouraging identical bidding in the procurement of services and property by the Government and in the sale of Government property with resultant benefit to the Government;
Help maintain a competitive economy;
Provide the Attorney General with information of assistance in enforcing anti-trust laws.
The new regulation, which was published in the Federal Register June 24, 1961, applies to Federal purchases and sales of property worth in excess of $10,000.
It defines "identical bids" as those which: "Appear on the face of the bids to be identical as to unit price or total amount; or (2) are found, in the contracting agency's normal procedure for evaluating bids for award, to be identical as to unit price or total amount."
The regulation provides that when a sales invitation brings in identical bids, a copy of the invitation and an abstract of all bids received with (Continued on page 15)
Kansas City Chapter Holds Membership Meeting
KANSAS CITY, MO-Pictured are members of the MCA of the Greater Kansas City Area and their guests at a recent membership meeting. Host for the evening was United Brick Div., American-Marietta Co. During the afternoon, mason contractors toured United Brick Div. plant in Kansas City, Mo. During the evening session George Miller, MCAA Executive Vice President, was one of the featured speakers.
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