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economical partitions to reduce sound transmission between hotel, motel, and apartment units."
T. F. Peifer, chairman of the concrete and roofing committee, discussed a new "sandwich" design in roof decks that is finding good acceptance from architects and engineers and is particularly adapted for use on pre-cast and structural concrete decks. It consists of a combination of grooved polystyrene board and vermiculite concrete. The board is covered on its top and bottom surfaces with a permeable facing and is placed in a thin slurry of vermiculite concrete. The grooved channels allow vapor to escape to the venting system. Vermiculite insulating concrete from two to six inches thick is placed over the top of the board to provide slope to drains, as well as insulation.
The system can also be used for repairing existing dead level roofs economically, Peifer said. The old roof need not be torn off and wasted. The board is simply laid over the old membrane, which saves the expense of hauling and disposing of the old material. On a 35,000 sq. ft. deck, two inches of insulation plus the roofing membrane and gravel represents about 9,000 cu. ft. of debris that must be removed and disposed of, Peifer said.
T. W. Pickthall of San Francisco, Cal., was elected president to succeed Moran, and three directors were named. They are C. R. Babb of Zonolite Division W. R. Grace & Co., Chicago: N. F. Bushell of Grant Industries, Vancouver, B. C.; and C. E. Conry of International Vermiculite Co. at Girard, III.
L. A. Barron was retained as managing director; D. J. Boone, as treasurer.
Guest speakers included Earl F. Bennett, president of Producers' Council; F. J. Mardulier, president of the American Society for Testing and Materials, and Wm. H. Gove, well-known sales consultant.
Bennett discussed "The Systems Approach to Tomorrow's Building," and urged the importance of lead time in working with designers of construction systems that will be used in the 1970's.
"You must get into the system when it is being developed," he said. "Make that architect, engineer, or designer aware of your product, what it will do, and where it fits, before he gets a commission for a project. If your product is left out of a system, you may not have a chance for years to get it included."
The convention ended with the annual banquet.
Strohm Retires
Carroll Strohm, Jr., President of Breeko Industries and Past President of NCMA, has announced his retirement from the Nashville firm, effective May 1, 1968. He joined Breeko in 1928 and was named a company director, secretary-treasurer and general manager in 1942. In 1958 he became President.
Move To New Quarters
The Cleveland Chapter of the Mason Contractors Association will move to new modern quarters in Cleveland's newest downtown apartment building. The Cleveland Chapter is an affiliate of the Building Trades's Employers Association which will be the new Chesterfield Buildings largest single occupant when the association moves to its new quarters on May 31. The 20-story Chesterfield Building, located at 1801 East Twelfth Street in Cleveland, will rent 4,350 square feet of second floor office space to BTEA. The building is part of Cleveland's vast Erieview redevelopment project.
The new offices will feature a large conference room, six private offices, spacious general office and a separate office equipment work room.
Within the past year BTEA has enlarged its professional staff to include a construction industry advancement specialist, a public relations director and a safety director. The association expects to further expand its services following the move to larger quarters.
1968 Catalog Out
The USA Standards Institute will publish its new 1968 catalog of 3,000 USA Standards and 1,050 international recommendations on May 15. The 112-page edition lists all USA Standards approved by the Institute through December 31, 1967, and all international recommendations received by that date from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Commission on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment (CEE), and Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT).
Included to facilitate use of the catalog and identification of standards are an index to the titles of all USA Standards and international recommendations and a cross index of standards of some forty other organizations that have been approved as USA Standards. For convenience of microfiche users, standards available in this form are identified in the catalog by a special symbol.
Copies of the 1968 catalog are available without charge from the USA Standards Institute, 10 East 40th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016.
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