Masonry Magazine August 1970 Page. 22
Low-Cost Winter Enclosure on MORGEN Scaffolding Lets You Work the Year Around!
Now you can continue masonry through freezing weather at a reasonable cost. Even in Canada masons are getting up to 50 weeks of work per year.
The answer is Morgen Tower Scaffolding with a winter enclosure accessory that lets you enclose only the work area and the fresh masonry. This simple plastic "greenhouse" elevates with the masons, laborers, materials, and heaters as the wall is being built. The enclosure is assembled and covered at ground level, eliminating the dangers of handling heaters and drapes or panels on elevated scaffolding.
Morgen Scaffold gives you at least 20% more production from your masons and slashes the labor cost of scaffolding erection, moving and dismantling. It soon pays for itself, and then goes on making more profit for you. With the enclosure system, you can schedule work right through the winter and offer steady employment to your men. At a price you can afford!
The time to get the whole story on Morgen Scaffolding is now! Write for literature and job reports today.
Detroit MCA
Serving as master of ceremonies was Robert Vandervennet. Social events co-chairmen were Vito Ippolito and Stan Gierlaszynski. Wes Liddle was committee helper.
Serving on the annual outing committee were Chairman Paul Ville-Monte, of Haycon Corp.; Floyd Carver, Scaffolding. Inc; Jim Stalmack and Glen Hicks, Best Block; Elton Asmus, Brighton Stone & Supply: Ron Arbor, Detroit Cut Stone; Tom Reeder, Huron Portland Cement; Greg Cummings, Peerless Cement, and Robert Vandervennet of Leo J. Vandervennet & Sons.
Officers of the Detroit MCA are: J. R. Snyder, President; Howard Hicks. Vice President; Bob Ebeling. Secretary, and Vito Ippolito, Treasurer.
Negotiated Wages
Although the gain is up 4.5 cents from the median increase in the same period last year, it also reflects a slight deceleration from the 5.2 cent year-to-year rise in the first half of 1969.
The construction industry's negotiated first-year wage gains during the first half of the current year rose to 87.5 cents, continuing to outpace all others by far. The gain is up 18.0 cents from the corresponding period of 1969, but less than half the gain from 1968 to 1969. Excluding construction, the all-industry gain for first-half 1970 dropped to 23.3 cents.
Three-year settlements accounted for 54% of contracts in first-half 1970, as against 59% in the same period last year. Duration terms of two years occurred in 39% of the contracts-up from 33% a year ago.
Fringe benefit activity in the first-half of the current year ran at pretty much the same pace as it has for the past two years. Pension plans were negotiated or revised in 41% of contracts studied as against 38% a year ago. Contracts providing new or revised vacation plans came to 39%, down from 45% last year. New holiday provisions also edged down from 41 to 40%.