Masonry Magazine October 1971 Page. 13
People & Events...
(Continued from page 11) promoted to production manager at the Port Allegany (Pa.) plant of Pittsburgh Corning Corp. The Mason Contractors Association of Greater Chicago held its annual "Day At the Races" September 23rd at Hawthorn Race Course.
This is the perfect season, the finest one we know. Too late to mow the lawn, too early to shovel snow.
Donald A. Elliott has been elevated to General Manager of Massey Ferguson's Industrial and Construction Machinery operations in the United States and Canada, and Michael J. Phalen has been named to the position of General Sales Manager, Industrial Machinery for MF's North American Operations.
Sir Maurice Laing, Chairman of John Laing Construction Ltd., a major multi-national construction firm headquartered in Great Britain, announced the formation of Laing Construction Services Inc. to be located in Stamford, Conn. Harold G. Adams has been named President of Texstar Construction Corp. He previously served as both Chief Engineer and Director of Marketing Services for Acme Brick Co.
Donald L. Peyton, managing director of the American National Standards Institute, has been appointed by Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson as a member of an advisory committee to help implement the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Law. Portland Cement Association has announced the appointment of Philip R. Brua as manager of the Association's Great Lakes region. Russell T. Swendseid is the new president of the Lightweight Processing Co., succeeding Elmer T. Hehr, now Chairman of the Board. John M. Fitzgerald has been named Customer Service Manager for Sto-Cote Products, Inc.
masonry • October, 1971
MORGEN Scaffolding Saves Contractor $20 Per Day Per Mason
"The bricklayer's hourly scale is such anymore that it is imperative that his time is properly utilized while he is on the job," says Francis Meyer, who heads Meyer Masonry Construction Co., Leavenworth, Kansas.
And Meyer is doing just that with Morgen Scaffolding on the Rosencrans Airport in St. Joseph. Mo.
Meyer says the advantage of the tower type scaffolding is that it brings the platforms to the exact height needed quickly and easily with a foot-operated winch. Consequently, the scaffolding is set only one time and does not have to be reset until the wall is finished. The bricklayer is always working at his most productive height and there is no rehandling of planking or material.
The airport has a 16" wall-a 12" block and brick facing. The job requires laying up the block to full height, and then putting on the face brick. With Morgen, he simply lowered the carriages to the ground for the brick-a much simpler operation than he would have had with frame scaffolding.
Meyer is using 142 feet of Morgen Scaffolding 20'6" high, with ten masons. He feels that the scaffolding has allowed him to reduce his wall cost by about $200 a day.
A lift truck handles supplies and moves the fully assembled towers to new locations on the wall.
Write for complete information- MORGEN MANUFACTURING CO. Box160-E10 YANKTON, S. DAK. 57078