Masonry Magazine April 1971 Page. 40
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Anchor Manufacturing Company
Avce Felker Corporation
Bluff City Manufacturing Company
12
Essick Manufacturing Company
Robert G. Evans Company (Target)
Back Cover
22
Gilson Brothers Company
27
International Masonry lestitute
3rd Cover
Led-E-Yator, Inc.
4
Meirce Division, Clark Equipment Company
Morgen Manufacturing Company
National Concrete Masonry Association
Ohio Lime Company
21
10
Oury Engineering Company, Division of Harsco Corp.
Plaer Minerals, Pigments & Metals Division
2nd Cover
Reimann & Georger, Inc.
37
Tradesman Tool Supply
36
Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Company
20
Zasalite Construction Products Division, W. R. Grace & Co.
14
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Two-year Wage Agreement Reached
National precedent in curbing inflationary construction trends was set with the announcement of a multi-craft, two year wage agreement on a regional scale for the North Texas Region. The joint announcement was made by the North Texas Contractors Association and the Dallas and Fort Worth Building Trades Councils. Pictured, left to right, are David Keeler, Dallas Building Trades Council (AFL-CIO); John Cadenhead, NTCA negotiating committee chairman: Dee Brown, NTCA committee co-chairman, and Charles F. Campau, Fort Worth Building and Construction Trades Council (AFL-CIO).
Universal Adds Expansive Cement
Universal Atlas Cement has added Type M expansive cement to its product line and becomes the first company in the country to both manufacture and sell this specialty product, according to Ralph C. Moffitt, president of the U.S. Steel division.
The new product is designated Atlas M-X Expansive Cement. It is formulated for use in shrinkage-compensating concretes, mortars and grouts and is the result of "several years of intensive research and testing," according to Moffitt.
"Development of this product also represents a new marketing effort for our company. Because we both manufacture and sell the product, we are in a position to render more complete service to architects, engineers and the construction industry in general," he said.
"On the job, the new cement reduces the number of control joints needed, the need for waterproof coatings and membranes and cuts down shrinkage cracks without introducing special handling problems," Moffitt said.
Moffitt described Atlas M-X Type M as an expansive cement designed to offer controlled expansion when working against suitable restraint, compensating for drying shrinkage. The new product's expansive performance is uniform and predictable, he said.
The cement remains workable with normal water additions, suffering no excessive slump loss. There is no need for retarders under normal circumstances and it is compatible with most field admixtures, Mixing, placing and curing practices are comparable to those for regular portland cements, he added.
LEVEL IT OFF-Construction workers use "two-by-fours" to strike off Atlas M-X Cement concrete as they build a ground level parking slab which serves as the roof of a two-level underground garage at a new Cuna Mutual Insurance Society headquarters building in Madison, Wis. Only two of the original eight expansion joints were needed as a result of using the new Type M expansive cement that is now manufactured and sold by Universal Atlas Cement. The same proportioning, admixture, curing and storage practices can be followed with this new Universal Atlas product as with regular portland cement.
YOUNGEST MANAGER-Kari
Watson, 29, is the youngest plant manager in the Rinker Materials Corp. organization. His age, however, belies his experience. Watson has been in the business of providing concrete products to Florida builders for 13 years. As manager of Rinker's newest plant, in Vero Beach, Watson heads up a $500,000 installation housing some of the most sophisticated equipment in the industry.
masonry • April, 1971