Masonry Magazine September 1973 Page. 18

Words: Louie Helbert, Tom Frisby
Masonry Magazine September 1973 Page. 18

Masonry Magazine September 1973 Page. 18
Brick Helps to Beautify San Francisco

The leaves of young trees cast a lacy shadow on the red brick pavement of Hallidie Plaza in San Francisco, the below-ground level entry to the downtown BART station on Market Street. The brick plaza with its concrete tiers creating a step-like appearance is part of the Market Street beautification program now underway. According to the Flintkote Company /Calaveras Cement Division, more than 1,300 tons of cement are being used to make the mortar which will set the more than 4.5 million red brick along the 2½ mile sidewalk.


CMCA Holds Meeting on Risk Management

Louie Helbert, president of the Colorado Mason Contractors Association, addresses a question to Tom Frisby, guest lecturer at the association's 6th annual conference in the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. Frisby, who heads up the Frisby & Associates Construction Management Institute, spoke on "Risk Management," pointing up the various company and industry risks involved in the mason contracting business. His firm specializes exclusively in the construction industry.

The Associated Equipment Distributors, Oak Brook, Ill., has published its 24th edition of "Rental Compilation" containing nationally averaged 1972 rental rates and model reference data for construction equipment. The "Green Book" is based on a comprehensive annual survey among AED's 900 distributor members-firms that sell, rent and service construction equipment. The 1973 edition also includes a list of distributors in each state, showing type of construction equipment offered for rent.

masonry • September, 1973


These Firms Have Already Reserved Space for the 1974 MCAA Educational Trade Show

AA Wire Products Co.
Aeroil Products Co.
All Wash of Syracuse
Anchor Manufacturing Co.
Automatic Devices, Inc.
Badger Dynamics, Inc.
Bil-Jax, Inc.
Brick Institute of America
Bricon Corp.
Cardinal Engineering Corp.
Champion Hoist Co.
Christensen Diamond Products
Cushion Cut
Desa Industries, Inc.
F. W. Dodge Div.,
McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co.
E & R Manufacturing Co.
Essick Manufacturing Corp.
Robert G. Evans Co.
Giant Industries Corp.
Gilson Brothers Co.
Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.
Howmet Corp./Southern Extrusions Div.
Lull Engineering Co.
Morgen Manufacturing Co.
Muller Machinery Co.
National Concrete Masonry Association
National Lime Association
Norton Co., Construction Products Div.
Patent Scaffolding Co.
Park Tool Co.
PCM Div. of Koehring Co.
Pettibone Corp.
Pittsburgh Corning Corp.
Prime Mover Co.
Signode Corp.
Spring Lock Scaffolding Co.
Stone Construction Equipment
Texas Refinery Corp.
Thomsen Div., Royal Industries
Philip M. Timmins Co.
Waco Scaffolding & Shoring Co.
Western Products Div., Douglas Motors Corp.

It's good old-fashioned American business sense to spend your dollars with firms that have an interest in your common welfare. The policy of the established mason contractor who patronizes manufacturers that support MCAA programs follows the line of sound business management and is a credit to the industry.


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