Masonry Magazine May 1975 Page. 15
Mason Contractor News...
Masonry Awards To Be Made by Ontario Group
The Ontario (Canada) Masons' Relations Council announced it will again sponsor a Unit Masonry Design Awards competition to recognize outstanding examples of unit masonry construction in that area. The council represents the Ontario Provincial Conference of the BM & PIU, Ontario Masonry Contractors Association, Clay Brick Association of Canada (Ontario Region), and the Ontario Concrete Block Association.
The awards banquet and presentations will be held October 23 at the Inn On The Park, Toronto, Ont.
Baltimore Engineers Attend MIM Conference
A gathering of about 50 Baltimore area engineers and architects attended a presentation of the Masonry Institute of Maryland's new computer program for the rational analysis of masonry structures. The conference took place at the Engineering Center in Baltimore, March 20.
The main portion of the presentation was delivered by Dr. James Colville, P.E., consultant to the institute and associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Maryland He also is author of the computer program, which was described as perhaps the most comprehensive structural analysis service now being offered in the United States.
Apprenticeship Contest Staged in Texas
The annual Texas State Bricklayers Apprentice Competition was held in San Antonio, April 12.
Capturing first place in the third-year apprentice division was Roy R. Bailey, Jr. of Beaumont. In the second-year division, Gary L. Reid of Austin won first place honors. The top award in the first-year division went to Thomas Lobert of San Antonio.
As winners of their divisions the three men received $300 plus a trip to the Southern States Apprenticeship Conference to be held in Birmingham, Ala., July 23-25. Second, third and fourth place winners were awarded cash and various prizes.
masonry • May, 1975
GSA Releases Film on Fire-safety Design
A 28-minute documentary film explaining modern fire safety technology as it has been advanced by the federal government has been released by the U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, D.C.
Titled "The Legacy," the film focuses on GSA's new Seattle Federal Building, the agency's first highrise structure to incorporate a total fire safety system in its design.
The film is available to business and industry groups, trade associations, community groups, chambers of commerce, and educational institutions.
People & Events...
James R. Harrison has been appointed to the new post of manager of industrial relations for JI Case Co.'s Construction Equipment Division, Racine, Wis. The Power Products Division of Desa Industries, Park Forest, Ill., has appointed Ronald J. Eckhardt product service manager. Alfred E. Yoho has been named district manager of Huber/Essick, Marion, Ohio, for the territory of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas Alan H. Yorkdale, director of engineering and research for the Brick Institute of America, has been appointed a member of the Materials Resource Council of the Building Research Advisory Board Technology Assessment and Utilization Program, National Research Council.
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NCMA's Henry Toennies Announces Retirement
Henry Toennies, vice president of technical services of the National Concrete Masonry Association and an integral part of that organization since 1954, has announced his retirement.
A writer, lecturer and innovator, Toennies has made many significant contributions to the concrete masonry industry and was a speaker at a number of MCAA technical conferences.
Patent Scaffolding Names 3 New V.P.'s
Patent Scaffolding Co., a division of Harsco, Inc., Fort Lee, N.J. has promoted three of its executives to vice presidents.
F.H. Dresch, formerly northern division manager, becomes vice president of branch operations. Max Doubleday, formerly general manager of Mod-U-Form operations, becomes vice president of product services. Frank B. Warren, formerly general manager of Spanell operations, becomes vice president of forming, PSCo.
Patent Scaffolding operates branches and manufacturing plants throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico and is a leading supplier of scaffolding, shoring, concrete forming and material hoisting equipment.
Arbitrator Backs Up Case for Hard Hats
A Connecticut arbitrator has ruled that refusal to wear a hard hat on the job would justify suspension but not discharge.
The case centered around a construction worker who refused to wear a hard hat against company policy simply because he "didn't want to." He also drilled holes in his hard hat as a sign of rebellion and was subsequently discharged.
The arbitrator ruled that although damaging the hard hat was not cause for discharge, the employee's "poor attitude and uncooperativeness" were grounds for suspension. Reduction of the discharge to a three-week suspension and compensation of the grievant for lost wages were ordered by the arbitration board.
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