Masonry Magazine August 1977 Page. 21
8 Masonry Projects Honored in Oregon
The Masonry Institute of Oregon has completed its annual Hammurabi Award program recognizing architects, structural engineers, general contractors, mason contractors and masonry suppliers' excellence in the use of masonry materials in building design.
Plaques and certificates of merit have been awarded for eight buildings completed within the past year in categories of a Grand Award and seven awards of merit. The 1977 Grand Award went to the City Hall in Longview, designed by Newhall-Crook & Associates with masonry by Smith Masonry Contractors, Inc. (MCAA).
Buildings receiving merit awards were: Portland's Electra Credit Union, Orbanco Data Processing Center, Warner Pacific College, and the Presbyterian church of Laurelhurst: First Federal Savings, McMinnville: Tek- tronix, Inc., Beaverton & Wilsonville, and Five Oaks In- termediate School, Beaverton.
Intel Electronics Manufacturing Facility Aloha, Oregon
Designed for industrial use in a residential environment, the architects created this handsome structure of shades of blended coppertone brick in thru-the-wall 8 units. The complete building is solid grouted reinforced brick masonry.
Extended arched windows were designed for the front office area with a curved brick enclosure for privacy. Three stairways were built of special manufactured radius brick to accommodate the 7 and 10-ft. radii. The brick belt course at the roof line adds to the aesthetic interest of this pleasing project.
Simpson, Stratta & Associates were the architects and engineers, with masonry by Henson Masonry, Inc. (MCAA). Donald M. Drake Co. was the general contractor. Photo by Delano Photographics, Inc.
Receiving the 1977 Hammurabi Grand Award Plaque from Ray Wimer (2nd from left), executive director of the Masonry Insti tute of Oregon, is Longview mayor Jack McCullough. Behind the mayor is city manager Walt Barham. At the left is Robert Newhall of the award-winning architectural firm of Newhall & Crook.
Portland Chapter members of MCAA receiving certificates for their masonry workmanship on the award-winning Oregon build- ing projects are (from left) MCAA Regional Vice President L. C. Pardue, Jr., Bill Smith, Larry Gilbertson, Matt Bromley, Charles Smith and Ken Parker. Joe Schouten, also a Hammurabi award winner, is not shown. Matt Bromley is the current president of the Masonry Institute of Oregon and presided at the awards program.
LABOR LAW POTPOURRI
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A contractor stated orally to the business agent that his company would be employing carpen- ters no longer. The contractor then set up his second com- pany by forming a partnership which he controlled, and started to assign jobs he had to the new company; the work was done through that second company with non-union employees.
The case is an example of how not to become a double-breasted operation. The contractor not only stated orally to the business agent of the Carpenters' Union that he wasn't employing any carpenters, but he also wrote a letter to the the union stating that his company was no longer a signator to the union contract since they didn't employ carpenters anymore. The evidence presented indicated that the contractor used his personal contractor's license for doing business in both companies. Furthermore, the new company set up got practically all of his business from the first company owned by the same contractor. There were also cash advances from the union company to the non-union company, and tools were purchased for his two companies without regard to the separate existence of these companies.
There is nothing illegal for an individual to have an interest in different companies; however, when he is in control of the operations of a union and non-union com- pany and it is quite obvious that the operations are cen- trally controlled by him and that he has financed both op- erations and continues to maintain such a relationship, any provisions in his labor agreement restricting him from such activity would be sufficient basis for him to be charged with a violation of the National Labor Relations Act as well as of the collective bargaining agreement. Double-breasted operations are full of many dangers and should only be undertaken after careful consideration and detailed record-keeping to separate the operations totally.