Masonry Magazine April 1980 Page. 25
Turn fireplace luxury into an efficient, flexible and economical whole house heating system.
1980 OFFICERS OF THE MASONRY INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN include (from left) Frank Soave, of Cavanaugh & Soave, Inc., Troy, president; Edwin E. Vaill, of Jones & Simpson, Inc., Flint, vice president: Roy Seelbinder, of Roy A. Seelbinder Construction Co., Troy, secretary, and Francis Costella, of Monte Costella & Co., Southfield, treasurer. Also elected (not shown) were Gesue (Joe) Forte, of G. Forte Co., St. Clair Shores, assistant secretary, and Dwight Lewis, of Rohn Fireproofing Co., Oak Park, assistant treasurer. Soave won re-election to his third consecutive one-year term as president of Michigan's masonry promotion organization.
BIA Passive Solar
Workshop Held
The Brick Institute of America sponsored a two-day Passive Solar Workshop in Falls Church, Va., April 8-9. BIA developed the workshop to train industry representatives in the principles and operation of passive solar heating systems.
Masonry Institute of
Wisconsin Holds
Masonry Seminars
Energy conservation, architecture and design were the principal topics discussed by four leading architects and engineers at the third annual Masonry Seminars sponsored by the Masonry Institute of Wisconsin.
The seminars, titled "Masonry In the 80s," were held in Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wis., March 11, 12 and 13, respectively. More than 400 architects, engineers and mason contractors attended the sessions.
The featured speakers and their subject areas were: Robert J. Beiner, P.E., director of engineering, International Masonry Institute, Washington, D.C., who discussed loadbearing masonry design, cold weather construction specifications and practices, and the adaptiveness of masonry as a construction element. Edward Sovik, FAIA, chairman, Sovik Mathre Sathrum Quanbeck Architects and Planners, Northfield, Minn., who explored the architectural potential of masonry. Dr. Jay McGrew, P.E., Applied Science & Engineering, Denver, Colo., who lectured on thermal insulation. Fred Schultz, P.E., consulting engineer, Milwaukee, Wis., who talked about energy and energy related problems. Schulz is manager of the firm EnerVation.
'80 Building Contracts
Now Put at $155 Billion
Construction contracting this year is now expected to total $155 billion, a decline of $15 billion from a forecast issued six months ago and 7 percent below the actual amount spent in 1979, reports the nation's leading authority on the construction market.
McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co., releasing the first scheduled update of its 1980 Dodge/Sweet's Construction Outlook issued last October, says that housing would bear the brunt of most of this $15 billion decline in contract value. The brightest spot in the revised forecast is commercial and industrial construction, which is sustaining its 1979 boom into the early months of 1980.
Lone Star Sees Further
Profit Growth in 1980
James E. Stewart, chairman of Lone Star Industries, Inc., Greenwich, Conn., said that his company sees further growth in sales and profits for 1980, despite an anticipated slowdown in construction activity.
Lone Star, a leading producer of cement and related products, reported record net income of $64.7 million, or $5.95 per share, for the year ended December 31, 1979, up from $45.4 million, or $4.02 per share, in 1978.
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