Masonry Magazine April 1983 Page. 24
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24 MASONRY-MARCH/APRIL, 1983
About Our Cover
CONFERENCE
REPORT
1983
Soaring forklift telescopic booms and the west tower of the Town & Country Hotel form a backdrop for current MCAA officers and past presidents prior to the outdoor Masonry Industry Showcase material handling equipment demonstrations at the Town & Country in San Diego, Calif., the headquarters hotel for MCAA's 33rd International Masonry Conference & Trade Show, February 20-24, 1983. This group shot consists of Louis J. Helbert, Jr., Greeley, Colo., immediate past president: Jerry Dufour, Germantown, Wis., secretary: Don Leonard, St. Ann, Mo., president; W. C. Dentinger Jr., Brookfield, Wis., vice president: Dee Brown, Dallas, Tex., treasurer, and immediate past presidents Charles F. Velardo, Newton Highlands, Mass., and Eugene George, Kitchener, Ont., Canada.
MCAA CONFERENCE
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"Without that favorable ruling, jurisdictional disputes would be resolved by whatever program is in effect between the two competing unions and the contractor would not have any say as to who would do the work." Plumb added that MCAA has won some "very significant battles" concerning jurisdictional work assignments. Jack Lynch, a former mason contractor with 22 years' field experience, showed slides demonstrating the versatility and uniqueness of the Thin Line pump method of filling the mortar joints of thin brick. The system eliminates the slow process of bagging and squeezing mortar into joints of thin brick walls and paving. The electric pump operates at variable speeds which are controlled at the nozzle. The hopper holds 4 cu. ft. of mortar and pumps up to 75 ft. from the unit. Lynch gave a live demonstration of the system on a large, ungrouted panel of thin brick at the Masonry Showcase the following day.