Masonry Magazine October 1986 Page. 19
Mason Contractor News...
Masonry to Carry
NCMA-TEK Bulletins
Through a special arrangement with the National Concrete Masonry Association, Masonry magazine is pleased to announce a valuable new addition to its pages beginning with this issue-NCMA-TEK bulletins.
This informational series produced by NCMA is widely acknowledged by mason contractors, architects, engineers and other professionals involved with masonry design and construction as a valuable resource of technical data.
We suggest that you keep your entire copies of Masonry containing NCMA-TEK intact for future reference. Or, if you prefer, the inserts can easily be extracted from the magazine and placed in a looseleaf binder.
We are grateful to NCMA for its cooperation in providing this reader service to MCAA.
People & Events...
VME Americas, Inc. is the new name for Clark Michigan Co., Cleveland-based manufacturer of heavy construction equipment... The Gradall Co., New Philadelphia, Ohio, manufacturer of rough terrain forklifts, has appointed Thomas Yosick as manager, service, and Steven Handley as northeast region sales manager... The Residential Construction Employers' Council, Oak Brook, III., has promoted Ms. Lou Cooper to executive vice president.
Hansen & Hempel Co., mason con-
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Conference on Masonry Productivity Held
at NCMA Headquarters
A recent high-level conference on masonry productivity brought together major figures in the masonry industry at the NCMA headquarters building in Herndon, Va. The meeting of officers and staff from the Mason Contractors Association of America, the Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute, and the National Concrete Masonry Association was held to identify areas of mutual interest among these groups, to focus on productivity concerns of the concrete masonry industry, and to develop a marketing-oriented approach to masonry productivity.
It was agreed by those in attendance that the severity of the masonry productivity problem varies from region to region. It was also recognized that the issue goes beyond that of the mason alone, and can be significantly affected by designers, mason contractors, general contractors, and masonry product manufacturers. Those at the conference discussed the various stages of construction and affirmed that no construction phase should be overlooked in the effort to improve productivity.
It was suggested that a summit meeting of all the trade groups involved in masonry productivity be held at the MCAA Annual Conference in March, 1987. This proposal is now under consideration. Participating in the conference and the organizations they represent were:
NCMA-chairman of the board Fred Adams, president John Heslip, Concrete Masonry Installation Committee chairman James Weber, and staff members Jim Martin and Jorge Pardo; MCAA-president Dee Brown, executive vice president George Miller, and members Corky Doyle and Eric Seiling; ESCSI-executive director Harry Robinson and member Joel Hammond.
MCAA Offers Special
Gold Mastercard
MCAA announces a new service for its members-a credit card issued with no annual fee for the first year that gives up to a $10,000 credit line (or higher).
Benefits for MCAA members are:
• Issued free for the first year.
No finance charge.
• Higher credit lines up to $10,000
or more.
• Convenient Masterchecking.
• Lost card registration at no extra
cost.
• Extra card at no extra cost.
The card is issued through the Maryland Bank. N.A., a subsidiary of the Maryland National Corporation. Watch your mail-application forms are on their way.
Masonry Noise Barrier
Constructed in Ohio
With assistance from the Masonry Institute of Dayton, an 18-ft. masonry noise barrier along both sides of a 2,000-ft. stretch of 1-75 has been constructed in Vandalia, Ohio. Nearly 250,000 brick went into the project.
The 6-in. wall is reinforced with horizontal truss steel at every third mortar joint and with vertical steel spaced 48 in. on center. The vertical bars were set in mortar in the cores of the brick.
According to Barbara L. Koehler,
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