Masonry Magazine April 1989 Page. 24
People & Events
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11783 Cardinal Circle of Garden City. CA. Randall G. Pence has joined the National Concrete Masonry Association, filling the newly created staff position of director of government relations. A New Hampshire-based architectural, planning and design firm, JSA, Inc., has been selected to design an expansion to the Visitor Information Center at the U.S. Military Academy. West Point, NY... Larry Larson has joined Seedorff Masonry. Inc., Strawberry Point, lowa, as purchasing agent.... Structural engineer Leslie Robertson, a partner in Leslie E. Robertson Associates, has been presented with the annual "Construction Man of the Year" award by Engineer- ing News-Record (ENR) magazine.
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Richard L.. Thomas has been elected vice president and manager of the Southwest District of The Austin Company, an international organiza- tion of consultants, designers, engi- neers and constructors.... Gerald A. Mele, president and chief executive officer of TEDRO & Associates, Inc.,
The winner.
There's been a lot of jockeying for position in the battle for who's between portland lime and masonry cement. "We're more work able than they are." "We're more uniform than the other guys" Nyahh nyahh nyahh. And so on.
Well, the fact is, there's one product that outperforms them both, right off the line- Easy-Spred mortar plasticizer. Just one 7 b. bag of Easy-Spred takes the place of 50 lbs. of lime, giving you the best properties of both mortars.
Take workability. Easy-Spred retains water better than lime, promoting better curing with less shrinkage. That also reduces the amount of retempering required, so you can work more efficiently. In all, Easy-Spred pro- vides up to twice the board life of a standard mortar mix.
As for uniformity, Easy-Spred is formulated to mix thoroughly with portland cement. The smaller amount needed for the mix helps assure that Easy-Spred is blended through out the mortar mix. It even accepts color pigments without bleaching, so you can make a better color match.
And, it provides fast, permanent bonding for superior long-term performance.
Go for the gold with the proven winner- Easy-Spred. For more information, call your American Colloid distributor, or call us direct.
Wheeling, III., has been elected pres- ident and chairman of the board of the International Foundation of Em- ployee Benefit Plans for 1989. Pierce Financial Corp., Washington, D.C. has been named sales agent for the master marketing rights of two patented concrete masonry systems. Footer Block and Roofcap Paver Sys- tems, developed by National Con- crete Masonry Association (NCMA). Robert A. Byrne has been ap pointed director of industry relations on the staff of Associated Equipment Distributors (AED). Richard G. Lindstrom has been named manager of deck coating products at American Colloid Company.
Originality is the art of concealing your source.
Franklin P. Jones
Nicol + Johnston, Architects, have relocated to 55 Chant Crescent, Unionville, Ontario L3R 1Y7. Consulting Structural Engineers, A.A.Goldes & Associates, have moved to 40 Ballyronan Road, Don Mills, On- tario M3B 1V3 with the new phone number 416/391-0563... Pedersen & Houpt, MCAA Legal Counsel, have expanded their office space on the 21st floor of 180 N. La Salle St., Chicago. They now have offices and reception areas on both the 34th and 21st floors, as well as a library of the 21st. Four new associates have also joined the firm. They are: Anita K. Modak- Truran; David L. Filkin; Benjamin A. Johnston and Gregory N. Kaza- rian. Morgan K. Fields has been hired by NCMA as the association' new director of membership and hu- man resources... Construction equipment distributors have elected Thomas H. Taylor, Jr., as president of the Associated Equipment Distribu- tors (AED). Taylor is president of Ohio Machinery Co., Broadview Heights, OH.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
David A. Harris, AIA, a registered architect with more than 25 years of professional experience in design, construction, research and building regulatory work has been selected to be president of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Manuel Peralta has been named pres- ident of the American National Stan- dards Institute (ANSI). At the present, Mr. Peralta is with the National Aer- onautics and Space Administration (NASA) as associate administrator of the agency's Office of Manage- ment.
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