Masonry Magazine June 1993 Page. 30
CHANGES & GROWTH
Charlie Mayer has been named southern regional manager for the construction chemicals unit within its silanes and silicones group by Huls America. Mayer will manage sales and marketing efforts within the company's multi-state southern region, and will also assume responsibility for independent sales representatives within his region.
Charles Gerber has been named western regional salesmanager, architectural, by Watson Bowman Acme Corporation. Gerber, who will be based in Denver, will be responsible for managing the independent representative network as well as developing specifications and closing accounts in his thirteen state territory.
Donald Gringer has been elected chief executive officer of Allway Tools, and Howard Soled has been named to succeed him as company president. Soled will continue to handle the responsibilities of his prevous position as head of marketing for the fifty-seven year old company.
Dale F. Kirchner, president, Kirchner Industries, a Bridgeton, Missouri manufacturer of concrete masonry products, has been appointed to serve a three year term on the board of directors of the Missouri Concrete Masonry Council.
Dennis Ketterhagen, with the company for nine years, has been named salesmanager by AA Wire Products Company.
Tom Rocco has been appointed director of the landscape products division of F. F. Kirchner, in which position he will be responsible for promotion and management of the firm's Romanstone and Versa-Lok products as well as new product development for the landscape market. Joel Anderson has been appointed plant manager at Kirchner's Missouri Concrete Products in Wentzville, Missouri, where he will be responsible for overall operations.
PermaGrain Products has appointed three new distributors for its line of travertine marble and granite tiles. They are: Mount Vernon Tile and Pavers, Washington, D.C., Maryland and northern Virginia: Mohawk Tile and Marble, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey; and Paragon Supply, Syracuse, New York, upstate New York with the exception of the Buffalo area.
Dan Denston, former director of member services, has been named vice president of the National Association of Brick Distributors. In his new position, Denston assumes responsibility for day to day operations of the association and will be closely involved with every NABD program, as well as management of the joint NABD and Brick Institute trade show in 1994.
Edgar F. Glock, Jr., has been named executive director of the Masonry Institute of St. Louis. Prior to joining MISL, Glock was an independent specification consultant, and he was project architect and construction manager for renovation projects at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
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When the wall is waist high to the bricklayer, he will produce more. Government studies, the experience of our customers, and our own experience have proven that point most convincingly. Actually, it's basic human nature. When the bending, reaching, and stooping are eliminated, a mason will fall into a fast, comfortable side-to-shythm when laying brick and block. He'll put in more units and be less tired at the end of the day. How mach more production depends on the type of work. Production increases of 20% are common, while 35% is typical for blank walls like warchouses. Our users have reported production increases as high as 47% on 12" Mocks. When you calculate the labor savings from this feature alone, you will see that Non-Stop can easily pay for itself in the first 10 20 wecks. Some masonry contractors say that their scaffolding paid for itself on the fint job.
Never Run Scaffold-High Again
Building a wall from the ground to scaffold-high and then moving your men is another unnecessary expense to eliminate from your operation. It tends to scaner your men, creates extra work for the laborers, and it wastes ten to fifteen minutes of production time getting the crew started again. Using Non-Stop, you will set your scaffolding in place first, before any work begins. Stock it with materials and your masons start the wall right off the scaffold. Once they have reached a comfortable working height, their walk-boards can be dropped in place in about 30 seconds and they cominue working uninterrupted until the wall is stopped out. Non-Stop gives you the ability to put your masons walkboards as low as 4 off the ground. Another standard feature Non-Stop provides is the ability to add an extra walkboard for the masons. In many situations, like brick veneer with block back-up, you must run the block up fint. Using Non-Stop, you can run the block with 3 planks for the masons, let the scaffold down and then run the brick with 2 planks, without moving or replambing the scaffolding. The Faste