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COVER STORY
MARKETING
MASONRY IN A
COMPETITIVE MARKET

Are we
listening to
our customers?

by Stephen S. Szoke, P.E..
Director of Codes and Standards,
Portland Cement Association

The masonry industry

Discussion and rapport with the chief architect of Hilton Hotels led to a meeting to discuss masonry alternatives, rather than having Hilton Hotels get involved with a prototype using an alternative building system. Without asking enough quest

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BELTON BRYCE KOONTZ MEMORIAL

Belton Bryce Koontz, 76, a charter member and the third state president of the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association, passed away April 8, 2001 at his home in Lexington, NC after

Rice
Szoke
Barney
Mathys
Weaver
Luczynski

New Research In Progress on Water Tight Masonry Walls
Kenneth Gutschick, Technical Director, NLA and Dr. John Mathys, University of Texas at Arlington, Construction Research Cen

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The Gypsum Association has announced that, effective immediately, Thomas C. Moss will represent the Association in building code and other key areas. Moss formerly handled architectural and buildi

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belhuth to project managers ... John C. Schulz has been elevated to director of CE Worldwide Engineering. JI Case, following the retirement of Elton Long, a pioneer in the development of the mo

Radiant Heat Source Temperature

The surface temperature of the radiant heat source should not be more than 20°F greater than the interior design temperature. This is because a radiant heat source more than 20°F warmer than the interior design te

Passive solar applications. Consideration of the properties of brick masonry could result in a thermal storage media that is an aesthetic, durable, maintenance free, fire resistant structural component of a building that provides sound transmission reduc

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Washington (D.C.) attorney, and E. Donald Shapiro, dean of New York Law School... Walter V. Kallaur, formerly a staff assistant in the White House office of inter-governmental relations, has been named