Masonry Magazine December 1961 Page. 5
Mason Contractor News
Published by The Mason Contractors Association of America, 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago 4, III.
KE COUNTY, ILL. CHAPTER DS MONTHLY MEETING
AUKEGAN, ILL. The Mason Contractors Association of Lake County, Illinois, held their monthly meeting at Hank's Supper Club on Monday evening, November 28th. Current business and plans for the fall meeting schedule were discussed. Officers of the Chapter are: Ed Linari, President; Dominic Linari, Vice President; Fabbri, Secretary; and John Mach, Treasurer.
POINT WILLIS
Willis, who for the past five years has published Concrete Masonry for Concrete Masonry Assn., the organization of the concrete block manufacturers in California, has been appointed promotion director of CMA. The appointment was made at a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of CMA.
Willis is a veteran newspaper and magazine publisher, and as editor of Concrete Masonry AGE has ranged the state of California border to border, promoting concrete block.
Story New York Hotel Scheduled for Masonry
NEW YORK, N. Y. Demolition is now underway on the site of a 15-story masonry and glass New York Hilton Hotel on the Avenue of the Americas between 53rd and 54th streets.
The interior of the new hotel for Rockefeller Center will feature an exterior corrugated effect and will employ a simple decor in interior design. The structure, designed by William Tabler, is expected to cost $75 million.
BE PREPARED
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MONRY DECEMBER, 1961
Seasons Greetings
As the Holiday Season approaches let us be thankful that our two countries, the United States and Canada, and all the world, have survived crises after crises during the past year.
Let us pause to reflect on the many blessings that we, in this hemisphere, have. In addition, we can, in the Mason Contractors Association of America, look back with great pride on the splendid record of accomplishments attended through the united efforts of the entire membership, co-operative efforts of allied groups, who have given their loyalty and support to our organization.
We deeply appreciate your contribution to the success that has been achieved. We, the officers and Executive Board extend our sincere thanks to all of you.
May your Christmas be merry and your New Year bright and prosperous.
Stephen M. Raims
President, Mason Contractors
Association of America
DEVELOP NEW HIGH BOND MORTAR
Development of a high bond mortar is entering the sixth year of cooperative evaluation by the Dow Chemical Company and the Structural Clay Products Research Foundation.
Similar in appearance and handling characteristics to conventional cement mortar, the SCR-Dow developed mortar is so strong that it may permit the building of brick and tile masonry walls to twice current height for a given wall thickness, or at one half the normal thickness for a given wall height.
Extensive laboratory tests, accelerated weathering tests, and natural exposure tests during the past year are most promising, said Robert B. Taylor, Foundation Director.
Based on the data from tests to date, a large modern brick home using high bond mortar is under construction in Midland, Michigan and will be completed shortly. The load-bearing four-inch brick walls are being finished on the interior with Styrofoam insulation bonded directly to the brick and then plastered.
In 1962, the current evaluation program will be expanded to include laboratory controlled field testing in residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
Taylor said that success in developing the high bond mortar would greatly expand the economic and structural opportunities for clay masonry in the building materials field through new concepts in clay masonry construction. These include such advantages as reduced wall thickness, increased wall height and length. Even load-bearing four-inch brick walls for many applications can be made possible by the high bond mortar.
Efficient and economical insulation and finishing of the walls can be attained through foam-wallboard "sandwiches" as in Dow's recently announced Miller System. Most standard building assemblies are compatible.
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