Masonry Magazine May 1961 Page. 15
Guests of St. Paul MCA
ST. PAUL, MINN. A contingent of MCA members from neighboring Minneapolis, and George A. Miller, Chicago, executive vice president of MCAA, were guests at a recent meeting of the local MCA chapter. Those from Minneapolis included Rodney Antonson, Ernest Olson, Don Frantz, L. C. Bestler and Allen Benzick.
Masonry Group Names First Architect Awards Winners
WASHINGTON, D. C. The Masonry Institute, Inc., has announced award winners in its first annual Architectural Awards Program. They are the firms of Werner-Dyer & Associates, and Hugh N. Jacobsen, in the residential group, and Duane & Lawrence and McLeod & Ferrara in the public building group.
The awards cover residential and public buildings and are selected by a judging panel of architects.
NADD Charters New England Distributors
The New England Chapter, National Association of Distributors and Dealers of Structural Clay Products, was chartered at the association's recent annual meeting in Hollywood, Fla. NADD is the organization of leading brick and tile distributors and dealers throughout the U. S. and Canada.
The new chapter is set up as a regional promotion group for structural clay products serving the architectural and building industry in New England. Member companies are: Bridgewater Brick Co., East Bridgewater, Mass.; Clay Products, Ine., South Windsor, Conn.; Densmore Brick Co., Lebanon, N. H.; Ferguson Co., Boston; P. L. Monroe & Son, Providence, R. I.; Natco Corp., Boston; Parry Brick Co., Boston; Spaulding Brick Co., Boston; and Waldo Brothers Co., Boston.
Seek Revisions for Reinforced Masonry in Uniform Building Code
WASHINGTON, D. C. A request for 53 revisions in the Uniform Building Code dealing with reinforced masonry construction has been filed by Structural Clay Products Institute. If revisions are accepted by the International Conference of Building Officials, requirements for reinforced masonry construction will be the same in the Uniform Building Code and the new ASA Code.
UMA Builds All-Masonry Home to Promote Industry
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. An all-masonry residence has been constructed by the Unit Masonry Association here as a potential demonstration to San Diegans of the qualities of masonry construction.
In promoting the project, the UMA polled 36,000 persons who had toured the home and found: 98 percent reported favorably; 53 percent liked the contemporary design; 62 percent liked the low-maintenance characteristics of the home; 30 percent voiced appreciation of the substantial appearance of the rugged construction.
DES MOINES, IA. Characteristics of the new "SCR building panel" are outlined by M. H. Allen (pointing), director of field engineering and development Structural Clay Products Research Foundation, to (left to right), J. E. Seville, Region 6 director, SCPI; C. T. Bridgman, director of engineering, Goodwin Co.'s; and A. C. Frisk, president of Goodwin Co.'s and chairman of CPRF. Occasion was the recent meeting of the Iowa Engineer Society held here. The panels (March 161 MASONRY, pp. 6-7) are plant assembled in widths 2 feet and lengths to 13 feet in a wide variety of clay unit face dimensions, colors, finishes and textures, and can be rapidly installed as a curtain-wall panel a cost of $3 to $5 per sq. ft.
Other reinforcing may be heavier but, Grade for Grade and dollar for dollar, WAL-LOK puts more steel IN THE MORTAR where it counts-19.29% more than competitive products. SUPERSTANDARD Grade has 8 ga. Siderods rather than the 9 ga. used by others and it's the Siderods that end up in the mortar. Ladder type construction means no wasted steel to get in the way of insulation, pipe or conduit in the walls. No extra freight on steel that serves no useful purpose.
PLUS, these no extra cost features-WAL-LOK is Double Deformed for maximum bondage WAL-LOK's galvanized Crossrods project for additional bond. Crossrods serve as bolsters or bar chairs to hold WAL-LOK up for complete embedment in the mortar.