Masonry Magazine October 1988 Page. 13
Mason Contractor News...
Elect Parise Chairman
Charles J. Parise, vice president and corporate consulting architect for Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls, in Detroit, Michigan, was elected chairman of Committee C-24 on Seal and Sealants. He will lead the 235-member standards-writing committee for a two-year term.
Parise, a resident of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, earned a B.S. degree in architectural engineering from the University of Detroit. He began his association with Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls in 1964 as assistant chief architect. He held the positions of chief architect and specification writer, before assuming his present position in 1984.
Parise's areas of expertise are on plaza waterproofing, glass and metal curtain walls, structural sealant glazing, brick and stone facades, joint seals and expansion joints. His projects include new buildings as well as building failure analysis and corrective action on existing buildings.
People & Events...
Jacob Ribar was the featured speaker at a Masonry Institute of Northwest Ohio seminar on September 27 on Mortars for Masonry Walls. Mr. Ribar is a research engineer with the Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., Skokie, IL. Sibey Cline, Creative Shelter, and Reading Concrete Products received the "Merit Award of Distinction" from the Ohio Concrete Block Associations, Inc. for the Sibey Cline Building.
"Miracles are great, but they are so damned unpredictable"
Peter Drucker
Mutrie & Rolph, Architects have announced their move to new and bigger quarters at 55 Berkeley St., Toronto, Ontario M5A 2W5 with the continued on page 28
Lloyd Center Wins Award
Lenny Pardue, holds NCMA's Excellence in Design Award presented to his firm, L. C. Pardue, Inc., for the work on the spectacular Lloyd's Cinemas complex in Portland, OR. Selected by TIME magazine as one of the best designs in 1987, the Lloyd structure provides a 10-screen complex seating 3,285 patrons.
Below-Architects for the Lloyd project receive their Excellence in Design Award. Richard Spies, center, and Robert Opringdulph, right, BOOR/A, are pictured with Tom Hammer of Western Block, Inc.
Abusers Are Costly
Between 9% and 15% of construction personnel cost the industry $10 billion annually by abusing alcohol and drugs, according to the first nationwide survey of substance abuse in the construction industry.
The survey-conducted for the Construction Industry Institute by Dr. William Maloney, director of the Center for Construction Engineering and Management at the University of Michigan-included contractors, labor organizers, designers and owners. Respondents estimated the high cost of abuse to be the amount by which abuse increases the costs for overall continued on page 32
Michigan Elects Lawrence
The Michigan Mason Contractors Association announced that Edson Lawrence, President of Lawrence Masonry Corporation, East Lansing, has been elected Chairman of the statewide mason contractor association.
Elected Vice Chairman at the Association's recent Annual Meeting at Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire, Michigan, was Charles Wilson, Vice President of Monte Costella & Co., Southfield. Michigan. Serving as the Association's Secretary-Treasurer is Diane Sinelli-Chuchla.
Consolidate Facilities
Waco International Corporation has consolidated its Ft. Worth and Dallas, Texas branch offices into one, Dallas-based, expanded facility. Gary Veater, formerly a district manager with Sky Climber in Washington, D.C., has been hired as branch manager for the new location. Veater's responsibility will include rental and sales to the scaffolding, shoring, and forming industries in the Texas market.
NBS Expands to NIST
The Commerce Department's National Bureau of Standards (NBS) officially became the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) when President Reagan signed the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act into law.
The name change emphasizes potentially far-reaching augmentation of the agency's mission. Under a section of the new law known as the "Technology Competitiveness Act," several new assignments designed to boost U.S. industry in the world marketplace are added to the traditional functions of NBS.
The new responsibilities build on the technical expertise of NBS, the only federal laboratory with a mission specifically to support U.S. industry. The law charges NBS (now NIST) to "assist industry in the development of technology and procedures needed to improve quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability, manufacturability, functionality, and cost-effectiveness, and to facilitate the more rapid commercilization, especially by small- and medium-sized companies throughout the United States, of products based on new scientific discoveries."