Masonry Magazine April 1994 Page. 6
THE MASON'S CHOICE IS PRODUCTIVITY, AFFORDABILITY & LESS LABOR
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• INCREASE PRODUCTION 20-35%
Keep masons working at most productive level all day.
No stopping to move mason's brackets and planks.
Provide masons with better visibility of work being performed.
Eliminates stooping down or reaching up for materials.
• REDUCE SCAFFOLD LABOR COSTS 80%
Build only once on the job and move with forklifts.
HIGH-SPEED No moving of safety rails or unused material to next level.
Towers can be extended without interfering with the masons working.
• STRONG
Winch and pulley reduces the force necessary to raise full pallets of block or brick by 75.6%.
• WEATHER PROTECTION
Various field-tested styles available for all weather conditions: top mounted (like a tent) to climbing enclosures which could cut heating costs by 60%.
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840,000 in 1991 to 1,120,000 this year; quite a significant jump. If we could team up with NCMA and turn just ten percent of those houses into masonry instead of wood, and the average house had just 1,000 block-that's 112,000,000 block. You might be able to keep a crew going for two or three days a week on that kind of volume.
Yes, the pendulum is swinging in our direction. We must be ready to pick up the slack and put our knowledge of masonry to work. We must be open to new ideas and innovations if our industry is to fill the need of the U.S. and Canadian building markets. Are we ready? Time will tell. I truly believe we are.
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THE CATO Institute, located in Washington, D.C., was named Best in Show for last year's Maryland Masonry Institute's Annual Masonry Design Awards. It has been described by one judge as "... wonderful, playful juxtaposition of a glass box and a modernist masonry cube... detailing is exceptionally clean and well thought out." The block building is highlighted by an outer glass shell which results in an unconventional yet stunning atrium. The mason contractor on the project was United Masonry of Alexandria, Virginia. The block was supplied by Betco Block of Manassas, Virginia, and architects were Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum of Washington, D.C. Photo by Maxwell MacKenzie.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
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James E. Amrhein, Masonry Institute of America: Greg Borchelt, Brick Institute of America: Barbara Campbell, Masonry Institute of Dayton: Mario Catani, Dur-O-Wal, Incorporated; Ken Dash, National Association of Brick Distributors; Kenneth Gutschick, National Lime Association; Al Isberner, Consulting Materials Engineer; John Melander, Portland Cement Association; Garth W. Miller, Ontario Masonry Industry Promotion Fund; Colin Munro, Chartered Masonry Consultant: Charles Ostrander, Illinois Masonry Institute; John P. Ries, Expanded Shale Clay and Slate Institute; Robert Van Laningham, National Concrete Masonry Association
6 MASONRY-MARCH/APRIL, 1994