Masonry Magazine October 1981 Page. 21
More than 650 masonry terms, and provides useful details about construction with brick, concrete block and stone. With more than 100 illustrations, this handsome, hardbound book not only helps mason contractors and craftsmen on the job but serves as an excellent and sure-to-be-appreciated gift.
Copies are available at $10.95 ($6.57 for IMI contributors), plus $1.00 for shipping and handling. from IMI. 823-15th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20005.
Clemson U. to Research Metal Stud Systems
Clemson University has been awarded a research project cosponsored by the Brick Institute of America and the Metal Lath/Steel Framing Association. The research includes experimental and theoretical evaluation of the response of the brick veneer/metal stud system to lateral loads and wind-driven rain.
A computer model will be developed concurrently with the experimental phase that will predict the interaction of the brick veneer and steel stud system. The model will include such effects as tie stiffness, steel stud boundary conditions, brick veneer boundary conditions, and degree of composite action between the steel and the gypsum sheathing.
Rental Equipment Guide Being Distributed
The 1981 National Rental Equipment Rate Guide, a listing of more than 1,000 pieces of equipment rented by professionals in construction, industry and government, is available from Rental Equipment Register, 2048 Cotner Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025. Published and updated each year since 1960, the Guide lists a broad array of equipment including forklifts, power tools, trucks, compressors, pressure washers, pumps, loaders, generators and other types of construction equipment. The book retails for $20; bulk copies of six or more may be purchased for $17 each.
Flintkote Cement Adopts Genstar Name
In a move to identify its association with Genstar Corp., the San Francisco-based Flintkote Cement & Lime Co. is adopting the Genstar name. Affected by this name change are the firm's three operating units: Calaveras Cement Division, Flintkote Lime Division and Western Stone Products. They will now be under the umbrella title Genstar Cement & Lime Co.
Ted Gabrielson, personnel & safety manager of Genstar Cement & Lime Co.'s Redding, Calif., cement plant, holds limestone and shale-essential minerals used to make cement. Gabrielson is standing inside the plant's new raw material pre-blending dome, which was purchased from Domes, Inc. of Hayward, Calif. The pre-blending system was designed by PHB of West Germany. Genstar's plant rehabilitation was dedicated in May and is now producing 600,000 tons per year-more than twice its previous out put of Calaveras brand Portland cement.
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