Masonry Magazine June 1983 Page. 31
This eight-story structure is typical of the public housing being built with masonry in Portland, Ore.
Brick Masonry Is Popular with Portland Public Housing Officials
The Housing Authority of Portland, Ore., is happy with the way brick has been used on a number of its projects and is planning to use a lot more masonry in future construction.
"Our purpose in using masonry in public housing is to minimize maintenance and extend durability," says Herb Ostroff, a Housing & Urban Development architect. "There is no question that masonry is more durable than other materials, and it's affordable when we weigh the life-cycle costs."
The Elliot II project under construction in Portland also will be in brick veneer. It comprises 15 duplexes, duplicating turn-of-the-century design with brick exteriors to the top of the second story.
According to Lynn Musolf, director of Portland's Housing Authority, the first phase of the project, Elliot I, was "very successful. I get phone calls from the neighbors saying how much they like it. The amount of our HUD allocation depended on using a masonry exterior. Since we build for 40 years' use, masonry offers an obvious advantage."
Record-High Gl Insurance Dividends
The 3.7 million veterans who have kept their Gl life insurance policies in force will share in a record-high annual dividend distribution that, for the year 1983, totals $673.2 million.
The 73,300 holders of U.S. Government Life Insurance (USGLI with serial numbers prefixed by K) will receive, on the average, a dividend of $257 out of a total distribution of $18.8 million. These policies were issued mainly during WW I.
The 3,027,345 who kept their WW II National Service Life Insurance in force (NSLI prefixed with V) will receive an average $212 dividend on Modified Life Plan policies, $260 on other permanent plan policies, and $123 on term policies.
JUST RELEASED
Vol. II MCAA Jurisdictional Disputes Manual
Volume II of the MCAA Jurisdictional Disputes Manual has been released and mailed to all MCAA members.
If you're in the mason contracting business, jurisdictional trade disputes can pose monumental problems causing work stoppages and costly delays. But many of the problems encountered can easily be resolved-if a common-sense approach is used. This is where the MCAA Jurisdictional Disputes Manuals come in-to help you!
This 50-page edition is a valuable supplement to Vol. I, 3rd Edition, and contains the significant NLRB decisions that have been rendered since 1978 together with current arbitration cases. Special emphasis in this Volume is placed on the operation of forklifts and erection and dismantling of scaffolding.
This new and updated edition further contains a significant case from the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
Additional copies of Volume II are available at $5.00 per copy, plus $.75 for postage and handling, from the MCAA Executive Office, 17W601 14th Street, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181, (312) 620-6767.
MCAA
Jurisdictional
Disputes Manual
Mason Contractors Association of America
VOLUME II
1982
Price
$5.00
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