Masonry Magazine May 2008 Page. 49
president: Thomas A. Davis, Fred L. Davis Co.; vice president: Richard F. Frisch Jr., Frisch Masonry, Inc.; secretary: Jeffrey D. Schmidt, JDS Masonry Inc.; treasurer: Thomas L. McDonnell, George McDonnell & Sons Tuckpointing Co. Inc.
VERSA-LOK Wins 2008 NCMA Award of Excellence
The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) gave its 2008 Award of Excellence to Seven Bridges, a master-planned residential community at Platte City, Mo., for an arched vehicular and pedestrian bridge built with VERSA-LOK Retaining Wall Systems at the community's gateway. Shafer, Kline & Warren Inc. of Lenexa, Kan., designed the bridge.
Dee Brown Names Barnes as President, COO
Dee Brown Inc. promoted Robert V. "Rob" Barnes III to the position of president and COO. Barnes follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, DBI Founder Dee Brown, and father, Buddie Barnes, current chairman and CEO. Barnes began his career in DBI Project Management nearly 19 years ago, and then spent a number of years in estimating and marketing. In 1999, he was promoted to VP, estimating and marketing, and then executive VP in January 2006.
Dexter + Chaney Introduces Spectrum Mobile Module
Dexter + Chaney's Spectrum Mobile is a module for its Spectrum Construction Software that enables field supervisors to submit daily field reports to the main office quickly, easily and accurately. Spectrum Mobile eliminates the practice of filling out paper time cards in the field and re-entering that data into Spectrum's payroll system. Instead, supervisors enter labor, equipment hours and production quantities directly into a mobile device or laptop, and the data flows to payroll for processing. This saves time, reduces errors and provides data to the main office in a timely manner.
Blatz Joins BASF
The Building Systems business of BASF Construction Chemicals hired Katherine Blatz to its BASF Market Segment Management Team. Blatz will be based in Kansas City, Mo. She comes to BASF with 13 years of technical, sales and marketing experience in corrosion mitigation and protection, silane technology and urethane grouting. The addition of Blatz completes the Market Segment Management Tearn that was developed in 2007 to focus on key construction market segments.
CAA Fourth Annual Online Auction
For the last three years, the MCAA has hosted an Online Auction. The Online Auction is a great opportunity for you to purchase new products, while supporting the association and helping your company. You will have the opportunity to bid on new, brand-named equipment for nearly half the cost of retail. All proceeds from the Online Auction go to support and expand the MCAA's many programs.
The MCAA Online Auction will be held at www.masoncontractors.org/auction from 9 a.m. EST on Monday, May 19, through 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, May 21.
Past products have included scaffolding, grout troughs, trowels, levels, tools, exciting trips and more. You can see a list of this year's products by visiting www.masoncontractors.org/auction. It's important to remember that by participating in the auction, you are not only able to bid on a fantastic selection of products at a reduce cost, but also you're helping the MCAA to boost helpful programs, such as education and certification. IMAS
Companies donating items include:
Advanced Cast Stone
Baltimore Tools
Benner-Nawman
Cosella Dorkin
Diamond Systems
Eldorado Stone LLC
EZ Grout
EZ Scaffold
Fraco
Gatorback LLC
Grout Grunt
Hydro Mobile
Innofort
Insulvent Inc.
Kraft Tool Co.
Magnolia Brush Mfrs. Ltd.
Marshalltown
Masonry Tec Products
MK Diamond
Mortar Net
Natural Stone Veneers
Non Stop Scaffolding
Outdoor Experts
Push Button Masonry
Sakrete
Slip Industries Inc.
Soloman Colors
Spec Mix Inc.
Stonesmith
The Quikrete Companies
Toker Engineering