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MCAA Past Presidents

Robert Hatch
1989-1990

C. DeWitt Brown, Jr.
1987-88

W. C. Dentinger, Jr.
1984-86

Donald O. Leonard
1982-83

Louis J. Helbert, Jr.
1980-81

Eugene George
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Mason Contractor News...

# Cost of Injuries
A disabling injury cost the construction industry an average of $23,500 in 1987, according to a study by Du Pont Safety and Environmental Services, which offers consulting, training and seminar pr

MCAA PAST PRESIDENTS

C. DeWitt Brown, Jr.
1987-88

W. C. Dentinger, Jr.
1984-86

Donald O. Leonard
1982-83

Louis J. Helbert Jr.
1980-81

Eugene George
1978-79

Robert Ebeling
1976

MCAA PAST PRESIDENTS

W. C. Dentinger, Jr.
1984-86

Donald O. Leonard
1982-83

Louis J. Helbert Jr.
1980-81

Eugene George
1978-79

Robert Ebeling
1976-77

Charles F. Velardo
1974-7

Dee Brown, MCAA President, is joined by Past Presidents Eugene George, W. C. Dentinger, Jr., Charles Velardo and Don Leonard.

Laborers International Union of North America; Carl Booker
National Lime Association; Ken Gutschick
Building S

MCAA PAST PRESIDENTS

W. C. Dentinger, Jr.
1984-86

Donald O. Leonard
1982-83

Louis J. Helbert Jr.
1980-81

Eugene George
1978-79

Robert Ebeling
1976-77

Charles F. Velardo
1974-7

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

NLRB AWARDS FORKLIFT OPERATION TO LABORERS INSTEAD OF ENGINEERS
282 NLRB No. 90
D-4194
Brookfield and Fond du Lac, WI

an attempt to reduce soiling and thus maintenance costs. The rain screen principle, invented millennia ago, is now standard practice in modern cavity-wall construction. It is designed to allow moisture in the exterior cladding to escape into t

The MCAA Annual Meeting

The MCAA Annual Meeting had many serious matters to consider including an amendment to the Constitution & Bylaws. ence, W. C. Dentinger, Jr., MCAA president, presiding. The audience participated in the traditional Pledge

Opening Session of the '86 MCAA Educational Conference with W. C. Dentinger, Jr., president, presiding.

The need for change in the masonry industry to keep stride with the high-tech pace of the construction world today and in the future was dis

Estimating MCAA'S
Future
By W. C. DENTINGER, JR.
Immediate Past President, Mason Contractors
Association of America

This article represents the text of W. C. Dentinger. Jr.'s Annual Report of the President delivered at the Marc

masonry
The MAGAZINE FOR THE MASONRY INDUSTRY

Official Publication of:
Mason Contractors Association of America
Canadian Masonry Contractors Association

GEORGE A. MILLER, Publisher
STAN MISUNAS, Editor

Preside

MONDAY, March 3rd
continued

Addresses:

* Report of the President
W. C. Dentinger, Jr.

* Jack Jackson, Chairman Jack Jackson & Associates Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

* Hon. Paula Hawkins U.S. Senator from Florida