Masonry Magazine April 2012 Page. 42
INDUSTRY NEWS
Bob Hagenaars of North Woods Reps is a family-operated manufacturer's agency based in Maine. Representation from North Woods Reps includes Bob Hagenaars, principle partner, who brings more than 26 years of sales experience to the Canadian construction marketplace. Hagenaars is a founding member of North Woods Reps. And Courtney Hagenaars, sales representative, is a University of Maine graduate who has been working as a sales rep in the Canadian market for six years.
OSHA and ASSE renewed their Alliance, promoting best practices for reducing and preventing worker exposures to health and physical hazards. The renewed Alliance between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will continue to address non-English or limited English-speaking workers, motor vehicle safety, and awareness of workplace safety and health for public sector employees.
During the new two-year agreement, the Alliance will continue to work with ASSE's Safety Professionals and the Latino Workforce group to translate Alliance-developed products for limited- and non-English speaking workers. The Alliance also will promote the annual North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, May 6-12. The theme for 2012 NAOSH Week is "Safety, What Every Business Needs."
Through the Alliance Program, OSHA works with groups committed to worker safety and health to prevent workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses. These groups include unions, consulates, trade or professional organizations, faith- and community-based organizations, businesses and educational institutions. OSHA and the groups work together to develop compliance assistance tools and resources, share information with workers and employers, and educate workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities. Alliance Program participants do not receive exemptions from OSHA programmed inspections.
Ash Grove Cement Co.'s Durkee, Ore., plant won top honors in the company's annual Maintenance Excellence Program (MEP) competition for 2011. The Durkee plant also received the 2011 Ash Grove Energy Management (AGem) award.
Since 2008, eight Ash Grove cement manufacturing plants and two grinding facilities have competed to earn the award. Each facility is evaluated on several Key Performance.
MCAA welcomes new members. The Mason Contractors Association of America is proud to welcome the following new members to the Association. MCAA would like to take this opportunity to thank them for joining their fellow mason contractors nationwide in helping to build a stronger masonry industry. MCAAs members look forward to a long affiliation with their firms.
Custom Building Products
13001 Seal Beach Blvd.
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(562) 598-8808
National Supplier
Arch Masonry
1035 Boyce Road, Ste. 220
Boyce Plaza One
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
(412) 319-7784
Contractor B
Lewis Wilson Concrete & Masonry
13923 Raulerson Road
Riverview, FL 33569
(813) 661-5085
Contractor B
Concrete & Masonry, Inc.
2746 S. 166ch Street
New Berlin, WI 53151
(262) 786-4640
Contractor A
Montana Rockworks
1107 Rose Crossing
Kalispell, MT 59901
(406) 752-7625
National Supplier
IQ Power Tools
24385 Nandina Ave.
Moreno Valley, CA 92551
(888) 274-7744
National Supplier
If your company is interested in becoming a member of Mason Contractors Association of America as a contract supplier or instructor, please contact MCAA at (800) 536-22 or complete an application at www.masoncontractors.org.