Masonry Magazine May 2012 Page. 58
INDUSTRY NEWS
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AEMP Elects Executive Committee Members, Directors, Board Members
AEMP named its new 2012/2013 Executive Committee Members to its board of directors. Each year, AEMP members select top peers from various organizations to lead the board, as well as the organization's new president/CEO, who also serves as chairman of the board.
Guy Gordon, CEM, director, Asset Management at Aegion Corp, was elected chairman of the board, the role previously held by Dave Gorski, CEM. Gordon will serve through March 2013.
In addition to Gordon's position, AEMP elected Bob Merritt, CEM, URS as chairmen elect and Pat Crail, CEM, John R. Jurgensen as secretary/treasurer. Three vice-chairmen were chosen, Thad Pirtle, Traylor Bros, Chris Ryan, CEM, Boh Bros Construction Co. and Warren Schmidt, CEM, Flatiron.
Five new directors of designated industries were elected. Ed Gestido, CEM, Gray & Son, takes the position of director of construction. Don Lubinsky, CEM, PA Operation Lifesaver, has become the director of governmental. The new director of mining is Don Gengelbach, CEM, Mulzer Crushed Stone. John Shearer of James River Equipment is the new director of associates at large. Finally, Dixon Linklater, Case Construction Equipment, was named director of strategic partners.
Finally, AEMP appointed 11 new board members: Chuck Boen, Caterpillar, Peter Causer, Volvo; Barry Gilberg, Komatsu, Tom Jackson, Equipment World; Michael Lamlech, International; Carl Porter, John Deere; Joe Phelan, Ritchie Bros; Alex Smith, Castrol; Rod Sutton, Construction Equipment; and Scott Walter, IronPlanet.
RCI Announces 2012-2013 Board of Directors
RCI elected its 2012-2013 Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting of Members in March. Board contact information may be accessed by going online at www.rci-online.org/board-of-directors.html.
The following are members of the board:
* President: Arthur P. "Chip" Ward III, AP Ward Consulting Inc.
* First VP: Thomas M. Gernetzke, Facility Engineering Inc.
* Second VP: Sidney I. Hankins III, Roof Design and Consulting Services Inc.
* Secretary/Treasurer: Jean-Guy Levaque, LVM Inc.
* Immediate Past-president: Richard L. Cook Jr., ADC Engineering Inc.
* Executive VP & CEO: James R. Birdsong, RCI
* Region I Director: G. Peter Brooks, Infra-red Analyzers Inc.
* Region II Director: Robért Hinojosa, Building Engineering-Consultants Inc.
* Region III Director: Ron Erdman, Infinity Roof Management
* Region IV Director: David Pierce, Foothills Roof Services Inc.
* Region V Director: Jon Peat, IRC Building Sciences Group Alberta Inc.
MCAA New Members
The Mason Contracton 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 fillose mason contractors nationwide in helping to build a stronger masonry industry. MCAAs members look forward to a long afilia tion with their firms.
Specified Products, Inc.
8181 Eastpoint Drive
Unit #300
Dallas, TX 75227
(214) 388-1228
Local Supplier
Leading Edge Safety Rail Co.
3686 South Highland Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89103
(702) 889-9690
National Supplier
Albert Freytag, Inc.
2233 State Rr. 362
Minster, OH 45865
(419) 628-2018
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If your company is interested in becoming a member of the Mason Contractors Association of America as a contracte supplier or instructor, please contact MCAA at (800) 536-222 or complete an application at sewscmasoncontractors.org.
Nationwide Platforms: Accident Reporting Should Be Mandatory
Accident reporting should be made mandatory for IPAF members, said Peter Douglas, executive director of operations at Nationwide Platforms, when speaking at the IPAF Summit in March in Rome, Italy.
Douglas made a strong case for accident reporting as a key initiative for IPAF, whose mission is to promote the safe and effective use of powered access worldwide.
Mandatory reporting of accidents is not currently IPAF's policy. The federation initiated its accident reporting database this year, with the aim of putting a figure on the total number of fatal accidents worldwide involving aerial work.
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