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i !m Construction Volume Moves into 160 Billion Plateau With Potential of Increasing Rate Indicated for 1957 .................................................. William G Dooly 87 Record Business Expansion Seen for 1957..................... GSA Task Force to Study Procurement Policies.......... Steel Industry Expansion Slowdown Expected.............. AGC Committee Meets With Steel Fabricators............ Emergency Freight Rate Increase Granted.................... 31 31 38 38 38 MZ3ZESD Tough Issues Face 85th Congress and Eisenhower's Administration ....................... ...................................... 36 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION H E. Foreman to Relinquish Duties as Managing Director on April 1......................................................... AGC Code of Ethical Conduct..................... .......... .. S8th AGC Convention. March 11-14. 1957.................... Italian. Guatemalan Teams Visit AGC Office................ 37 37 38 40 GSA Lease-Purchase Bids Are Disappointing................ Funds Sought for Medical, Dental and Public Health Schools ............................................ Architects and AGC Representatives Discuss Mutual Problems ...................................................................... Huge Program toModernizeYellowstone Park.................. 41 41 43 44 wmzaim.u. Seaton Outlines Water Resources Policy........................ 47 108-Mile Pipeline Moves Coal to Powst Plant............. ....................... George Gilbert Hull 49 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS Volpe Relates Progress of Highway Program............... Highway Officials Elect Bugge as President................... Slab Overlay Used to Repair Airport Runways............. Flight Operators May Get SBA Loans for Hangars. ... 51 51 58 53 -- Chicago Anticipating Over 40.000 Visitors at Road Show, AED Exposition................................................ Over 100 Firms to Exhibit at AED Meeting............. Preview of Equipment at Road Show........................... 57 58 63 APPRENTICE TRAINING Labor Department Unit Combines Apprenticeship and Other Training .............................................................. 99 AGC Group Conducting New Apprentice Survey.... 100 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Construction Injury Rate Increases 8 Per Cent............. 108 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month.......................................................... 5 Trend and Outlook........................................................ 7 Constructographs .....................................................9. 11. 15 Labor Note* ...................................................................... 17 Sidelights for Contractors..................... John C Hayes 19 In the States........................................................................ 81 Editorials ...................... 83 Chapters and Branches.................................................... 105 Men and Events................................................................ 116 Constructor Calendar ....................................................... 118 New Equipment and Materials....................................... 181 AGC Forms and Publications........................................ 184-185 Advertisers' Products........................................................ 187 Index of Advertisers.......................................................... 138 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT H. E. FOREMAN Editor J. D. MARSHALL Executive Editor JOHN C. HAYES Legal Counsel JOHN B. SWEM Assistant Treasurer G. W M.AXON President H. E. FOREMAN Vice-President 8OAX0 OF DIRECTORS WILLLAM MUIRHEAD Secretary-Treasurer GEORGE C. KOSS J. D. MARSHALL Director Director EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT WILLIAM E. "WOODRUFF. Managing Editor WILLIAM G. DOOLY. JR.. Asst. Managing Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor OSBURN ZUBER. Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. Associate Editor BUSINESS DEPARTMENT MISS MARJORIE BECK. Business Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS. Assistant COVER This month's cover scene of construction on the first link of the 41.000-mile Interstate System to be built with hinds under the new long-range highway legislation is symbolic of a new era in highway construction. Dual paving trains of the Koas Construction Co., AGC. are placing pavement os stretch near Topeka, Kans. (Portland Cement Associa tion photo.) Editorial and Advertising Offices Munsey Budding, W ashington 4, D. C. (District 7-1306) Eastern Advertising Office Empire State Building, New York City 1, S. L. Fein, Eastern Manager (LOngacre 4-6634) Western Advertising Office 30 North La Salle Street. Chicago 8, L- B. Hammond, Western Manager, Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndolph 6-1843) West Coast Advertising Office M. D- Pugh. 8781 N. Marengo Ave,, Altadena, California (SYcamore 7-8894) The Official Publication of The Associated General Contractors of Americe, fac. li.oo). Rem-enntethre)dr. asEsdeictoonridalclsaossd mEasettceurtiJvueneOf1fi0ce.10M4Sunra*er The Constructor, lac. Building. Washington 4.*D.. Cn. /*Sub..s.cjr--iptio.kn. price-S5u.0.0 p.er reiaar,t 04 per copy (July Copyright 1*57 by THt CONSTRUCTOR, JANUARY 1957 L CONTENTS 1UILOINCS HIGHWAYS AlkPOtTS *AIUIO*0i * 'UtllC WOtKS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AGC Officers and Directors Elected for 105?................. 25 rnm'Lami.um Dravo Builds Ohio River Coal-Loading Dock............... 65 $6 Million Treatment Plant for Birmingham.............. 65 New Subcontractor Legislation Introduced in Revised Form ............................................................................... Construction of State Public Works Handicapped by Squeeze on Funds.......................................................... Freight Rate Hearings Postponed Until April.............. President Warns Against Inflation in Report on the State of the Union; AGC Pledges Support .............. Congressional Labor and Public Works Committees.... SO SI S3 54 35 momm President s Economic Report Stresses Curbs on Inflation 39 i-UBW.ffln.nm New Federal Budget Proposes 28% Boost in Construc tion Funds...................................................................... 4S HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS Senate Subcommittee Checks on Progress of Highway Program .......................................................................... Enough Steel for Highway Work, lndustry# Reports.... Heidenfeis Testimony Before Senate Subcommittee... Tallamy Installed as Federal Highway Administrator.. Key Changes Made in BPR Reorganisation.................. BPR Gives Field Offices Greater Authority.................... Losses in Highway Work Shows by BPR Film.............. Rise in Highway Price Index Slackens ....................... Highway Leaden at AASHO-AGC Session.................... 53 54 58 59 59 60 61 69 63 Eisenhower Presents 822 Billion School Program.......... Lease Purchase Program Stalled; Congressional Inquiries Slated ............................................................................. Catholic High School Finished Ahead of Schedule. ... 70 72 73 Texas AIM College Adopts Five-Year Construction Education Course ........................................................ ACCIDENT PREVENTION Almost Half of AGC Chapter Firms Take Part in AGC Safety Program.................................................. 80 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month.......................................................... 5 Trend and Outlook........................................................ 7 Constructographs .................................................... 9. 11. IS Labor Notes ...................................................................... 15 Sidelights (or Contractors ....................... John C. Hayis 19 In the States .................................................................... 21 Editorials ............................................................................ 23 Chapters and Branches...................................................... 85 New Equipment and Materials......................................... 98 AGC Forms and Publications.......................................... 104 Advertisers' Products ...................................................... 107 Index of Advertisers.......................................................... Ill j. i t EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT H. E. FOREMAN Editor john c. hayes Legal Counsel J. D. MARSHALL Executive Editor JOHN B SWEM Aeeielant Trearurer G. W MAXON PreruUnt H. E FOREMAN Pice -Preeident 80AKD OP DIRECTORS WILLIAM MVIRHEAD Beer* tary-Truuurev GEORGE C. KOSS J. D. MARSHALL Director Director EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT WILLIAM E. WOODRUFF, Managing Editor WTLLLAM G. DOOLY. JR.. Attt. Managing Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Aesodate Editor OSBURN ZUBER. Auoctate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. Associate Editor RUS1NEU DEPARTMENT MISS MARJORIE BECK. Business Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS. Aisietont UFA Glued laminated Douglas fir timbers strike a spiderweb patten of structure and shadow as the main arena roof for Montana State College's new physical education center goes up at Bozeman. Moot. Believed to be the world's widest span timber structure, the arena is 300 feet in diameter. The giant wood arches rise 80 feet above the floor at center. Roofing contractor is Timber StructureTM, Inc. (Photo courtesy of the National Lumber Manufac turers Association.) Mitsnol oid Advertising Offices Munaey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1306) Western Advertising Office 30 North La Sdle Street, Chicago 2, L B. Hammond, Western Manager. Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndolph 6-1843) Wed Cssit Advertising Office M D. Pugh. 2721 N. Marengo Ave., AJtadena, California (SYcamore 7-2884) The Oticmi fublkmtian mf The Associated General Cenfrocters of America, lee. Published monthly. Editorial and Executive Office, Munsey Building. Washington 4. D. C. Subscription price 9S.M per year. 40c per copy (July 11.00). Re-entered as second dais matter June JO. 1040. at the PostoAce at Washington. D. C, under the Act of March 4. ISTt. Copyright 1S37 by The Constructor. Inc. THt CONSTRUCTOR, FEBRUARY 1957 paitrii i jum i iriiaii iac . lumirti c 3 CONTENTS Hwanis ftUtlDINOS HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS ?/A'L\'j RAILROADS PUBLIC WORKS v#---------------------------- ----------- Building Trades Unions' Legislative Forces Converge on Capital to Press Labor Demands................................. More Steel for Construction Seen by Midyear............... Rural Electric Telephone Expansion Needs Set at tl .4 Billion in Next Five Yean........................................... 25 25 86 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plans Progress on National AGC Headquarters Building 90 House Committee Considers Federal Aid to Schools.... 8th Annual BRI Meeting Slated for April 15-1?............ $185 Million "City Within City" Rising Four Miles from Downtown Dallas................................................... New Anchors Give Cement Forms More Life............... Congress Studies Lease-Purchase; Long Testifies for AGC ................................................................................ 92 98 97 98 42 CUKU.f.WHW Big Earth-Moving Job for New Alcoa Plant Rue/ McDaniel Deadly Hill Removed from Ellsworth Air Force Base.. First Units of Dalles Dam Near Completion.............. 46 47 48 NATIONAL DEFENSE World's Longest Airstrip at Edwards Air Force Base Kenneth R. MacDonald 51 Precast Panels Roof 95 Acres of Warehousing............... 55 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS Continuous Reinforcing Removes Bumpy Joints in Con crete Roads .................................................................... 62 Tallamy Pledges Cooperation with States....................... 64 CONTRACT METHOD Oregon Official Prefers Contract Method for Maintaining Highways ............................................./. A. DeFrance 66 Training Construction Executives by Joint Efforts of Educator and Contractor....................... R\ L. Favrao 72 I32DSZ2QQD Winkelman Addresses 38th AED Convention................. 79 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Milwaukee Cement Plant Being Constructed with Ac cent on Safety .............................................................. 89 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month............................................................ 5 Trend and Outlook............................................................ 7 Constmctographs .................................................... 9, 11, 15 Labor Notes ............................. 17 Sidelights for Contractors.........................John C Hayes 19 In the States........................................................................ 21 Editorials ............................................................................ 23 Chapters and Branches...................................................... 90 New Equipment and Materials......................................... 103 AGC Forms and Publications........................................... 180 Advertisers' Products ........................................................ 123 Index of Advertisers......................................................... 127 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT H. E. FOREMAN Editor J. D MARSHALL Executive Editor JOHN C HAYES Legal Counsel JOHN B. SWEM Assistant Treasurer G. W. MAXON President H E FOREMAN Vice-President ROARD Of DIRECTORS * WILLIAM MUIRHEAD Secretary-Treasurer GEORGE C. KOSS J. D. MARSHALL Director Director COVER Rocket engine tower in place at Rocket Engine Test Lab oratory at Edwards Air Force Base. Here, in California's Mojave Desert, modern construction engineering is building the world s largest aircraft testing base, ultimately to cost more than $120 million. (Story, page 51.) EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT WILLIAM E. W'OODRUFF, Managing Editor WILLIAM G. DOOLY. JR.. Asst. Managmg Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor OSBURX ZUBER, Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. Associate Editor IUS1NESS DEPARTMENT MISS MARJORIE BECK. Business Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS. Assistant iditeriol end Advertising Offices Munsey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1306) Western Advertising Office 90 North La Salle Street, Chicago 2, L. B. Hammond, Western Manager, Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndolph 6-1843) West Coast Advertising Office M. D. Pugh. 2721 N. Marengo Are*, Altadena, California (SYcamore 7-2894) The OfficM PvMctrtioe of The Assedoted Qomerwl Centres!ors of Amerkm, foe. THl CONSTRUCTOR, MARCH 1957 PtIITIt II jIH | CT*(ILI. ISC . lllllltH. | C 3 s st CONTINTS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Convention Adopts Policies on Major Issues.............. H. E Foreman Honored at AGC Convention.............. AGC Officers for 1057 Installed....................................... Actions of the 38th Annual Convention....................... Marshall Highlights AGC Accomplishments................. AGC Boards Approve 18 Committee Reports.............. Ground Broken for AGC Headquarters......................... President Rogers Names Chairmen of Committees.... Rogers Answers Question: "Why an AGC?".......... Heidenfels Pays Tribute to Father in Accepting Vice Presidency .................................................................... Rooney Describes AGC's Work as "Solid Foundation" for Future.......................................................... Excellent Entertainment Provided by Hosts.................. 45 SO 91 S3 40 43 40 53 55 56 50 00 Knowland Tells AGC of Inflation Dangers..................... Bragdon Discusses Planning for Public Works.............. 1057 Capital Outlays Set as $37A Billion................... Federal Reserve Board Policy Discussed...................... wsrnmm AGC Not to Oppose Principles of Revised Sub contractor Proposals..................................................... Volpe Testifies on Subcontractor Bills........................... Electrical Contractors' Spokesman Praises AGC Position on Subcontractor Legislation....................... 67 68 69 70 74 75 76 ISESSEIS3ZEZZ9P Labor Committee Recommends New Policies................ Mitchell Lauds Labor-Management Group for Taft* Hartley Proposals......................................................... Taft-Hartley Changes Sent to Congress........................ Murphy Seeks to Cut Jurisdictional Disputes............. 81 83 83 84 IQSZSED No Serious Material Shortages Anticipated by AGC... 88 Building Division Reviews Various Problems.............. 91 Plans Made to Increase Apprentice Effort.................. 92 Chatelain Discusses Community Paralysis.................... 93 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS Highway Contractors Discuss Expanded Program........ 97 Tallamy Addresses Highway Contractors..................... 98 McMillan Speaks to Highway Contractors ............... 96 Heavy Division Hears High Government Officials........ 103 Dexbeimer Reports on Reclamation Bureau................. 104 NATIONAL DEFENSE Itachner Cites Value of Corps-AGC Meetings............. 106 General Reviews Huge Air Force Program................. 106 Admiral Meade Praises AGC's High Calibrr............... 107 CONTRACTS SPECIFICATIONS Committee Lists Activities on Forms. Specifications... Ill ilUaw.iwaiL.KM Committee Reviews Progress of AGC Program............. ] 14 Education Committee Considers AGC Film................... 118 AGC Given Insight into Engineer Shortage................. 119 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Accident Prevention Program Expansion Sought . .. 137 16 Chapters with 100 Per Cent Cooperation Honored. . 138 Top AGC Firms Receive Safety Awards for 1956.... 139 CHAPTERS BRANCHES AGC Secretaries in Day-Long Meeting Discuss Mutual Problems.......................................................... 133 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month.......................................................... 5 Trend and Outlook.......................................................... 7 Coostructographs .................................................... 9. 11. 13 Labor Notes..................................................................... 15 Sidelights for Contractors....................... John C. Hayes 19 In the States...................................................................... 31 Editorials ........................................................................ 23 New Equipment and Materials................... 137 AGC Forms and Publications......................................... 144 Advertisers' Products ...................................................... 147 Index of Advertisers........................................................ 151 UKl/nVI DEPABTMiMT H. E. FOREMAN Editor c.john Hayes Legal Counsel J. D. MARSHALL Executive Editor John b. swem Assistant Treasurer G. W MAXON President H. E. FOREMAN Vic*President BOABO Of OttfCTOCS WILLIAM MUIRHEAD Secretary-Treasurer GEORGE C. KOSS J. D. MARSHALL Director Director EDiTOitAl DS9AKTMSKT WILLIAM E. WOODRUFF, Managing Editor WILLIAM G DOOLY. JR., Asst. Managing Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor OSBURN ZUBER. Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. Associate Editor BUSINESS OEPAtTMCKT MISS MARJORIE BECK, Business Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS. Assistant Ill'A COVER Lester C. Rogers, left. Bates and Rogers Construction Corn.. Chicago, receives gavel symbolic of the presidency of The Associated General Cootractors of America for 1957 from Outgoing President Frank J. Rooney, Frank J. Rooney, Inc.. Miami. Mr. Rogers is one of the nation's leading heavy contractors while Mr. Rooney is a prominent building contractor. (Photographs of the S8th annual AGC convention in this issue are bv Chase Studios Limited and Reni Photographers, both of Washington, D. C.) Editorial and Advertising Offices Munsey Building. Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1306) Western Advertising Office 30 North La SalJe Street, Chicago 3, L. B Hammond. Western Manager. Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndoiph 6-1843; West Coast Advertising Office M- D. Pugh. 2731 N. Marengo Ave,, Aitadena, California (SYcamore 7-3894) The Official Pvblkutioe ef The Associated Geeeraf Correctors d America, lie. Published monthly. Editorial and Executive Ofios, Muaeey Building. Washington 4, 0. C Subeerlptlo prtas 14.00 per year. 4M per copy (July tt.os). Re-soured as second dess matter June to, ISO. at the Poetoffics at Washington. D. C, under the Act of March , 1971. Copyright iist by The Constructor, Inc THE CONSTRUCTOR, APRJl 1957 'larie it jvoi inmii. nc . sainimtos. b. e. 3 CONTKNTS BUILDINGS ' HIGHWAYS AIKPOSTS BAIUOADS PUBLIC WOKKS Chamber of Commerce Reports Policy Changes............ 25 Council of State Chambers Attacks Civil Works.......... 25 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION William E. Woodruff Dies from Injuries in Auto Accident .......................................................................... 27 Subcontractor Bill Approved by House Judiciary Committee ...................................................................... School Construction Bill Approved by House Education Committee ...................................................................... 31 32 HIGHWAYS * AIRPORTS Highway Work Rises Seasonally; Controversial Issues Hold Stage .................................................................... tJ. S. Airport Funds for 1936 Announced....................... Airfield Paving Specifications Revised............................. Use of Electronic Materials in Highway Work H. A. Radtikoxceki S3 33 36 37 New Captive Missile Test Range Constructed for Air Force in New Mexico........................... Russell Tinsley 46 Initial Great Lakes^Connecting Channels Project to Start This Month Near Detroit........................... .. 31 March Finds U. S. Seaway One-Third Completed.......... 31 Glen Canyon Dam Contract Authorized.......................... 32 Sewage Plant Projects to Total $63 Million................... 33 Hells Canyon Question Remains Unsettled...................... 38 Survey Gives Deeper Insight Into ContractorDistributor Relations ..................................................... 62 Lease-Purchase Under Congressional Study.................... Four-Hour Subbid Plan Adopted in Texas...................... Responsibility for Subcontract Work Stressed Walter L. Couse 63 63 66 Capehart Housing Suspension Lifted............................. 69 BRI Holds 6th Annual Meeting in Chicago................... 71 BRI Conducts Workshop on Specifications..................... 71 RESEARCH METHODS Ten 136-Foot Precast Girders Used in Hangars Robinette E. McCabe 73 Army's Nuclear Package Power Reactor Dedicated... 76 ESSSimSB Michigan Chapter Wins Coostructiondizing Award.... 60 Carl Linden Gets Todd-Htckok Memorial Scholarship. . 68 Colorado Chapter Host to Student Engineers................. 89 APPRENTICE TRAINING Apprenticeship in Building Trades, 1950-36 Carl IV. Easton 91 Bricklaying Group Names 1936 Award Winners............ 92 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Perini Firm Has Safe Record on Seaway Lock............. Contractor Supplies Safety Posters to Schools............. Texas AGC Members Receive Safely Awards............... CoxsTBUcroa Wins Sixth Safety Council Award.......... 96 97 98 93 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE New* of the Month........................... 3 Trend and Outlook............................................................ 7 ConstructogTaphs .................................................... 9. U. 15 Labor Notes ...................................................................... 17 Sidelights for Contractors......................... John C Hayes 19 In the States.................................................................... 21 Editorials ............................................................................ 23 Chapters and Branches...................................................... 101 Men and Events................................................................ Ill New Equipment and Materials......................................... 117 AGC Forms and Publications................................... 124, 123 Advertisers' Products ........... 127 Index of Advertisers.......................................................... 131 IXICUTIVI DfPABTMIMT FRANK J. ROONEY President GEORGE C. KOSS Vice President JAMES D. MARSHALL Publisher WILLIAM E. DUNN Associate Publisher WILLIAM MCIRHEAD JOHN B. SWEM Secretary-Treasurer Aest. Secretary-Treasurer JOHN C. HAYES, Legal Counsel BOAtD 06 DIIKTOtS FRANK J. ROONEY GEORGE C. KOSS WTLLUM MUIRHEAD JAMES D MARSHALL WILLIAM E. DUNN IDITOftlAl DfPAXTMINT 'WILLIAM E. WOODRUFF, Managing Editor WILLIAM G. DOOLY. JR., Aest. Managing Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor OSBURN ZUBER, Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. Aeeociate Editor BUSINtSS DCPAJTTMSN7 MISS MARJORIE BECK. Business Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS, Assvtant l*A Two pairs of truck cranes lift huge 64-ton precast girder into place on B2.5 million special purpoae hangar at Hill Air Force Base. Utah. Although the installation proceeded with out mishap, the job was considered so risky that the con tractor took out special risk insurance against damage to the hangar. Each girder is valued at approximately $8,000. See story on page 73. (Official Air Force Photos.) Kditoriel and Advertising Offices Munsey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1306) Western Advertising Office SO North La Salle Street, Chicago 2, L. B. Hammond, Western Manager, Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndolph 6-1843) West Coast Advertising Office M D. Pugh, 2721 N. Marengo Ave,, Altadena, California (SYcamore 7-2894) 76# Offidaf Publication of The Associated Geaered Csdredert of America, fac. Published sooth)?. Editorial sod Executive Offica Manner Building. Washington 4, D. C. Subscription price ts.ee per gear, sag per copy (Jolt ll.oe). Rotaterod os second dace matter June 10, IMS. at the Poetottce at Washiagtca. O. C. under the Act of March 4, 1ST*. Copyright lfST bj The Constructor. Inc. THl CONSTRUCTOR, MAY 1957 3 CONTENTS tUIUHNOS HIGHWAYS AIKFOtTS ejkL\C|f| KAIUOAOS PUtllC WOUCS Steel Production to Increase Steadily is Next SO Years to Meet Growing Demands........................................... S3 Congress Studies Fast Tax Writeoff Policy................... S3 mmmMUM' International Irrigation Meeting in San Francisco....... 3? Officials Support Water Resource Projects at Meeting of Rivers and Harbors Congress ............................... 00 Economy Drive Holds Sway in Congress........................ Construction Statistics Saved in Commerce Appropriation ................................................................ Subcontractor Bill Faces House Vote Soon...................... Senate Cuts Housing Bill by $675 Million..................... Legislative Checklist.......................................................... SO SO SI SI SI NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Dooly Named to Head AGC Public Relations.............. SS Rooney New President of The Constructor................ SS German Construction Team Visits AGC Office.............. 34 AlA Celebrates Centennial Convention......................... AIA awards go to Walker. Skidmore, and Others.......... President Supports Compromise School BUI............... Urban Land Institute Prepares Shopping Center Study Building Research Institute Publishes Book on Glass.. GSA Prepared to Resume Lease-Purchase..................... Construction Industry1 Establishes Modular Group ... 36 37 S3 38 38 42 42 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS Senate Roads Subcommittee Votes to Add 7.000 Miles to Interstate System...................................................... Table of Bids on Highway Projects............................... Clark Retires from Public Roads Bureau........................ Agriculture Department Aids in Roadside Planning.... 50 51 52 53 North Carolina Contractors Give Scholarships............ Virginia Committee Visits Engineering Schools............. Florida Building Journal Publishes Student List.......... Missouri Trains 60 Highway Technicians....................... Illinois Contractors Help Engineering Students.............. Mitchell Tells Graduates of Job Opportunities.............. South Texas Sets Up Scholarship Fund.......................... 01 *61 61 63 63 68 63 APPRENTICE TRAINING AGC Names District Chairmen and Secretaries.......... 66 Cree Indian Wins Apprenticeship Contest..................... 67 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Ways Listed to Avoid Scaffolding Accidents.................. 71 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month............................................................ J Trend and Outlook............................................................ 7 Constructographs .................................................... 9. It. 13 Labor Notes.................................................................... 14. 15 Sidelights for Contractors......................... John C. Hayes 19 In the States...................................................................... 21 Editorials ............................................................................ 23 Chapters and Branches....................................................... 78 Men and Events................................................................ 82 New Equipment and Materials......................................... 84 AGC Forms and Publications....................................... 64. 65 Advertisers'Products............ ......................................... 07 Index of Advertisers........................................................ 101 CXfCUTIVI DEPA1TMSMT FRANK J ROONEY President GEORGE C. KOSS Vice President JAMES D. MARSHALL Publisher WILLIAM E. DUNN Associate Publisher WILLIAM MUIRHEAD JOHN B. SWEM Secretary* Treasurer Asst. Secretary-Treasurer JOHN C. HAYES, Legal Counsel tOAAD Of DIRSCTOtS FRANK J. ROONEY GEORGE C KOSS WILLIAM MUIRHEAD JAMES D. MARSHALL WILLIAM E. DUNN SOITOtlAt DIPAtTMINT WILLIAM G. DOOLY. JR , Editor OSBURN ZUBER, Associate Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG, Associate Editor USINISS DEPAtTMCNT MISS MARJORIE BECK. Business Manager MRS GENEVIEVE MORRIS. Assistant Workmen place steel reinforcing bar mat sections in the first course of concrete on a test section of highway along Route 22. two miles north of Hamburg, Pa. With the use of additional quantities of reinforcing steel, road engineers contend highways can be poured in a ''continuous" manner rather than by using regularly-epaced contraction joints. See story in the March. 1957, issue of Tex CoNSTBUCToa. (Bethlehem Steel Company photo.) Editorial and Advertising Offices Munsey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1306) Western Advertising Office SO North La Salle Street, Chicago 2, L. B. Hammond, Western Manager. Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndolpb 6-1843) West Coos* Advertising Office M. D Pugh. 2721 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena, California (SYcamore 7-2894) Be Offdd ffvhfirariee sf The 4 see Hated Osaarof Cidudsn af America, lac Published monthly. Editorial sod Executive Office. Munsey Building. Washington 4. D. C. Subscription prioe ts.ee per year. 40* per copy (July tt.oei. Re-entered as second cla matter June 10. 1S4I, at the Postoffice at Washington. D. C, under the Act of March 4, ISTS. Copyright 1907 by The Constructor. loc. THi CONSTRUCTOR, JUNE 19S7 3 CONTENTS BUILDINGS HIOMWAYS - AIBPOBTS ,8 RAILROADS PUBLIC WORKS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION The Associated General Contractors Sets Highest Stand ards is Industry.............................................................. AGC Executive Conference Meets in San Francisco.... Edvard T. Kelly Named Manager Labor Relations.... AGC Directors- Lists 6.884 Memberships......................... Seattle Board Meeting September 9-11........................... *0 37 37 38 39 Plant and Equipment Expenditures Underpinning Na tional Economy ............................................................ Nev Construction Volume Revised Upward Through Recent Adjustments in Statistics................................. Chamber Finds Health of Economy `Good'................. 85 86 87 mrnsmm House Passes Subcontractor Bill and Public Works Ap propriation; Status of Other Legislation..................... 88 Need for Flood Control Speed-Up Is Cited..................... 43 Legal Immunities of Labor Unions..........Roecoe Pound 48 Tallamv Prescribes Compliance Procedures for Wage Rates on Interstate Highway Jobs............................. 54 National Labor Relations Board and Work Assignment Disputes.............................................Jerome D. Fenton 58 Jurisdictional Disputes Board Proves Its Worth Edward T. Kelly 84 Coverage of Construction Work by the Federal Wage- Hour Law ......................................... Sewell Rrotm 89 PUBLIC REL Contractor Seta Public Relations Example...................... AGC of Delaware Again Sponsors Successful Highway Day .................................................................................. Bureau of Public Roads Sponsors Highway Exhibition.. 78 80 Iowa Contractors Guide Students' Bidding................. 87 - AGC Committee Approves Engineering Film................. 91 ASEE-AGC Discuss Engineer Problems......................... 91 ACCIDENT PREVENTION AGC Accident Prevention Committee Organization. ... 101 Safety Pamphlets Published by AGC National Safety Council ........................................................................... 103 U. S. Industry's New Main Line: The Interstate High way Program........................................... E. M. Boerke 117 A Century of Progress in American Architecture.......... 133 AL4-AGC Working Relationship Eumined ^Leon Chatelain, Jr 135 The Package Deal in the Building Business Vincent G Khng 139 Huge Construction Master Plan Is Underway In Na tion's Capital .................................................................. 135 New Modular Standards Association Organized............. 140 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS Earth Cut on California Freeway Is Largest in High way History.................................................................... U9 Progress and Problems of Highway Program Louie S. Rothschild 161 Dwight W. Winkelman Reviews Highway Program. . .. 166 Highway Projects on Secondary System Raise Propor tion of Smaller Contracts.............................................. 177 Midway on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power AEC Construction Program Reaches B6 Billion William K. Maher 303 Congress Joins Two-State Pact. Approves Merrimack Valley Flood Control Projects. .Lawrence Femsuorth 306 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month............................................................ 5 Trend and Outlook............................................................ 7 Constructographs .....................................................9. 11, 13 Labor Notes........................................................................ 15 Sidelights for Contractors......................... John C. Hayes 19 In the States........................................................................ 31 Editorials ...................................................... 33 Apprentice Training.......................................................... 143 Chapters and Branches...................................................... 310 Men and Events................................................................ 317 New Equipment and Materials....................................... 335 AGC Forms and Publications.....................................338. 339 Advertisers'Products.......................................................... 340 Index of Advertisers............................................................ 346 tXKUTIVt DtPABTMIMT FRANK J ROONEY JAMES D. MARSHALL President Publisher GEORGE C. KOSS WILLIAM E. DUNN Vice President Auodate Pablieher WILLIAM MUIRHRAD JOHN B. SWEM Secretary-Trcarurer Aeet. Secretary-Tnaeurer JOHN C. HAYES. Legal Couneel IOARD Of DIRECTORS FRANK J ROONEY GEORGE C KOSS WILLIAM MUIRHEAD JAMES D. MARSHALL WILLIAM E DUNN EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT WILLIAM G. DOOLY. JR., Editor OSBURN ZUBER, Auodate Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Auodate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. Auodate Editor USINESS DEPARTMENT MISS MARJORIE BECK. Bueinee. Manager MRS GENEVIEVE MORRIS, Amanl UI'A Editeriol and Advertising Often Munsey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1806) West*TM Advertising Office 80 North La Salle Street, Chicago 3, L. B. Hammond, Western Manager. Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndolph 8-1843) Weft Coesf Advertising Office M. D Pugh. 3731 N. Marengo Awe., Altadena, California (SYcamore 7-3894) The OfficM Pehlteafiea sf The Associated Oeeerarf Csslrsdwi d America, fee. Published monthly- Editorial aod Executive Office. Munsey Building. Washington a. D. C. Subeerlptloo price I5.S0 per year. 4<w per copy (July tt.oo). Re-entered as second class matter June 10. i4t. at the Poetoffice at Washington. D. C,, under the Act of March 4, 187. Copyright II5T by The Constructor. Inc THE CONSTRUCTOR, JULY 1957 until t juts a aiTvtiLti. tec., ettmasies. a 3 CONTENTS "fiiawis SUIUMNGS * HIGHWAYS AlttOftTS m RAILROADS runic WOftKS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AGC Building About 5 Per Cent Complete.................. 5 Seattle. Mountain Pacific Chapter* Plan Board Meeting Events.............................................................................. i Detroit Works Out Engineering Guidance Program.... ASCE-AGC Committee Meets in Buffalo..................... Washington Area Studies Wsys to Increase Number of Engineers ........................................................................ 47 47 48 Cement Production Returns to Normal after Strike.... 6 U-S. Surrey Suggests Dip in Construction...................... 6 Home Killi School Coutructioo Bill............................. 27 Home Committee Befmee to Extend Leaae-Purchue.. 27 Status of Heiis Canyon, Homing, Subcontractor Billa.. 27 FT Dunlop Reviews Work of Joint Board........................... The Anti-Racketeering Act Peter Megargee Brown and Rickard S. Peer Joint Board Is 'Front-Line Agency' in Settling Juris dictional Cases................................................................ 31 34 38 APPRENTICE TRAINING 5th AGC District Committee Meets is Omaha.............. 39 Southern States Conference Held in Houston.............. 39 AGC Opens Drive for Display of Emblem.................. 42 Lake Charles Chapter Helps Hurricaoe Victims.......... 42 Trade Publication Praises Portland Chapter.................. 43 Mammoth Arches Spas Air Force Hangar Robinette . McCabe 44 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS Wage and Compliance Procedure* b the Highway Pro gram...................................................... Warren D. Fith 49 Tailamy Report* Year'* Highway Progreu................. 51 Apportionment of Federal-Aid Highway Fund* for 1959 52 BPR Reacbd* Policy on Cornu]lasts............................. 55 New Rnnway-Taxiway Deaigna Proposed....................... 53 Railway Bed Pushes Aero** Great Salt Lake................. 54 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Kansas City Firm Improves Its Accident Record........ 56 Massachusetts Contractors Get Awards......................... 60 Missouri AGC Honors Award Winners......................... 60 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE New* of the Month............................................................ Trend and Outlook............................................................ Coutnietograph* .................................................... 9. 11. Labor Notes........................................................................ Sidelight* for Contractors......................... John C. Hayer In the States........................................................................ Editorial* ............................................................................ Chapter* and Branches .................................................. Men and Event*.................................................................. AGC Forms end Publicetions.....................................68. New Equipment and Materials......................................... Advertiser*' Products........................................................ Index of Advertisers ........................................................ 5 7 IS 15 19 21 2$ 62 66 69 70 75 79 EXKUTIVi DCPAITMINT FRANK l. ROONEY JAMES D. mawshau. President Pnbliohor GEORGE C. KOSS WILLIAM E. DUNN __ Pie* President Aeeodate Peblither WILLIAM MUIRHEAD Secretary.Treasurer JOHN B. SWEM Atrt. Secretory-Treaeurer JOHN C. HAYES, Logoi Conned BOARD Of DIUCTOU FRANK J. ROONEY GEORGE C. KOSS JAMES D. MARSHALL WILLIAM MUIRHEAD WILLIAM E. DUNN EDfTOtlAL DCPAITMIMT WILLIAM G. DOOLY. JR.. Editor OSBURN ZUBER, Associate Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG, Associate Editor BUSINESS DEPARTMENT MISS MARJORIE BECK. Duma Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS. Auietant m*V COVER The main arches for the recently constructed Flight Test Hangar at Edwards Air Force Base. Calif., are shown as they were being erected by the Bethlehem Pacific Steel Co. The new hangar has the longest arch span west of the Mississippi River. Eleven arches, extending throughout the 400-foot length of the hangar, incorporate an arch span of 380 feet. See story on Page 44. Editorial end Advertising 0m Munsey Building. Washington 4. D. C. (District 7-1306) Western Advertising Office 30 North La Salle Street, Chicago . L. B. Hammond. Western Manager, Robert H. Hammond. Assistant, (RAndolph 6-1843) Wsst Coast Advertising Office M. D. Pugh and Aesociates, P.O. Box 3186, Los Angeles 32, California (CApitoi -8857) The OflcW Pohflraslss sf Tbs Antedated Oeoeraf Cwt/idsri d Aesertoa, foe. Wished monthly- Editorial and Executive Office. Manser Balldins. Washington a D. C. Sohecrlptloo pries S6.S4 par roar. 404 per copy (July Toe ConRsteru-ecntoterr.eIdnacs second class matter Jane is, l4t. at the Postoffioe at Washington, D. G. under tbs Act of Msriffi A 1STI. Copyright list by THt CONSTRUCTOR, AUGUST 19S7 niim m jut n'viiLCt idc tiiBiEiioE i t CONTENTS ftUUDINGS HIGHWAYS * AIRPORTS g^L\C)| RAILROADS - PU8LIC WORKS Construction Littie Affected by Cement Strike.............. 26 Railroads Get New Rate Boost, Want More.................. 27 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AGC Headquarters Building Is Progressing on Schedule 29 AGC Midyear Board Meeting Is Held in Seattle............ 29 mmmum 1st Session of 85th Congress Ends but Big Issues Remain SI INDUSTRY RELATIONS The Joint Cooperative Approach with the Contracting Industry ................................................ . C. Simpson S7 Public Relations Plan Wins Concessions....................... 49 Presidential Committee Urges More Support for Edu cation .............................................................................. U. S. Survey Shows High School Students Taking More Mathematics and Science.......... ................................. 54 55 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS U- S. Chamber Appraisal Finds Highway Program on Schedule ......................................... ............ .............. Toll Roads Included in Interstate System..................... CAA Issues Report on Jet Age Planning....................... Progress Report on the Long-Range Highway Program Bertram D. TaUamy 59 60 00 62 fflAUflrfJIIMim Appropriations for Public Works Total $858 Million for Fiscal 1958 ...................................................................... AC Construction Funds Total $400 Million............... Sewage Treatment Plants Total $41 Million................. 69 71 71 CONTRACTS - SPECIFICATIONS House Group Calls for Tests on Runway..................... Contract Extension Sought in Lockout Cases............... 75 77 Modular Building Standards Association Formed........ 80 Scaffolding Called Key to Greater Efficiency................. 82 Chapel of the Holy Cross................................................ 84 APPRENTICE TRAINING 12 Future Bricklayers Graduate from 4th Annual PreApprentice Course in Louisville................................... 88 Apprenticeship Specialist Joins AGC Staff..................... 88 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Air Academy Contractors Establish Excellent First Aid Service ............................................................................ 89 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month.......................................................... 5 Trend and Outlook............................................................ ? Conitructogrmphs .....................................................9, 11, 18 Labor Notes ...................................................................... 15 Sidelights for Contractors........................John C. Hayu 19 In the States....................................................................... 41 Editorials ............................................................................ $3 Chapters and Branches...................................................... 93 Men and Events................................................................ 94 New Equipment and Materials......................................... 95 AGC Forms and Publications...................................108. 109 Advertisers' Products ......................................................... HI Index of Advertisers.......................................................... 115 EXICimVt OtPAITMINT FRANK J ROONEY President JAMES D. MARSHALL Publisher GEORGE C. KOSS Ftps President WILLIAM E. DUNN Associate PubUrker WILLIAM MUIRHEAD Secretary-Treasurer JOHN B. SWEM Asst Secretory-Treasurer JOHN C. HAYES, Legal Cornel ftOARD OP OltKTORS FRANK J. ROONEY GEORGE C. KOSS WILLIAM MUIRHEAD JAMES D. MARSHALL WILLIAM E. DUNN BHTOftlAL DIPARTMfNT WILLIAM G. DOOLY, JR., Editor OSBURN ZUBER, Anodate Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. AteodaU Editor SUSINISS DfPARTMINT MTfiS MARJORIE BECK, Burnett Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS, Atrutant COVER First sections of the S87-foot continuous girder span which will form the center of the Quinnipiac River Bridge are cur rently being set into position. The center span is to be com pleted this fall, concluding the steel erectioo phase of the 3.7$9-foot bridge being constructed for the Connecticut Turnpike Commission. When finished, the bridge will be the longest on the entire 192-mile toD road connecting the metropolitan areas of New York and Boston. (Photo courtesy of Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem. Pa.) IdHeriol end Advertising Offices Munsey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1806) Western Advertising Office SO North La Salle Street, Chicago 2, L. B. Hammond. Western Manager, Robert H. Hammond, Assistant, (RAndolph 6-1848) Wwl Coosf Advertising Office M. D. Pugh and Associates, P.O. Box S2188, Los Angeles 82, California (CApHol 2-8857) the Odtctef PvMfcotfo* a# The isssri-id 0--stal CtertMn ef Aawrtea, fas. Published monthly. Editorial and Executive Office. Munsey BulMlne. WnihJoctoo s. D. C. Subscription pries gs.os per year. MS per copy (July It.M). Re-entered as second dass matter June is, l**l, at tbs Postoffics at Washington, D. C, under the Act of Mara 4. 1ST*. Copyright list by The Constructor, Inc. THt CONSTRUCTOR, SEPTEMBER 1957 3 CONTENTS BUILOINOS HIGHWATS AIIPMU S/kMe IAIUOAD* PUilIC WORKS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Largest AGC Board Meeting Acts on Variety of In dustry Problems ............................................................ HeldenfeU Nominated as President; Cawdrey as Vice President of AGC ................. Seattle Hosts Provide Varied Entertainment ............ 93 44 39 Belations With Organised Labor Studied at AGC Board Meeting .............................................................. NXRB Studies Merita of Cleveland Caae following Oral Arguments .............................................................. 3? 39 22Z&3Q3ESE&3P AGC Public Relations Effort Reviewed at Board Meet ing in Seattle ................................................................ 41 wmmm School Trains Heavy Equipment Operators ................ 44 AED-AGC Joint Cooperative Committee Meets in Seattle ............................................................................ 44 Building Contractors' Roundtable Review* Existing In dustry Problems ............................................................. 46 AGC Forms Committee WithSubcontractors .............. 48 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS AGC*ARBA Cooperation Favored; New Development Furthers Move .............. ............................................. 50 AGC and ARBA Seek Plan to Cooperate .................. 50 Meeting Sought With Government on Orderly Con struction of Projects .................................................... 54 Problems Involved in Disaster Work Cited................. 55 CONTRACTS SPECIFICATIONS Contracts-Specificatioos Group Reviews U. S. Pro curement Policy ............................................................ 59 APPRENTICE TRAINING Gain in Number of Apprentices Reported..................... 63 ACCIDENT PREVENTION Committee Urges Cooperation in Accident Preven tion Work *....................................................................... 66 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE News of the Month............................................................ Trend and Outlook............................................................. Constructographs........................... ........................9. 11, Labor Notes........................................................................ Sidelights for Contractors......................John C. Hayet Editorials ............................................................................ Chapters and Branches ..................................................... AGC Forms and Publications..................................... 80. New Equipment and Materials....................................... Advertisers' Products ....................................................... Index of Advertisers........................................................... 5 7 IS 17 19 *1 70 81 74 83 87 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT FRANK 1. ROONEY President JAMES D. MARSHALL Publisher GEORGE C. KOSS Free President WILLIAM MTTTR.FTF.An Secretary-Treasurer WILLIAM E. DUNN Associate Publisher JOHN B. SWEM Asst Secretary-Treasurer JOHN C. HAYES. Logoi Counsel BOARD Of DIRECTORS FRANK J. ROONEY JAMES D. MARSFTAM. GEORGE C. KOSS WILLIAM MUIRHEAD WILLIAM E. DUNN editorial impartmint WILLIAM G. DOOLY, JR.. Editor OSBURN ZTJBER, Associate Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Auoaate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG, Aesociate Editor WINES* DCPAITMINT MTSS MARJORIE BECK, Burmese Manager MBS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS, Assutant COVER This setting is typical of the rugged terrain in which Metropolitan Paving Co., AGC. is rebuilding and widen ing a 3.8 mile stretch of U. S. Highways 83 and 94 at Glorietta Paas. more than 7,000 feet above aea level, 13 miles east of Santa Fe. N. M. The crawler tractor is just one of six such units the Albuquerque firm is using on the narrow mountain highway job, biggest highway construc tion job in the state in several years. Seventy per cent of 2 million cubic yards of material is rock which must be blasted from sheer bluffs in the pass, ranging from 100 to COO feet high. The new route, which, when completed, will be a four-lane roadway, is an expensive one. The grading cost per mile alone exceeding $1 million. (Photo courtesy of International Harvester Co.) Editorial and Advertising OMces Munsey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1300) Western Advertising OMee SO North La Salle Street, Chicago C, 111., L. B. Hammond, West ern Manager, R. H Hammond, Assistant (RAndolph 0-1843) Eastern Advertising OMee II East 47th Street, New York 17. N. Y,, James C. Greenwood, Eastern Manager (PLosa 3-3373) West Coast Advertising OMee M. D. Pugh and Associates. P.O. Bax 81188, Las Angeles 32, California (CApHnl (-8837) no OMdof PeMtoMaa of The AtostiWid Passed CeartweTere a* Amartco, fas. Published monthly. Editorial and Executive OMaa Munsey Building. Washington 4. D. C. Subscription pries I5.ee par year tit par espy (Jnty II.oo). Re-entered as second doss matter Juno is, itts, at the Paato&oe at Washington, D. C, under the Act at Match 4. 1STS. Copyright ItST by The Constructor, Inc THE CONSTRUCTOR, OCTOBER 19S7 JUDD 8 DtTMlur* >( . W*MIR*T0. 0 c 3 CONTENTS BUILDINGS HIGHWAYS AIWOBTS ffiJtOCl1 BAIUOADi PUBLIC WOtKS Shipment of Sleet Stupes, Pistes Msy Increase 25 Per Cent........................................................ 422 Contractor* Fail ia Pint Half of J857........ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION National AGC Officer, Travel to Meet Member,........ 46 AGO Headquarter, Building on Schedule. More Than HaJI Finished...................................................... iT mEXuszizm NLRB Forbids Minority Recognition Strike................ 90 AGC Firm Gets Good Will While Tearing Up Town' for Highway .................................................................. Ray lackey Joins AGC Public Relations Staff.............. AGC Chapter* Schedule Highway Exhibit.................... AGC 'Contract Method* Booklet is Revised.................. 33 36 36 3? IQSSQBESQHQi Plan, Ready for 1A73 Water and Sewerage Project,... Civil Work, Fund, Increased After AGC Group 40 GSA Acta on 10 Lease-Purchase Projects....................... Crane, in Warehouse Placed on Concrete Column, and Beam,............................. Kenneth R MacDonald New CMSCI-AGC Committee to Meet Nov. *4.......... Membera Named to CMSCI-AGC Joint Committee... 46 47 48 49 HIGHWAYS AIRPORTS 2,102 Miles of New Interstate Routes Added................ 53 Tallamy Gives Status of Interstate Program............... 53 Grand Forks Runway Finished is Five Months Ralph J. Smith 54 ' INDUSTRY RELATIONS ASCE-AGC Joint Committee Holds Meeting................ 58 APPRENTICE TRAINING Bricklayers Demonstrate Skill at State Fair.................. 61 Washington State Carpenter* Hold Second Contest.... Ci ACCIDENT PREVENTION Winter Conditions Raise Safety Hazards....................... AGC Firm Official Named to Safety Post.................... Arthur L. Schmuhl Joins AGC Safety Department----- 06 67 68 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE New, of the Month........................................................... Trend and Outlook.......................................................... Conatructographa.......................................................9, 11, Labor Note, ...................................................................... Sidelight, for Contractor,....................... John C. Bayte In the State,..................... Editorial, .......................................................................... Chapter, and Branches..................................................... Men and Event,................................................................ New Equipment andMaterial,........................................ AGC Forma and Publication,........................................... Advertiser,' Product, ..................................................... Index of Advertiser, ..................................................... 3 7 IS IS 19 91 93 71 78 81 99 93 99 DtfCUTIVf DCPAITMINT FRANK J. ROONEY JAMES D. MARSHALL Proeiimt Pnbliekar GEORGE C. K06S WILLIAM E. DUNN Pica President Amoeiaia Pubtiekor WILLIAM MCTRHEAD JOHN B. BWEM Secretary-Tretenrer Amt Barratutu Treasurer JOHN C. HAYES, hotel Corned BOAte OB DIIICTOftS PRANK J ROONEY GEORGE C. KOSS WILLIAM MUTRHEAD JAMES D. Marsham. WILLIAM E. DUNN Equitable Life Building. San Francisco, exhibits modern curtain wall architecture. Constructed by Dinwiddie Con struction Co., AGC, San Pranciaco, it ia a steel and con crete structure stressed to resist seismic shock. Photograph was furnished by Kawneer Co., supplier, of the lightweight, prefabricated metal panels with which the building is "cur tained.'' (DITOClAl DC?AITMINT WILLIAM G. DOOLY, JR, Editor OSBURN ZUBER, Associate Editor EDWARD A. GREENE, Associate Editor DONALD R. FOXVOG. Auoaate Editor MINUS DfBAKTMfNT MISS MARJORIE BECK. Burmeu Manager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS, Assistant m*A dtroriol and Advertising Officae Munsey Building, Washington 4, D. C. (District 7-1300) Western Advnrtising Office 30 North La Salle Street, Chicago 4, HI., L. B. Hammond, Weav ers Manager, R. H. Hammond, Assistant (RAndolph 6-1843) fumoia Advertising Office 11 East 47th Street, New York 17, N. Y, James C. Greenwood, Eastern Manager (Plata 5-3373) West Cower Advertising Office M. D. Pugh and Aaeoriatrw, P.O. Bax 39188, Los Angela 89. California (CAphal 1-8837; BShUahad monthly. Editorial and Executive Office, Manor Bullding. Washington A D. C. gnhaertutloa price Is.M per year. Ot per oar (July %e*CoaMro5a*Ia& **ecoi ***** **** JuM l**A at the Poetoffio, at Washington. D. cTaunnddeer ths A* c-t*a--t--H---o-r-d--e A irrs. corri*hf urn by THE CONSTRUCTOR, NOVEMBER 1957 MIITII IT run irtllllt. Ill VilNiMTII I C CONTENTS "*1M MlllDINOS HIOHWAYS AIRPORTS g RAUIOADS PUBUC WORKS Government Forecsiti 3 Per Cent More New Cooflntclioo in 1958, Total 1*9.6 Billion................... Comcoerce Deportment Seek* to Retain Construction SUtiitks.................................................. Maintenance and Repair Figure Hits New High............ 96 97 97 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Dallas Convention Plans Near Completion.................... Tentative Convention Schedule......................................... Work Progresses on AGC Headquarters......................... AGO'* Beginning Recalled by One of the Founders----- 99 SO SO 31 INDUSTRY RELATIONS CMSCI-AGC Committee Studies Construction Problems S3 Marshall Promotes Industry Cooperation in NECA Speech .......................................................................... 86 Gray Aslu Unionists for One-Year Wage Moratorium.. Gray Seeks Jurisdiction*] Solution Early Next Year.... James D Marshall Backs Plan by Gray for Wage Moratorium .............................................................. *3, NLRB Holds *Hot Cargo' Clause Illegal......................... 38 59 89 45 City Honors Paving Contractor....................................... 59 Plana to Help Engineering Face Congress.................... 56 Chapters Strengthen Engineering Interest...................... 57 High School Gymnasium Has Unusual Roof................... 39 HIGHWAYS* AIRPORTS Curtiss to Retire from Bureau of Public Roads............ 69 AASHO-AGC Joint Committee Meets in Chicago........ 69 Admiral Peltier Becomes Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks ................................... .................................. U. S. Seaway Project 75 Per Cent Complete................. 6S 63 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Newt of the Month............................................................ 5 Trend and Outlook............................................................ 7 Constructographs .....................................................9, 11, IS Labor Notes........................................................................ 17 Sidelights (or Contrmcton......................... John C. Haya 19 In the States...................................................................... *1 Editorials ............................................................................ 93 Chapters and Branches...................................................... 65 Men and Events.................................................................. 69 New Equipment sndMaterials......................................... 71 AGC Forms and Publications........................................... 78 Advertisers' Products......................................................... 81 Index of Advertisers.......................................................... 88 KXKUTIVI D&AJTTMIKT FRANK J. ROONEY JAMES D. MARSHALL Pmidtmt Pnbluktr GEORGE C K088 WILLIAM E. DUNN Fiat Preside*/ Associate Publisher WILLIAM MnRHZAD Secretary-Treasurer JOHN B. SWEM Asst Secretary Treasurer JOHN C. HAYES, Logoi Comutt tOAJtO 06 MUCTOCS FRANK J ROONEY GEORGE C KUS8 WILLIAM MTTRHEAD JAMES D. MARSHALL WILLIAM E DPNN Night lights on a giant "cat" cracker at an oil refinery create an atmosphere reminiscent of s holiday scene. Said to be the largest Orthofiow fluid catalytic cracking unit ever built, it is located at the Tidewater Oil Company's Delaware Flying A Refinery eonth of Wilmington. Prime contractor on the construction project was C. F. Braun It Co., AGC, Alhambra. Calif. The "eat" cracker works around the clock and is capable of processing 109,000 barrels of oil daily. ttOORIAl DEPARTMENT WILLIAM G. DOOLY. JR., Editor 06BURN ZTTBER, Associate Editor EDWARD A. GREENE. Associate Editor DONALD R. FOX.VOG. Associate Editor USINESS DEPARTMENT MISS MARJORIE BECK, fiustnsss itonager MRS. GENEVIEVE MORRIS, Auittant Editorial and Advertising Offices Mansey Building, Washington 4, D- C. (District 7-1806) Waster* Advertising Office 80 North La Salle Street. Chicago 9, HI, L. B. Hammond, West ern Manager. R. H Hammond, Assistant (RAndolph 6-1843) Easter* AOvertiring Offic* 11 East 47th Street, New York 17, N. Y,, James C. Greenwood. Eastern Manager (PLaza 8-3375) West C**st Advertising Office M. D. Pugh and Associate*, P.o. Bax S9188, La* Angeles St. California (CApHol 9-8857) Published monthly. ls.se). Brontered Editorial and ns eseond dnss Bxaeaov* Office. wetter Jane is. Manser IMS. at Balldin*. Washington a D. C. tbs foeioffic* at Washington, D. Subscription pries G. under the Act ls.se per rear. at March a 197*. "ioSZiSTHliH The Ccertradcr, lac. THt CONSTRUCTOR. DECEMBER 1957 3 MWtuii, i*c . fLiiiiirta. a c.