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Ronald Brady
Ronald P. Brady, president of Bradco International Ltd. in La Mesa, Calif., received AWCI’s highest honor,
the Pinnacle Award, during the Awards Presentation Brunch at AWCI’s 90th Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla.,
April 1–5, 2007.
Pinnacle Award
A Pinnacle Award winner is recognized for giving unselfishly of his time and energies to benefit AWCI and the
industry. Not only are the candidates evaluated on their dedication to the industry, but on their civic and community work and the excellence of their companies.
Association News
May Labor Night
Meeting
May 15, 2007
March Meeting Recap
Michael Logue
NAWIC/Women Build
Golfing News
2007 Desert Golf
By Tim Haas
Meetings
San Diego Recap
Las Vegas Recap
Technical Bulletin
Drywall Cracking
By Michael Logue &
Darin Coats
Ron was AWCI’s 1989–1990 president, following in the footsteps of his father, E.F. Brady, who was president in
1978.
E.F. and Eloise Brady moved from Arkansas to San Diego after World War II and founded a small plastering business in 1946. Ron and his twin brother, Robert, got into the business in 1955, with Robert managing operations
and Ron working in the field. In the 1960s and 1970s, the company moved into drywall, then metal framing and
fireproofing. In 1979, a year after E.F. passed away, Robert left the business and Ron stayed. Also in that same
time frame, Ron married and started a family—four boys and one girl were the result.
While raising a family, Ron was reinventing the
Brady Company into a growing and successful
interior and exterior contracting company.
Today, Ron’s four sons are all involved in the
business/industry in some way. In fact, his son
Gregg currently sits on the AWCI board of directors, and son Todd and his company, Brady Construction Innovations, are regular exhibitors at the
Intex Expo.
The Brady Companies’ headquarters is in La
Mesa, Calif., but today the company also has offices in San Diego (son Scott is president), Los
Angeles and in Castroville (Central), Calif. In
fact, the Castroville office was a winner of
AWCI’s Excellence in Construction Safety Award
in 2005.
Ron Brady and Family accepting the Pinnacle Award during the Awards Presentation Brunch at AWCI’s 90th Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla., April 1–5, 2007
In addition to his accomplishments at AWCI and in
business, Ron gives back to his community. Ron and
his wife, Mary Alice, are on the honorary committee
of Vista Hill, an organization that serves the people
of San Diego County with programs that range from
brief early intervention and preventive work with
troubled young people, to treatment with school age
kids, to long-term special education and training for
individuals with Developmental Disabilities.
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And somewhere in it all, Ron finds time to have fun.
Whether it’s a family event celebrated with their
eight children and 24 grandchildren or a guys-only
fishing trip, Ron makes his mark wherever he goes.
Ken Navratil, AWCI’s Convention Committee Chairman, presents
Ron Brady with the 2007 Pinnacle Award.
WWCCA members have seen changes,
trends and fads. Many were heralded as
the best way to achieve greater market
share, improve labor-management relations or stave off the non-union competition. However, many of those ideas have
produced more talk than results. But does
that outcome mean that “if it ain’t broke,
don’t fix it”?
Join Vince Sandusky, Chief Exec. Officer of the FCA for a discussion of the value of change at the WWCCA May Membership Meeting being held at the Phoenix Club. Bring your stories
of the impact of change in your business.
Michael Logue spoke to the general
membership about the new California
Building Code, coming into effect January 1st, 2008. Michael’s PowerPoint
presentation covered ASTM C926 and
1063, standards heavily referenced in
the new code that specify the application
of portland cement-based plaster and
the application of lathing to receive plaster respectively. TSIB is working with
the International Code Council (ICC) to
develop a comprehensive UBC to IBC
transition training program. The program is targeted to be available this fall.
As FCA's Chief Executive Officer, Vince Sandusky provides
leadership in the areas of organizational development, governance, and industry relations. He is the FCA's point person for
labor-management relations activities and working relationships
with the IUPAT.
Sandusky brings 29 years' experience as a trade association
executive including 19 as the chief staff executive for national
and international organizations.
The National Association
of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is teaming
up with Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build
Program. Through this
program, women are encouraged to
get involved in the construction of
Habitat homes. Women volunteers
come together to build decent, affordable houses with and for families in need. The goal is to empower women by offering a nonintimidating, fun and positive environment.
This year, Habitat is building 9
homes in Fullerton, California, two
of which will be built by the Women
Build Program. Habitat for Humanity
is offering a training fair on June 30,
2007 and NAWIC will be there!
This will be a fun opportunity to
learn some basic construction
skills that you may use in Fullerton.
The training fair will consist of several demonstration booths providing hands-on opportunities to practice construction skills. Skills and
Topics that will be covered include:
•
How to safely use hand and
power tools
•
How to install exterior siding
•
How to frame walls and roofs
•
How to finish interior with
paint and trim
The National Association of
Women in Construction’s partnership with Habitat for Humanity is a
perfect pairing. As NAWIC serves
to support women who work in the
Construction industry, Women
Build strives to encourages
women and girls to have fun and
make a difference by building
homes and communities.
For more information about
NAWIC or the Women’s Build Program Training Fair please visit
NAWIC’s website at:
http://www.nawicoc.org/ or
Habitat for Humanity’s Orange
County website at:
http://www.habitatoc.org/build/women/
The National Association of Women in Construction
(NAWIC) is an international association of women
employed in all areas of the construction industry from
skilled trades to business ownership. NAWIC was
started in 1953 in Fort Worth, Texas by a group of
women employed in the construction industry. Since this
time, NAWIC has grown to a membership of more than
4,500 with hundreds of chapters throughout the United
States and Canada.
Perfect weather, challenging golf courses, first
class hotel accommodations, great people and a
fabulous party! Wow, what a terrific weekend in
Palm Desert. We played over 190 golfers on the
Fire Cliff & Mountain View courses at Desert Willow which is conveniently located across the
street from our hotel, the Desert Marriott Resort
& Spa.
Low Gross
1st Ben Penny
2nd Mark Finch
Roger Merchant
Best Interiors, Inc.
3rd
CALPLY
Low Net
1st Larry Wood
Cal-Wal Gypsum Supply
2nd Rich Schmitt
3rd Ian Hendry
Carefree Corners, Inc. Our two day Desert Classic Tournament took
place on Friday and Saturday with shotgun starts
Callaway – Men
California Drywall/
at 12:30pm and 7:30am (with limited hang1st Clint North
Lathing, Inc.
overs). All of our players received a beautiful golf
nd
2 Lee Augustine
bag Travel Cover as their Tee Gift which was a big
Carpenters Local Union hit. There was lots of good golf along with plenty
Callaway – Ladies
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of networking for everyone.
1st Corilynn Ciampa
2nd Rita Beingesser
Carpenters Local Union Golf was followed by our infamous Saturday night
1506
Cocktail and Hors d' oeuvres Party in the hoClosest to the Pin Friday
tel attended by over 300 party goers. Again good
Firecliff
#
8
= Mike Coulmbe – 5’2”
Certainteed
food and libations were enjoined by all and we
Mountain
View
#
8 = Tom Coffey – 7’6”
had over 30 lucky winners in our Raffle Drawing.
Closest
to the Pin Saturday
Clark Western
Its easy to say all of our WWCCA members and
Firecliff
#
8
=
Bill Barrick – 3’6”
had a good time and are looking forward to
Clinch-On-Cornerbead guests
Mountain
View
#
8
= Jim Mac – 1’7”
2008.
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us
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have a great weekend and an enjoyable and inexWWCCA will post results and contact the
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winners as soon as the information has been
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received. Thank you for your patience.
Tim Haas ~ Tournament Golf & Travel
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Lee CapitalManagement
Acoustic Material Services
ATPA
Moonlight Molds, Inc.
Anning-Johnson Co.
BPA
National Gypsum
Brady Company
KHS&S Contractors
Omega Products
Caston Plastering & Drywall, Inc.
Rice Drywall, Inc.
PerformanceFalcon Ladder & Scaffold
Contracting, Inc.
Schetne Drywall, Inc.
Grasswood Partners
SO. CA Drywall Finishers
Stockton Products
LMCC
Jade, Inc.
Superior Wall Systems
The Raymond Group
Nevell Group
Supro Corporation
Westpac Material
Pacific Wall Systems
W.F. Hayward Co.
Westside BuildingWest End Material Supply
Materials/ Parex
April 4th was the date of our most recent San Diego WWCCA Membership meeting which saw another attendance record of 97 people sitting
down for dinner!
The evening’s
theme was Weather Barriers behind
Plaster. Jim Hamm with Huttig/Typar
and Herman Lopez with Tyvek
Weatherization Systems shared
there viewpoints and opinions on the
subject which was followed by a spirited question and answer session.
The next meeting will again be at the
“Butcher Shop” on June 7th. Our
guest speaker will be Frank Nunez
with the Northern Lath and Plastering
Institute of Northern California and
the topic will be the impending code
changes that will affect our industry
and its effects on areas that have already adopted the new changes.
The March Las Vegas Association meeting kicked off 2007 with a
simple message and a reminder to
all Contractors, Labor, Associations,
Manufacturers and Distributors present, that even though we may be in
competition with one another to
varying degrees, we must remain
unified in the common goal of preserving and hopefully ever improving
the type of building industry we inherited.
If you would like to be on our San
Diego mailing list please call Bryan
Stanley at (714) 221-5530 or email
him at bryan@tsib.org.
If you would like to be on our Las
Vegas mailing list please call Bob
Campbell at (702) 319-2808 or email
him at bob@tsib.org.
Our thanks to the OPCM Apprenticeship and Journeyman Upgrade
Committee members for sharing
their progress and for their efforts to
date. Thank you also to USG, BASF
for their dinner sponsorships and to
all in attendance for their continued
support.
TSIB has experienced an unprecedented number of calls for cracking drywall. Quite often, we
evaluate the work and typically find one of the following items contributing to the drywall cracking:
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Control joints not installed per ASTM C840 – 20. System XIII
Jobsite climate not in compliance with ASTM C840 – 4. Environmental Conditions
Abuse resistant board used and finished with drying type joint compound
Panels shrink; joints expand when building air is drier then during installation
Panel Movement; joints shrink when building air contains more moisture then during initial installation – joint ridge.
Let’s go through these 5 items in detail.
Control (expansion) Joints - ASTM C 840 – 20 System XIII
The .093 drywall control joint (figure 1) provides isolation for minor movement from climate related
panel size variations, framing deflection, and construction or equipment vibration. C 840 stipulates
that full height door frames shall be considered equivalent to a control joint. However, most installation don’t use full height door frames, particularly in fire or sound rated partitions. Typically in full
height gypsum panel installations the control joint will extend from the door frame up to the deck or
head-of-wall (non-rated partitions). For fire or sound rated partitions, the recommendation would be
to install the .093 joint, per figure 2 and away from the door assembly. If the control joint is specified at the door location in a rated partition, drywall will need to be installed inside of the box header
so the 093 joint is continually backed with drywall. Also, do not stop the joint just above the ceiling
height. The rated drywall needs to be completely jointed then entire vertical height of the partition.
Lastly, control joints shall be installed where indicated on the plans, if not indicated, this issue
should be addressed through an RFI.
Environmental Conditions - ASTM C 840
Environmental conditions in ASTM C840 state that room temperature shall be maintained at not
less then 50 degrees F during joint treatment, texturing and decoration for 48 hours prior to application and continuously thereafter until completely dry. Also, C840 requires adequate ventilation during installation and curing (drying). The California Building Code states that “Gypsum
wallboard shall not be installed until weather protection for the installation is provided.”
Abuse Resistant Board Used and Finished With Drying Type Joint Compound
Most manufacturers of abuse resistant or “paperless” board recommend a setting type joint
compound. This is because setting type compounds are stronger then drying type joint compounds and the added strength is needed because the board is far more rigid then regular drywall and will not “give” around the screws or at the joints. This lack of “give” causes drying type
joint compound to fail at the joints.
Panel Movement
The Drywall Industry has a statement – “Panels that are installed in the summer will crack in the
winter and panels that are installed in the winter will ridge in the summer”. The explanation lies
in the hygrometric and thermal expansion properties of gypsum drywall. According to USG, a
gypsum board wall 100’ long will expand 0.51” when temperature rises 50 degrees F. USG further states that gypsum boards will expand about ½” per 100’ with a relative humidity change
from 13 RH to 90 RH. Therefore, when your drywall is installed in the summer when the air
contains more moisture, the panels are actually larger then in the winter or when the building a/c
comes on line and the air becomes much drier. This results in shrinkage which can lead to
cracks, particularly in “monolithic” (no joint) looking applications. The opposite happens when a
winter installation is completed and the summer air heats up and contains more moisture. Particularly in buildings not yet air conditioned or those that shut down when not in use, the panels
can swell causing the joints to ridge.
Theory:
Panels shrink when the air inside the building is drier then during installation.
Panels swell when the air inside the building contains more moisture then during initial installation.
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AND LIABILITY ARISING OR RESULTING FROM SUCH USE. WWCCA makes no representation or warranty, express or implied,
that the information provided herein is suitable for any general or specific purpose. The information provided should not be used without the approval of a qualified engineer, architect, building designer or other duly qualified construction professional. None of the information provided in this publication is intended to exclude the use of implementation of any other design or construction technique.
This is a story about the power of perseverance.
It was a hot summer. My teen-age vacation and a time for
puppy love. She was fifteen and budding. I was thirteen
and scrawny. And out by the pool there she was; Sue Hanson, official babe. Her orange bathing suit called to me.
Like a honeybee to a daisy I was drawn. I thought it was
love. I was dizzy with anticipation. But I was about to be
squashed like a bug and worse, I didn’t have a clue.
Edison tried over 100 versions of his light bulb before it
worked. Lincoln lost eight elections and had four nervous
breakdowns before he became President of the United
States. Folks thought Einstein was retarded until about eight
years old. It is a fact that greatness is often built upon the
wreckage of numerous crash and burn jobs. But relentless
perseverance is nearly always the vehicle of deliverance.
I hung around near her cabin like a hound near a supper
dish. Stole a hundred glances of her by the pool. Waiting
for the perfect opportunity to steal her heart; the Friday
night dance. Fueled by unbridled optimism I walked on air.
There she was, golden hair and blue eyes. I stammered
and stuttered, “W-W-Would you like to dance”? she
looked at me like I was an offensive rodent. “No, I don’t
THINK so,” she said with finality. I wobbled away, damaged but not fatally wounded.
To do the perceived impossible, or that which simply takes
too much time, trouble, effort, commitment, money, conflict...these are what create the “no, can’t, won’t, shouldn’t” responses so common to us all. Look at rebuilding union market share. Look at adopting new curriculum or
methods of instruction. Look at the old school thinking that
does not account for just how difficult the road ahead
really is. “Tried it before and it won’t work now.” “Can’t do
anything about that.” “That’s just the way it is.” These
phrases are simply a rationalization of marginal expectations. And because most people prefer to rationalize rather
than persevere, attainable goals sometimes appear to be
beyond what otherwise might be reasonably achieved.
And then again, people hate to try and fail. It’s just so embarrassing and messy.
Fifteen minutes later, it was time to try again. Hit the
beach against machine gun fire. Climb the mountain in a
blizzard. Body-surf the tsunami. Blind to all but my objective and the eighteen year old stud-muffin sitting next to
her, I boldly tried again; “Would you like to dance?” She
silently gave me the wrinkled “stinky fish” nose ... but her
dude had on the knowing smirk. One more try. “Are all
the dances reserved for him?” I asked, pointing at the
golden boy. Cold and calculated to kill she replied, “No,
but NONE OF THEM are reserved for YOU!” They laughed.
Perseverance is about overcoming failure, pain and adversity. Perseverance is about, the NO MATTER WHAT factor; long after everyone else would have given up, you
are still in there believing in your cause, in those around
you and ultimately in yourself. The road back to dominant
market share requires this uniform belief. No more “mailing
it in” or “country club” commitment is allowed. Simply
put, if you are not a “can-do” then you can’t stay.
I blindly wandered outside that dance hall...death would
have been more merciful... Discouraged? Sure. Confidence shaken? You bet. Food for thought? Absolutely.
But, a lesson was learned. If you are striving for what you
want, failure along the way is a certainty. It will never be
as easy as you want it to be. It is always easier to lick our
wounds and lie down. But the deliverance from this defeatist mindset is perseverance. Belief and perseverance
can truly make you bullet-proof. Not blind to reality, but
immune to others eager to chain you to their perceived
limits. Perseverance is a key part of long term individual
and organizational accomplishment.
The final lesson;
why not persevere to the extreme, if failure is the only
other alternative? There is nothing to lose, but our fear of
trying.
Mark Breslin is a trainer and author specializing in labor-management
challenges and solutions. He is the author of the recently published
Attitudes and Behaviors: Survival of the Fittest curriculum for apprentice training centers. The curriculum is now being used by union training centers, and has been established as standard course programming
by other International Unions and apprenticeship programs. Instructional material including books, CDs, workbooks, instructor guides and
support media information is available at www.breslin.biz.
9 - 13 NWCB Convention
Coreur d' Alene, Idaho
18 - 20 FCA Affiliate Association Executive
Leadership Council Meeting
28 Memorial Day
6 - San Diego Membership Meeting
Butcher Shop
7 - Las Vegas Membership Meeting Patavino
4 - Independence Day
WWCCA Office Closed
9 - 22nd Annual WWCCA Charity Golf
Tournament Hacienda Golf Club
Here is the one you have all
been waiting for, what to
give that Special person in
your life, (The Perfect Gift).
I’ll bet you didn’t realize
that U give me the perfect
gift every time I see U.
It has no moving parts, no
batteries, no monthly payments and no fees, its inflation proof, non taxable, in
fact it’s very quiet and reliable. It can’t be stolen, &
wont pollute, get this, one
size fits all.
It uses little energy, but
gives great results. Relieves
all your tension and your
stress, and brings great happiness as well. Combats depression, makes U beam and
elevates your Self esteem.
Your circulation it corrects
without complicated side
effects. It is the perfect
drug.
Before U give this perfect
gift U might want to put a
bow on it to create the element of surprise.
Monday July 9, 2007
Phillips Manufacturing Co.
Garrett Materials LLC
Structa Wire Corp
BASF Wallsystems
WWCCA Annual
Charity Golf Classic
Raising $$$ for
Huntingtons Disease
Hacienda Golf Club
(new clubhouse is open)
Entry forms will
be mailed out soon!
Remember to
Golf Your Balls!
Tim Haas
Tournament Golf & Travel
Annnd there’s no shopping
involved.
Are U sure U want to know
what this perfect gift is?
Stay tuned for the answer in
our next WWCCA News Bulletin. Don’t call me for the
answer. Shhhh!!! It’s a surprise.
Love Ya’ll Bunches
Pam