b'theyarejoined,fabricated,and(3) A catch platform shall be installed finished into ducts, roofs, flashing, roof below the workingarea ofroof$more roof-drainage components.than 10from theto eaves feetground Charts and tables in the presentationwith a slope greater than 3 inche.s in comparestainlesstononferrous12inches withoutaparapet.lnwidth, metals,whilecost-savingtechniques EWSshowhowto keep stainless economi the platform shall extend 2 feet beyond the projection of the caves and cally competitive with these materials.shall be provided with a guardrail, mid-Also included in the talk is a review ofrail, and toe board. This provision shall thefast-growingpollutioncontrolnot applywhereenfployees engaged marketalongwithmanyresidential,in worksuch roofs are protected upon commercial, and industrialby a safety belt attached to a lif line. applications.eWHATATTITUDE CAN DO:TheCommitteewillfurnishaThissubsectionwasamendedon An interesting editorial appeared inspeaker to present the talk - there isDecember 2, 1972, and now requires a the Columbia, S.C.Staterecently thatno charge for this service. For addition catch platform only where the slope is shouldmakebothmanagementandal information,writeABCmagazine,greaterthan fourintwelve,andthe laborsitupandtakenotice."The221 Lake Street, Oak Park, Ill. 60302,ground-to-eaves height was changed to KaiserSteelCompany,Fontana,orjotashortnoteonourreadersread 16 feet. California, losing money hand-over-fistservicecardandwewillhavethetsruceMartin,NRCAGeneral withapipemill,announceditwasmaterial sent on to you.Manager, said, "I regret the necessity goingtobeshutdown.Theplantto resort to legalremedies.Iremain manager told the workers bluntly, \'TheNRCAFiles Reviewfirmlyconvincedthatthemost JapaneseproducethesamehighOfOSHA Regulationreasonableandacceptablestandards they quality steel pipe we make, butdowillbedevelopedonlythroughthe it a hell of a lot cheaper. We\'re losingTHENATIONALROOFINGCon mutualcooperation of safetyofficials money,and the millhasto go.\'tractorsAssociation,alongwiththeandrepresentativesoftheindustry "The workers, faced with unemploy chairmanandthreemembersoftheinvolved." ment appealed to the companyto letChicagoRoofingContractorsAssoci Martin pointed out that thisisthe them try to save the mill. A spokesmanationSteepRoofingCommittee,hasfirst legal action NRCA has e\\-er underfor the AFL-CIO United Steelworkersfiled a Petition for Review of the OSHAtaken,andheurgedformorepublic of America local said:\'I told manage catchplatform standard(1926.451(u)response."Catchplatformswould ment, look, we don\'t believe anybody in(3)). The petition was filed on Januarydoublethecostofanaverage the world can out-produce us. I hear all25, 1973 in the Seventh Circuit Court ofresidentialre-roofingjob,"hesaid, this bunk about how good they do it inAppeals, Chicago, Illinois."andhardesthitwouldbethe JapanandGermany,andwetoldThe standard inquestion reads:low-incomehome-owner." management let ustry some things.\' "The results: in 90 days there was a 32% increase inproductivity.A4toRIGID -ROLL INSULATION 5%annual increase is a good average. "Howwasitdone?TheunionRIGID-ROLLFIBERGLASSIN invisable. Compression against the purspokesman explained,\'It was alot ofSULATIONshownbeinginstalledlins creates atensionthat eliminates little things and a few big things and aatop one of the largest metal buildingsthe need forstretching and insures a change in attitude,but it didn\'t takein the country a202\'x 1090\'ware dependable water ,apor seal along the Dover Air Forclongbeforethoseproductionfigureshouse ate Base. Exclu joint. RIGID-ROLL is afiberglassinwere leapingup.\'sive reinforced 2" tab oninsulationsulation board that arri\\es in a roll and "Inponderingthisstory,obviousassuresaneat,uniformceilingwithreturns to board form \hen rolled out questionsoccur:whatweretheclean,snugjointsthatare\\irtuallyatop the roof. workers doing all those years before? And,wouldsuchproductivityby American workers have overcome the Japanese and German competition long ago? Could such productivity allow the United States to increase exports over imports,thereby reversing the trade deficit that hits everyone in the pocketbook? As the union spokesman said, it was a lot of little things and a few big things. But we are persuaded that the biggest thing of all was the change in attitude." Slide Presentation On The Installation of Sheet Metal "STAINLESSSTEEL SheetMetal Applications"isnowavailablefor presentationto interestedgroupsof roofingandsheetmetalcontractors. Prepared by the Committee of StainlessSteelProducers,AmericanIron and Steel Institute, the talk covers the fivestainlesssteelsusedforsheet metal products, anditdescribes how 4April 1973'