b'United Foam Opens Fresno Branch United FoamCorporation,recently 1:50 to 3:30PMRoofing in an Energy-Scarce Eraexpanded their operations by opening a Presentation HallVaporbarriers,condensationandinsulationandfabricatingplantandwarehousein Multimedia Forummoistureeffectsininsulationwillbediscussed,Fresno, Calif.The25,000square foot plusapreviewof pendingrevisionstotheAIAfacilitywillservetheCentralSan ManualofBuilt-UpRoof SystemsandcertainJoaquin Valley from Merced south to publications.Bakersfield and the coastal area to San C. W. Griffin, Denville, New JerseyLuis Obispo. Paul L. Morris, Kansas City, MissouriSurvey Shows Non-Union Construction 3:40 to 4:30Viscosity:The Vital Variable in Asphalt Application.WorkersEnjoy MoreStabilized PMJobs ThanUnion Counterparts. Presentation HallA ImportantnewtestsjustcompletedbytheAccordingtoabuildingindustry Multimedia ForumNational Bureau ofthat the key tosurvey of employment in the construcStandards indicate pounds per ply in interply mappings isviscosity oftionindustry,92percentofthe theasphaltatthetimeof application.Differentconstructionworkersemployedby asphaltshavedifferentviscositiesatthesameMeritShop(non-union)firmswork temperature.more hours per year than their unionDr. Walter J. Rossiter, National Bureau ofmember counterparts referred out of StandardsAFL-CIOhiring halls. Robert Wiskus, Sioux City, IowaThe figures released today are part Harold Biebel, St. Luois, Missouriof anationwide survey conductedfor 4:30 to 6 PMVisit ExhibitsAssociatedBuildersandContractors Centennial, Shawneeby the Opinion Research Corporation, Mission and LibertyPrinceton, New Jersey. Rooms and CrownPresidentPhilipAbramssaidthe Center Squarestudywascommissionedtoobtaina 6:30 to 7:30 PMCash Bar (or Hospitality Rooms)profile of a construction industry that Century Foyerhas undergone a major shift away from the exclusive use of unionized workers. 7:30 PM to?BanquetAbrams said the survey figures also Century BallroomPresentation ofindicate that of the workers employed Seventh AnnualbyMeritShopfirms,morethan 80 James0. McCawley Awardpercent work on equivalent of a regular Entertainment40hour week year-round. DancingIncomparison,RobertGeorgine, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1975president of the AFL-CIO Building and 8:30 to 10:30 AMVisit ExhibitsConstruction Trades Department, told Centennial, ShawneetheJointEconomicCommitteein Mission and LibertyMarch1975that accordingtoLabor Rooms and CrownDepartment studies, theaverage full Center Squaretimeunion constructionworker averaged1,200hours attrade hiseach year. 10:30 to11:15AMA Look at Testing LaboratoriesAbrams said the figures for the first Presentation HallHowtousetestinglabstoyouradvantage.time "give a totally different picture of Multimedia Forumincludingtheircapabilitiesandlimitationsandanhowamajorityoftheconstruction evaluation ofindustry operates andiscontraryto some common lab tests. William J. Strand, Warren, Michiganthe one often drawn by the AFL-CIO to Ray Johnson, Tulsa, Oklahomagainspecialtreatmentfromthe government." 11:25AMtoStealing: How to Stop it"We(ABC)drawthefollowing 12:15 PMDo you have a problem with material andconclusionsfromthesefigures," Presentation Hallequipment thefts from your yard and jobsite?Abrams said, Multimedia ForumThesetheftscanbeprevented?HearhowfromThe industry is much more stable a security expert.than originally thought. RussellJ.Humphries,CrotononHudson,Seasonalityofunemploymentin New Yorktheconstructionindustryhasbeen John F. Somers, Minneapolis, Minnesotamuch overblown and may possibly be an artificial creation. 12:15 PMFinal Business SessionFewMeritShopconstruction Presentation HallElection ofworkersaredrawingunemployment Officers and Directors MultimediaAdjournment ofcompensationduringperiodslabeled Convention 12:30PMBuffetand Beer Bust"seasonal" by the government. Century BallroomIndependent construction workers are not generally "hired off the street" 1:30PMBuses depart for Acapulco Adventure and reconvenedbut enjoy the same kind of sustained Hotel En trance - convention.employmentandskilllevelsasthe Lobby Levelindustrial worker who averages2,000 hours of employment per year.'