b'Built-UpRoofingSidingCaulkingInsulation .,0thAnnualConventionofMidwestRoofing ContractorsAss\'nAttractsRecord1,800-Pius HaroldBiebel,BiebelBros.,St.Louis,Mo.,IsElectedPresident. 11th Annual "McCawley"AwardGoestoBobLyons. FineInformativeProgram. TradeShowAgainSuccessful1980Conven SlatedFor tion Indianapolis, Ind. The30thannualconventionofthemeetingandwhatwasaccomplished,MorM i d w e s tRoofingContractorsAss\'nriswentontoexplainthegoalssetupR.L.Fricklas,Right,Dir.ofRoofingIndustry (MRCA)washeldlastmonthinKansasbythoseparticipatinginit.Educationallnsf;tute(RI El)PresentsFounder\'s City,Mo.Eachyear,forthepastseveralAmongthesegoalswereplansforaPlaquetoMRCAPres.,CyTilsen,Center,Tilsen Rfg.,Madison,Wis.,ForMRCA\'sEffortsInFinanyears,theaffairshavesetnewattendancesingleplysystemguidethatcanbeusedcingNewRI El.AtLeft,LookingOnAporovingly, recordsandsuchwasthecaseinKansasbyboththemanufacturerandthesingleIsTomManson.WesternRfg.,KansasCity_Mo., City,wheremorethan1,800attended.plyapplicator.PlansarealsounderwayCurrentPres.,NationalRfg.Contrs.Ass\'n(NRCA) Officers and Directors Selectedtoestablishmanufacturer\'sresponsibilitiesandPast Pres. of MRCA Reported On In November Issueregardingsingleplysystemsandtoestab Hesaidthatthereisa. lotofpossibilities The MRCAconventioncamequitecloselishacommitteelOmoniwrsingkplyforcontrollingemissionsfromkettles,but totheclosingdateforour!\\ovemberis systems.itwillrcs11ltinincreasedcosts.butthat sue,solastmonth,weonlyreportedonDupuiswldoftheprogressachievedinitwasnotlikelytoputtheindustryour thenewofficersanddirectorswhoweresolvingsomeoftheproblemsinvolvedinofh11siness. namedforthecomingyear.singleply systemsthat havebeenoccurringLawrence of Koppers Foresees More Lyons Is Recipient of McCawley Awardduringthepasttwoyears,Healsore Stringent Controls viewedtheresults of a survey onthe singleImproperhandlingofthematerialin WealsoreportedlastmonththatBobplysvstemrespondedtobynearly33%the kettle causes most of the emissionprobLyons,YIRCA\'sgeneralcounsel.wastheoftheMRCAmembership.Dupuisconrecipient of the JamesQ.McCawley Award.cludedthatthesingleplyroofingsvstemlems, acu,ruingtoDr.AlonzoLawrenceof Lyonswasthe11thindustrypersonalitytoisaviablealternatelOabuilt-upsvstem.hoppersCo.Hewouldliketoseestanreceivethe award - only the second persondards developedcoveringtheemission mattoreceiveit,whowasanon-contracwr."Are Kettle Emissions Hazardous toter.Heforeseesmorestringentcontrols on During the presentation, Lvons was creditedYour Health?" Covered By Paneltheproblemof kettleemissions comingup withmuchofthegrowthandsuccessofinthefuture, MRCAduringhistenureofexecutivesec GeorgeMoeller,A.J.ShirkRfg.Co.,Puzinauskas of Asphalt Institute retaryaswellashiscurrentpositionofKansasCity,Mo.,moderatedapanelco, Reports On Two Studies ,-_generalcounsel.Theawardwaspresentederingthesubject,"AreKettleEmissions"EmissionsfromAsphaltRoofingKetwLyonsbyJohnBradford, BradfordRfg.HazardoustoYourHealth?"\'(Moelleristlesisthetitleofatwopartstudyon llnsul.,Billings,Mont., -the1979Mr.Caw anewMRCAdirectorandservedascon charashfumesandmoistureinashfumes leyawardrecipient.ventionco-chairman).Hetoldaboutthethatwas summarizedby\\\'. T.Puzinauskas investigationsbeingdoneonchemicals Morris and Dupuis Review Singlereleasedfromkettlesthatareclaimedasofthe AsphaltInstitute.He alsoexplained Ply Systemsacauseofcancerandrespirawryailments.thetestingutilizedinthis study.Hewent AftertheopeningJunche0nandanad Moellerexplainedaboutthecontrolledontosaythathighkettletemperatures dressbyl\\IissouriCongressman,RichardemissionsamplingbeingdonebytheNa causeexcessiveemissionsandoutlined Bolling,thelead-offconventionsessiontionalInstituteforOccupationalSafety&stepstorelievtthisproblem. dwelledonthesingleplyroofingsystem.Health(NIOSH) .Thiswasfurtherdis Krchma Says Conclusions of Emission Thistopichasbeentheprogramlead-offcussedbyDr.GeorgeCarsonofNIOSHDangers Haphazardly Arrived At for the past few years.whoreviewed,with slides,howthistestingWhilethreeofthefour speakers onthis Handling the subject this ~car were Paulwascarriedonat thelocalroofing appren panelcoveredthedangersofemissions Morris,Sellers&MarquisRfg.Co.,Kansastice school in Kansas City. Carson presentedfromkettles,L.C.KrchmaofKansasCity, City,Mo.,andDr.ReneDupuisofthesomeinitialfindingsofthetestingandMo.,wasapprehensiveofsomeofthereUniv.ofWisconsin,Madison.Morrisre statedthatthefinalresultsofthetestingsultsobtainedbyinuustntesting. portedonagroupmeetingthatwasheldwillbepresentedattheupcoming1\':RCAHesaidthatmanyoftheconclusions attheNationalBureau of Standardshead convention.reachedbythegovernmentagenciesare quartersbysingleplysystemmanufactur Carsonsaidthatroofingemployeeswillhaphazarulyarrivedat.Asanexample,he ers,roofingcontracwrsandgovernmenthavetopaymoreattentionandwat~hpointedhowasphaltwasinjectedinto rats people. After describing the purpose of themoreclosely,thethermometersonkettles.to findits effects andthenprojectedthem JohnBradford,Right,BradfordRfg.&inul Billings,Mont.,PastPre.of MR.CA,CongratulateTwoNewMRCAOfficers,RodneyNaucke,Left,Dalo CramptonCo.,FortSmith,Ark.,Nl\\WTreas.;andHaroldBiebel,Center, Biebel Bros., Inc., St. Louis,Mo., New MRCAPres. (All SNIPS Photos] JohnBradford,Left,BradfordRfg.&InsulationCo.,Billings,Mont.,Shown AfterHePresentedtheJames9.McCawleyAwardPlaquetoBobLyons, Right,MRCA\'sGeneralCounselandFormerExec.Sec\'y,ForHisUntiring EffortsOn Behalf of the Association, Over the Years (Photo Courtesy of American Roofer Magazine) December,1979'