b'SPRI NewsHelp Wanted The Single Ply Roofing Institute (SPRI)Subcommittee on Appropriations of theAmerican firms, (many MRCA members has announced it is sponsoring two regionalHouse of Representatives that since theincluded), facing growing labor shortages conferencestobeheldin1989.Theintroduction ofand intense competition for good polyisocyanurate .insulationworkers, seminarsaregearedtowardspecifiers,in 1975, the energy equivalent of half awill be compelled to hire more minorities, architects, building owners and consultantsbillion gallons ofwas saved because ofwomen, and older workers in 1989 and oil to broaden their understanding of single this product.The Joint Research Projectthrough the early 1990s, The Conference ply roofing.will provide results that will clarify andBoard reports. acceleratethetransitiontoinsulation The first seminar will be Nov. 28, 1989, atproductsusingCFCsubstituteswhileTheU.S.laborsupply willcontinue to theHolidayInnCrownePlazainmaintaining thermal efficiency.grow, but atof a feeble rateless than 1.5% Washington,D.C.The second seminara year in the next decade.That\'s half the will be a week later, Dec. 6, at the DunfeyThethree-year,$400,000studywillgrowth rate registered in the 1970s. SanMateoHotelinSanFrancisco,investi_gatepolyisocyanuratei~ulatin_g .California.foams produced with non-CFC blowing"Employers will be under pressure to find agents,specificallyHCFC-141bandnew sources of," says Audrey employeesBoth conferences will presentoverviewHCFC-123.Compared toCFC-11,theFreedman,managementcounselorand an of membraneandsystemselection,mainchemicalblowingagent currentlyauthorof theanalysis."Twolikely insulation,roofing fasteners,andcodesused in foam insulation, HCFC-141b andpossibilities are themillion women 14who and standards.Registration is $75.For123 have only a 5-10% potential to depleteare now staying home all year to care for more information call Carol Godiksen atstratospheric ozone.their children and 3.3 million Americans 312/940-8800.whohavetakenearlyretirement." In addition, both thermal and mechanicalAccording to the latest official data, only performance characteristics willstudied,19% of bethe American population between includingphysicalpropertiessuchas20 and 65 remains outthe workforce all of Research Project to Testinsulationvalue,density,water vaporyear. Insulation Boardtransmissionrate,dimensionalstability, compressive strength, shear strength, waterThe analysis also points out that increase ThePolyisocyanurateInsulationabsorption,and flexural strength.Plansindrugtestingby employersis further ManufacturersAssociation(PIMA)hasalsoinclude long-term,inplace testing.reducing the supply ofStill another labor. initiatedajoint researchproject totestTesting willbe carriedout bytheOakfactor:Risingnumbers of functionally rigidinsulationboardutilizingRidge National Laboratory with installationilliterateandmarginallyliterateyoung chlorofluorocarbon(CFC) substitutesinunder the guidance ofpeople and others who are unprepared for NRCA. roofingapplications.Theprojectisathe world of work. highlysignificant responsetoincreased awarenessof environmentaldangers, globalwarming,andtheimportanceofBoon Joins RIEi energy conservation since (according to PIMA), polyisocyanurate insulation is theRichard (Rich) Boon, P.E., has been hiredMilwaukee Rolls Out The mostenergy-efficientproductontheas the Deputy Technical Director of TheRed Carpet For MRCA market.RoofingIndustryEducationalInstitute (RIEi) in Englewood, CO. Mr. Boon spentThe 40th Annual MRCA Convention Participantsin thetestprogramincludeten (10)yearswiththeIndustrialandandTradeShowwillbeheldin PIMA, the Society ofBuilding Products Divisions ofMilwaukee, Wisconsin this year, and the Plastics IndustryFirestone (SPI),the Dept. of Energy (DOE), Oakbefore joining RIEi in May.promisestobe anevent youcan\'t Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL), theafford to miss.This is your chance to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),AsDeputyTechnicalDirector of theexpose yourself to the newest trends andtheNationalRoofingContractorsInstitute,Richwillbeinvolvedintheand ideas in the industry, and to share Association (NRCA).implementation and instruction ofyour concerns with your peersand seminars aswellas developmentof futureRIEileaders.Watchyourmailfor PIMA President, Lorraine Aulisio, reportedcourses.He will also be involved in theConvention registration materials, and intestimonybeforetheInteriordevelopment of new mediain which tobe sure to respond without delay. presentknowledgetotheprofessionals within the roofing industry. Page 3'