b'- - - - -J Firestone Rewards Contractors for Community Service FirestoneBui IProductsprojects include roof installationsEstablished in 1995, thePartners inity Award also recogdingannualQualrecentlylaunchedanincentivefor both public in andnizes contractors with ato roof quality, as demonstrated by stitutionscommitment program designed to reward itsprivate not-for-profitorganiza ab -average long-term roofing system performance.Contr r ove acto comcontr for community servicetions.To be eligible for the pur panies qualifying for the award in 1999 have installed animum of actorsmiinitiatives.Roofingractorschase credit, Firestone materials300, s feet of warrantedroofing systems inreecont 000quareFirestonethe ththat have been namedPart must beinstalled with donatedyear period from 1989 to 1991,have demonstrated warranty repair 1999and ners in Quality or Inner Circlelabor by 1999 Partners Incosts that are less thanaverage of al IFirestone contractors. ofQualitytheother ual of Q ityAwardrecipients,inor Inner CircleQuality Award recognition of their demonstratedrecipients.The credit is applied1999 Inner Circle of Quality Award Recipients commitmenttolong-termroofdirectly to the contractor\'s account performance, are now eligible towith F and can be used forFirestone Buildingts Co recently presented the 1999 irestoneProduc mpany earn material credits for charitableroofing material or warranty Inner CircleQ Award toof itscontractors for their trans ofuality72master ojects.99 oflong roofroofing pr actions.The 1 9 Inner Circleproven commitment to-terming system performance. "SupportingthecharitableQ lity Awardipients can earnT F Contractor program recognizes the company\'s top ua rec heirestone Master effort of our con reflects$2,000 in credit for eachlicensed commercial roofing contractors inU.S.internationally tractorscharita theandfor Firestone\'s commitment to com ble contribution, and Partners inachieving aistent level of quality inir installation ofranted cons the warmunityon alevel,"Quality can receive $ 000.Fi restRoofing Systems.Master contractors qua ified for the 1999 servicelocal1, oneI said David Grass,president ofFirestone materials qualifyingInner Circle of Q ity Award by installing a minimum of 1llion squual mi are FirestoneBuildingProducts.for the purchase credit include:feet of warranted roofing systems from 1991-1993. ramwayPDM,and993, theas "This prog provides aforRubberGard E UltraPlySince 1 Inner Circle of Quality Award h been presented to us to give something back toAsphalt-based Roofing Systems;mastera rslong-termf p rmance meets Firestone\'s thecontr cto whoseroo erfovaluable organizations and insti ISO 95+ polyisocyanurate insula established standards ofllence.Roof performance isby exce measured tutions that have made our com tion; and roofingtemhistorical roof service costs, which are recalculated eachb on the sys acces yearased munities aplace tosories, suchas theQuickSeamcumulative service costs for each contractor\'sfs in the fifth,h betterlive."roo sixt and Qualifying community serviceTape System.seventh year following installation. "Firestone is focused on constantly achieving even higher levels of qualitya aspects of our business - the Inner CircleQuality Award inllof gives us the opportun to identify and rewardr who shareis itycont actorsthgoal," explained David Gr . " Inner CircleQuality Awardthe ass Theofis only awardits kind in the commercial roofing industry. And, the cofonwethi awa somethe tractorshonor withsrd areof the finest inroofing busin they have consistentlym their commitment ess becausede onstrated to long-term roofing system perform ." anceFrrcstone President\'s Award Recipients Firestone Building Produ . the recipients of its cts Company announced 999residen Award which acknow1 P t\'s,ledges the achievements of the top U.S. andl Ma bas on Quality Point accumuInternationa ster Contractorsed lation. The 1 Pr Awa recipients wereat the Firestone 999esident\'srdhonored Master Contractor Recogn ion Event held recently atEl Conquistador it the Resort and Country Club in(where,city?) Puerto Rico. what asstheecipien of David Gr spoke highly ofr tsthe President\'s Award.\'This Continued on page 6'