b',-f_f_ _ _e__e_ a_t_i_ _s__e_p o_r_t______ _ __________ t i_I_ia_t R l_ o_n R _ _MRCA Delegation Visits CRCAConvention By John Drew On January 20-21, Tom Knight,of thedaymeetingpeople,gladWe spent theof the morning rest MRCA\'sExecutiveDirector;Jimhandingfriends and doing whatschmoosing with thed . Jim oldatten eesBarr, MRCA\'s Second VicePresi Tom Knightdoesbest,sellingspent some time with, and O\'Briendent; and I, MRCA\'s Affiliate Rela booths for our Madison show.Chu D CRCA\'s presidentckessent, tionsCommitteeMember,Friday morningweattended aelect. The show co at 1 ncludedp.m. attended the Chicago Roofing Con sem on "How to Bene YourTheCR h aattended inarfitCAaswell tractorsAssociation\'s(CRCA)Company During an OSHA Inspec tradesh .Theexhibitorsare ow"17th Annual Trade Show. " It wastion."This was presentedby theh py with the traffic on the floor apheld at the Drury Lane ConferenceAurora,Ill., OSHA office and wasandtheshowitself.Wenoticed Center in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. WewellCRCA has amo nation manufacturersthdone. Theworkingrealan made the tripbothasanaffiliaterelationshipwithOSHAintheat past shows. r good will gesture and asChicago ar and it showedtheJohn Drewaer elationseainisform president an advan public relations meet pr Iup several pointsofMRCA. ceogram.picked ing tosupport for thethat will help our company in the secure CRCA TheCRCAandMRCA\'supcomingconventionatfuture. Chicago\'sNavyPier,duringJim tenu asin the MRCA haveBarr\'srepresident2002. I believe that we were successfuon historicallyboth counts.I maintained closeCRCA was establishedin 1877Incompatibility ofand Coal Tar Asphalt andistheoldestassociationofContinued from pa 7 ge ties, forming aroofingcontractorsintheUnited States.Itrepresentsabout150lighterormoreactively solvatingmolecules. Asphalt,ther ipientor united front onecbusinesses,mainly roofingcon "insudative" bitumen, becomes softened and more fluid. industry problemstractors. CRCA is amanaged,Tests conducted some years ago at therning fiberglass labo tory wellOwens-Co raaggressive association focused oninn Ohio indicated thattibility between asphalt and coalis Gra ville,incompa tar that were andthe needs of its members throughgreatest wh the two bitumens haver so ngn (for example, ensimila fteni poi ts are vital to bothlobbying,safetyandper when Type Itmixed with coal tar). sonnelasphal is issues. The CRCA and the MRCABut whent h a high softeningpoint - as200-to-260 the asphal aswith associations\'have historically maintained closedegrees Fahren -grade asph film onfel - the mixing heit coating altcoatedts ties,forminga unitedfrontonhazard abates. This principle explains the successful com nation of flashinmembers.bi gs industry problems that were and aremopped with Types IllIasph onl tar roofs. andsteepaltcoavital toboth associations\' mem Therefore, because oflower temperature susceptibility,will p bitsasphaltrobers.ablyform better than coal tar in climates characterized by p d, per rolonge severe On Thursday morning, Tom andwinter cold,tt, in summer heat, andclim es subu no by prolonged tenseinat bthecen great I went toconventionter tojected todaily temperature extremes. setuptheMRCABooth.WhileBecause of its greater c mical stability andterproofing quaty,l tar he wa li coadoing this,ll O\'Brien, thiswill p b ly perform better than asphalt in climates characterizedby proBi year\'sro abCRCA pr andPat Keating,longed, intense summer hear, buttlonged, sev ecold, in loesident,no by pro er wintercatheassociation\'sexecu man tions subjectedintense sunlight and on roofs wh ponding ofter otivetoerewa ccurs ager, came by and invited us to thefrequently. fartec nica editor opening brunchthat was held forBab Lacasse, GAE is technical adviserthe MRCA andh lfor specifiersandarchitects.T Co Guide. hentractors speaker was none other th Rene an Dupuis,whospokeon(surprise) FM-4490.Afterthebrunchwe adjourned to the tradefloor, show met with Jimand spent the rest Barr'