IN-TRANSIT A SPECIALTY filutual filoulding and Lumber Co.

WHY A WHOTESALER?

(Continued lrom Page 82) sales meetings. three-fourths of them sup" plied promotional literaturc to customers, and half of them providcd some sort of "point-of-saltr'' assistance.

To help develop markets. thev made more than 7.500 calls on architectural offir'es lhroughout the U. S. antl helped retailers and indu-*trial plant-. find mills willing and able to manufacture special, non-standard items ftrr specific needs. In some cases. these new products have lrecome industrl- standar<ls.

S'holesalers are experts in transportation and traffic, and can speed deliveries by truck or rail where delays might persist if problems were left to solr.e themselves. The retailer-n'holesaler relationship exists because it has a sound place in lumber distribution economics. V'hether the wholesaler's offices are in the South. North. Flast or West, ollhether they include warehouse facilities or not. the particular comhination of sen.ices the wholesaler provides are certain to receive closer scrutinl lrv retailers who need them.

N[ost retailer-wholesaler relationships have long historics of success hehind them, and such retailers may u'ish to let well enough alone. For those retailers seeking the correct ll'holesale connections. NationalAmerican Wholesale Lumber Association suggests you contact them.

City Lumber Sold

At'quisition of City Plyu'ood and Lumber Co. b1. Sunset Industries, Inc. has beetr reported bv the Los Angeles-based catalog merchandisers of building materials. A direct cash purchase, the acquisition inchrded all inventory and cquipment at the 60.000 -sq. ft. plant.

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(Continued, lrorn Page 19) used examples to show the high strength to low weight ratio of the plywood ad well as the possible cost savings from reduced construction time and labor requirements.

Another important factor in plywood's favor is the fact that nearly all the struc' tures erected at the Fair will be removed after the two-year run is completed. PIywood is easier to remove from a building being demolished than any other materials and sometimes can be salvaged for further use.

Much of the plywood used to help build the fair won't be around when visitors begin pouring through the gates. All construetion shacks, walkways, temporary signs and barricades will be long-gone. However, even much of the plywood which is used structurally on a large number of exhibits won't look much like plywood when the construction crews get through with it. Just like the Seattle World's Fair of 1962, only a few structures will look like they're made of plywood.

One of the most interesting plywood uses at the Fair is in the Johnson's Wax theater. A large, domed structure is set beneath an o'umbrella" formed by four large inter-connected petals. The petals are formed from two layers of t/n-inch plywood

CA1IFORNIA tU'|tlEN and the dome for the theater is covered with s/3-inch plywood. In all, the Johnson's Wax exhibit uses 40,000 square feet.

The General Motors display, one of the largest at the Fair, uses 300,000 square feet of plywood in its construction. Every exposed surface of the huge pavilion is plywood or plywood-backed with the exception of the roof of one long rectangular portion which is steel. This is one building in which there was no plywood incorporated in the original design.

General Electric's giant display features a geodesic dome structure which supports a huge shell. The steel shell is covered with (Continued on Page 88)

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(Continued lrom Page 86) plywood sheathing and hehind this application lies an intcresting cost storv. This was another lruilding in which no plywootl was originally specified. Concentrated promotion to the designt'rs. \I'elton Bccket and Associatcs, paid o{I to the extent of 150,000 square [ect. li'or the soffit, roof ot,erhang sheathing. V-beam boxing and scalloped exterior w'alls of the ,structure. stucco was originally specified. Cost for the stucco wa,s cstimaterl at $95,000. Fire rt'tardant treatctl plywood {or the same jobs was estimatcd at $18,000 but the job superintendent thought he could do the joh with plywood {or

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$15,000. The plyrvood was used and the cost was only $1i3,000 or 86 percent less tharr tht' origirral slrrcco estimate.

'lhe plywood uscd on the dome of the str-uctur(' is also ern inlt'resting applit'ation. General Elet,trir: (,ompany officials wanterl to use a newly-dcveloped silicone roofi covering. They planned to apply the covering l.o insulation 'board but {ound that plywood was tht' only material to which it would adhert. properly.

Radial pl1'wood {olded plate roo{ svstems were used successfully in at least trvo other noteworthl' structur(l-c. 'l'he Pavilion of Amt'rican lnteriors uses a radial folded plate loof svstem li2 feet in diamcter. For this structure, 10,000 square lcet of plywood were used. Sinclair Refining Company's Nleadow Lake serr.ice station uses a radial lolded plate roof which is suspeniled from "spi<'lery" stecl legs. The unusual st'rvicc station uses 10,000 square feet of plywood.

Thc Oregon Erhibitors tsuilding. whir;h got a late construction start, involves a quartt'r-cirt'le pl1 l.ood radial folded plate roof. 'Ihis exhibit is sponsored by the Oregon Timber Carnir-al Associalion and was designed by Reese and Blachly and G. W. Burns of Poltland. Constnrction rvas br Sarver and Dolfinger.

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