Builders Join in 72-Hour "Wonder Home"

l/f ENIBERS OF THE Portland (Oregon) Home BuildIVf. ers Assn. l-rad just 72 hours to build their 2300-foot model home (plus 440-foot attached garage) for their 1961 home sholr'.

Yet, it drew "oirs" attd "ahs" from more than 45,000 visitors and has just gone into the history books as one of the ruost successful the Portland builders have ever attempted.

This is port of q record crowd of over 45,(XX) people who visired rhe highly successful model homc builr by Porllqnd Homc Builders Asrociclion for thcir 196l onnuol home show. Conslruclion timc-only 72 houts, using thc lotest in building tnoteriqls

Working closely with Georgia-Pacific Corporation, the designer and builders incorporated big-panel factory finished plywoods and hardwoods, 2-4-I combination subfloor-underlayment in 4x8-foot T&G panels, and beams in lieu of floor joists and roof rafters.

Big sheets of plywood textured siding and sheathing went up fast and enabled an equally fast dismanteling job when the show was over and the successful home sold.

It/s hord to beliavc, bur the Poillcnd (oregon) Home Builders Associoiion built rhis beouriful model home for their 196l home show in only 72 hours. Foctoryfinished big-ponel maferiql ond close coordinolion was lhe secrel<nd il brought enrhusiostic opprovol from more rhon 45,000 visitors' The living room (obove) feorured o beomed plonk ceiling ond o long feature woll, Gxtending through rhe dining oreo, of Georgio-Pocific foctory finished Pecqn hardwood plywood. A slriking slone fireploce wqs sel of by o burnished copper hood. biher big-ponel time ond cosl soving moteriols urilized by the Portlond builders iniluded G-P wqlnut plywood in the moster bedroom, inported reol bqmboo plywood olong c hollwcy focing o cenlrol couil' texlured plywood riding, 2-4-I subfoor-underloymenl qnd plywood sheothing.

The tight 72-hour schedule was necessary to squeeze a 10-day show into tl-re busy schedule of Portland's new $8,000,000 Memorial Coliseum.

The record time was achieved, according to President Leo Hoffard, by combining new building materials, new techniques and unbelievably close coordination by the model home building committee.

The long living room-dining room feature wall was all in factory finished pecan, and the master bedroom had an eye-stopping wall of factory finished walnut. A hallway facing on an open center court with bamboo trees was paneled in real bamboo plywood, a recent G-P import.

Coordination of the speedy assembly job shared importance with the use of factory-finished big-panel materials, according to the general chairman, Vincent Raschio, who is a past president of the association. His model home committee was composed of two other past presidqnts, M. M. (Sam) Wolsborn and John A. Mcleod, and Hoffard, this vear's nresident.

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U.5. Gypsum R"eleoses Sqles Troining ftlovies

Two movies, "Sound Control In Design" and "Builders Sales Training," have been released by United States Gypsum Company in conjunction with its advisory service program for architects and its sales training workshop program for home builders.

"Sound Control In Design," available through U.S.G. Architect Service representatives, deals with principles and solutions of sound absorption and transmission problems in large buildings. Architects who see the 2l-minute color film will also receive the 96-page "Sound Control In Design" manual. Bolt, Beranek & Newman, a leading acoustical consultant firm, prepared the manual specifically for the architectural profession.

"Builders Sales Training," a 3O-minute film shown in three sequences, is supplied to builder associations as an aid in conducting United Gypsum's sales training workshop. A Zft-hout meeting, this workshop helps builders effectively present sales features and benefits, find more and better prospects, and improve sales results.

"Builders Sales Training" can be obtained for use with the sales training workshop through officers of local home builder associations. Arrangements for showing "Sound Control In Design" may be made by contacting United States Gypsum's Architect Service Dept.,300 W. Adams St., Chicago 6, Illinois.

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