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p.tq—THE DAfLY PROGRESS, ChaflottesvRle, Vs_
<br />se pholoa by Jahn Rlklnp
<br />Few Workmen and Speed Characterize Laingwall Systems Y
<br />95 -Ton Crane, a Necessary Tool in Implementing Merged Systems
<br />Children's Quality of Life to'�e Probed
<br />WASHINGTON (AP) — The
<br />White House Conference on
<br />Children convenes Sunday to
<br />map plata for improving ttrre
<br />quality of We of the nation's 55
<br />milUon children under the age
<br />Of 14.
<br />Irabmcted by President Nixon
<br />4.0 "listen ^•ell to Che voices N
<br />young America," the delegates.
<br />will spend Gve days formulating
<br />recommendatiora to submit to
<br />4he President.
<br />The conference "faces proms
<br />Ing issues, areas of concern
<br />which are highly complex and
<br />national attitudes which aro
<br />widely debated and chal-
<br />lenged," Nixon said m a pro
<br />grarn Hato.
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<br />se pholoa by Jahn Rlklnp
<br />Few Workmen and Speed Characterize Laingwall Systems Y
<br />95 -Ton Crane, a Necessary Tool in Implementing Merged Systems
<br />Children's Quality of Life to'�e Probed
<br />WASHINGTON (AP) — The
<br />White House Conference on
<br />Children convenes Sunday to
<br />map plata for improving ttrre
<br />quality of We of the nation's 55
<br />milUon children under the age
<br />Of 14.
<br />Irabmcted by President Nixon
<br />4.0 "listen ^•ell to Che voices N
<br />young America," the delegates.
<br />will spend Gve days formulating
<br />recommendatiora to submit to
<br />4he President.
<br />The conference "faces proms
<br />Ing issues, areas of concern
<br />which are highly complex and
<br />national attitudes which aro
<br />widely debated and chal-
<br />lenged," Nixon said m a pro
<br />grarn Hato.
<br />f)qt,
<br />ha
<br />added, "Nevor
<br />has
<br />Vtcrri
<br />btwn
<br />ouch unanimity
<br />khat
<br />the problems must be solved."
<br />Unanimity may be hard to
<br />come by, though, among bhe
<br />4,000 delegates --of wham 22 par
<br />cent are members of minority
<br />groups and 20 per cent are no-
<br />der the age of 29. The conferees
<br />also include experts from the
<br />fields of medicine, education,
<br />law, communicatiosa and the
<br />social sciences
<br />A White House Conference on
<br />ChHdren hon been held every 10
<br />years since Theodore Roosevelt
<br />called the first rn 1910.
<br />Serving as bhe basis for this
<br />conference's deliberations are
<br />25 reports prepared over Wle
<br />poet [cur mmtLhs by forums of
<br />experts and laymen under sin
<br />broad cah�egories—individuality,
<br />]earning, healWs, parents and
<br />families; commurdEles, environ•
<br />mems and bhe law.
<br />"These reports are a deeply
<br />disturbing commentary on
<br />'America"' Stephen Hem,
<br />conference cltairmtan, told a ews
<br />conference last week. "They
<br />shatter the myth that Wtis is a
<br />child-0rfented society."
<br />Hess, 37, was deputy assistant
<br />6o the President For urban a'f-
<br />.fairs when Nixon picked fpm a
<br />year ago to head the ednfer-
<br />ence. He also was a sta�fF assist.
<br />ant to President Dwight I). E5.
<br />senhower and is the auhhor o1
<br />five books on politics and Ghe
<br />presidency.
<br />The most frequently men
<br />boned recommendation In the
<br />reports—and likely Lo be a ma-
<br />jor proposal of Wle twad'er�tra—
<br />Sunday Morning, December 13, 1s70
<br />In a coo le�of Aw�eeks, Charlot-
<br />tesvUle andp London, England, wlll
<br />complete the first leg of a romance
<br />hour hope will last a lifetime.
<br />bo houloealitiesr ago arch@ectsstsand
<br />' engineers at O'Nefll Enterprises Inc.
<br />here and the Sahn Laing Construction
<br />Corp, jn En land —met.
<br />A merger of ideas followed.
<br />Il brought together the technical
<br />develhow of Laing �•oHicials in
<br />oPing hheir worldwide buikllng
<br />sys{� with the O'NeHI construction
<br />business here.
<br />Tho offspring — the first of its
<br />ki°d in the Tinned States — is due
<br />around Christmas.
<br />AT TRAT TIME officials hope the
<br />exterior portion o[ a Gve-story bank-
<br />ofilce complex, owned by Citizens i
<br />Commonwealth Corp. (the general
<br />contractor is R. E. Lee &Son. Inc.
<br />of �CharlottesvWe), will be completed
<br />on a portion of the 14 -acre Vinegar
<br />HiU urban renewal tract.
<br />It is the first of a three -phased
<br />plan by the bank, and occupancy of
<br />the. Laingwall system buHding is
<br />scfieduled around May. `
<br />O'Neill Enterprises Iris. president
<br />Frank O'Neal says Ohe relaoeoridrop
<br />with the Cordon -based Laing Eir-m
<br />came as a rasWt of "realizhtg several
<br />years ago bhe need of Industrializing
<br />hhe; bui0ding busirr�s if we were Go
<br />continue bo devo}op ProPerhl'�"
<br />(The Laing firm has been in
<br />business for more than 40 years and
<br />has been responsible for structures
<br />around Ghe world. It's exckasive
<br />LaungwaU has been in operation for
<br />about 15 yea[s.l
<br />"We've been looking for years to
<br />gel away from conventional building
<br />or,at leash imocove .on it. We decided
<br />we needed a material other than
<br />wood and looked into the finished
<br />concrete method. We build the ex-
<br />terior wall, build or buy the floor
<br />system and put it together on the
<br />silg." O'Neill said.
<br />Ager beginning serious talks about
<br />a �'�.year ago, O'Neill received the
<br />]ic�@rased franchise to design, cast and
<br />co�s[ruct the Laingwall system last
<br />sprang. ,
<br />hl,w, O'NEIIJ+ HAS bhe exclusive
<br />franchise in Vieginla, Marylard
<br />North Carolina, West Virginia,
<br />Delaware and the Washington, D.C.
<br />area.
<br />The firm also has the first refusal
<br />o[ the system in the United States.
<br />The Citizens Commonwealth Cote.
<br />complex is Ohs first of two Laingwall
<br />systems being handled by O'Neill.
<br />The other is a twostory facility Cor
<br />Virginia National Bank in Abingdon.
<br />It i3 expected to be completed shortly
<br />after the Charlottesv'.Ile building.
<br />O'Neill comppres rhe entire system
<br />with a magnified toy erector set.
<br />The individual panels or ,xterior
<br />portion oT finished glazed concrete
<br />are cast at a plant here known as
<br />the Willoughby site (just .north of
<br />Int. M dnd east of 5th Street SW).
<br />THE DESIGN, WHICH conforms to
<br />all U.S, codes, was. completed earlier
<br />by O'NeiU's architectural division
<br />headed by J. C. Laramore Jr.
<br />Completed at Willoughby, the
<br />panels are carefully transported to
<br />the Vinegar Hill site
<br />Hare, a 95 -ton crane lifts panel by
<br />panel Into place to complete the
<br />structure.
<br />Officials say the floor spans weigh
<br />some 15 tons apiece. The heaviest
<br />wall weighs around 12'Fa tons while
<br />the average is between four and five
<br />tons.
<br />Project manager Ray Erickson
<br />says only six men are needed to
<br />complete the exterior portion of the
<br />building.
<br />And, it's fast
<br />The crew has averaged building a
<br />floor per week—five Roors, five
<br />weeks,
<br />calks for a stational system o1
<br />child advocates bo protect Ghe
<br />rights and intorests of children.
<br />Ohher major reoommenda-
<br />tioas include:
<br />—Establishment, of a na4ional
<br />health insurance prognam for
<br />children.
<br />—Formation of experimental
<br />school systems as pant of a
<br />massive assault on the stahus
<br />quo in education.
<br />—Establishment of a national
<br />network of supplementary child
<br />care services, including day
<br />Dare.
<br />—Drastic changes in employ-
<br />ment practices that disrupt
<br />fassndy life.
<br />—Creatiion of a top -love) insti-
<br />tute to guard children bran
<br />harmful efftcls of the meas me-
<br />dia,
<br />LARAMORE SAYS "Many of the
<br />nation's architects are looking to
<br />industrialized building systems
<br />techniques, such as the Laingwall
<br />system, as a solution to the problem
<br />of the high cost of conventional
<br />construction and as a means to ac-
<br />complish bekter quality control of the
<br />workmanship and materials used in
<br />the project. I believe architects will
<br />find the techniques being developed
<br />IO tndusCni�alized building as varsabife
<br />as those in conventional construction.
<br />"One of the main advantages for
<br />a', client using Lhe '..aingwall system
<br />iB time saved during construction
<br />which means earlier possession of the
<br />Blanding Time is money.
<br />I"Architects who think in a func-
<br />tjonal manner and believe a building
<br />should express its structural elements
<br />tYtll find the Laingwall system to
<br />yak ilio°g since the elements that
<br />e up the Laingwall system form
<br />bpth the structural frame and the
<br />fil;lshed exterior of the building.
<br />' Concrete as a major fWshed
<br />fQetsrial has not been used ex-
<br />t4asivaly is ala Charlotteavllla area
<br />Panel Is Sand Blasted Before Final Touch
<br />which by tradition is red brick
<br />oriented. I believe you wW see more
<br />and more concrete used here in years
<br />to come as a resWt of the evolution
<br />taking place in the construction in-
<br />dustry due to technoldgical and
<br />economical factors."
<br />Another O'Neill official, Dick
<br />Wickert, also points to the system's .
<br />speed and simplicity.
<br />"'YOU" BIHLD IT AT the factory
<br />and it cuts down on the number d
<br />bad days you work with. There is
<br />no concrete to pour here (at Vinegar
<br />Hill) end once the outside is up, the
<br />other stbconlrachors sttdt as plumb-
<br />ing and heating are Eree to do Chair
<br />work whether it is raining or the
<br />sun shines."
<br />He refers to the setup as "a
<br />marriage between two systems —
<br />their years of experience, design and
<br />knowhow in systems coupled with our
<br />architectural design and skills."
<br />He noted that with the Laingwall
<br />system, officials save between 5 and
<br />10 per cent over conventional con-
<br />siruclion. "But, Lime is the
<br />signi[Icent savings. We're very happy
<br />with the resWfs thus Eaz. We're
<br />hoping to use this facility as a
<br />prototype to show other people
<br />around the country:'
<br />O'Neill officials took their merged
<br />system to an exposition io Louisville.
<br />ICy'. recently.
<br />Already, more than 300 requests
<br />have been received here for more
<br />information about Laingwall and
<br />what O'Neill Enterprises Inc. is doing
<br />with it.
<br />WHILE EMPLOYES OF O'Neal
<br />have been casting molds and com-
<br />pleting the process for the bank
<br />buildings, they've also been putting
<br />up a building to house the con-
<br />struction process.
<br />According to the Willoughby plant
<br />manager, Barry M. (Bud) Linder,
<br />a panel a day can be lumen out.
<br />Some 40 to 50 persons are now
<br />employed and when the plant is in
<br />fuE production, 100 bo 150 wihl be
<br />working, he said.
<br />In addition, O'Neill has developed
<br />its own system for modular homes
<br />The construction for a proposed
<br />subdivision, known as Willoughby
<br />including nearly 1,700 units over the
<br />next 10 years, will be done at the
<br />plant.
<br />The first units will be two story
<br />and completely furnished while future
<br />plans call far development of some
<br />five -story buildings.
<br />Although the firm began thinking
<br />about the modular hWldistg proses.
<br />about three years ago,. it only started
<br />•work on the concrete module about
<br />18 months ago.
<br />This week It turned out its first
<br />lull module.
<br />Of the two systems, O'Neill says.
<br />"This wW offer a more economical
<br />method of construction and at the
<br />same time give us superior quality. "
<br />R cuts. the cost of bWlding and wW,
<br />improve the quality.
<br />I THINK WE'LL BE able to offer
<br />more goad jobs en coanecidon with Ghe .
<br />two approaches thaai we would ever
<br />hope to offer order the comerntional
<br />method. You don't work any harder
<br />in the irdt>_strialized approach, but
<br />there is more efficiency.
<br />"Construction is speeded up. Thera
<br />isn't a long lag between the Uma ;.
<br />you decide to huild and you put the
<br />fulls up. It saves the investor con-
<br />aiderable money money that
<br />doesn't have to be iced up along,;
<br />time. We'U also be able to purchase
<br />en masse, thereby getting a much
<br />better buy in materials."
<br />O'Neill; whose firm has been in
<br />business here for some six years,
<br />said Mrat in 1960 it was asbianahed
<br />khat 2.6 million housing units would
<br />have to be turned out a year for
<br />the neat 10 years in order "to keep
<br />up.,'
<br />"Since then about,lrh million a
<br />year have been Wrned out. The in-
<br />dvsCrhalized approaxdt is tore only
<br />approach. These buildings can look
<br />Uke anything you want them to. It's
<br />up to the architect to design the
<br />bWlding. He has enough, flexibility
<br />end �is not confined anymore to the
<br />appearance you have in using normal
<br />materials."
<br />Fred Waring
<br />Suffers Attack
<br />EAST STROUDSB.URG, Pa. (AP)— ,
<br />Music maatm• Fred Waring suffered
<br />a heart aLlack at his home bW was
<br />resti� com6onfs0tly at a hospital
<br />9aturdary his physician said.
<br />Waring, 70, known for his fanmus
<br />singing group, TNre Pennsylvamaats,"
<br />9Wferad lite bees#; alt`.aCk 8f10llt neon -
<br />Friday ad his home at 9hawneem-
<br />Delawar, tut 'Pemisylvaxaia's Pocono -
<br />Maunta�ims, saSd Dr, ,R. Ftedm+ick
<br />Jones.
<br />Ile was taken to Monroe County .
<br />Geaena9 Hogpftal in East Shnud-
<br />sburg. ,
<br />Jones sajd Waring's health ,
<br />o t h e r w i s c, was excel�nt. 'Phe
<br />phryas:Yoiaut sold Pa�� wi:ft heard '.
<br />atlar�;s ane gerarally Iwspitalized '
<br />Pwm• to six weeks, folbw ad by a
<br />period of reoupera:im aL twine. "But ..
<br />ft all depends,,, he said when asked ..
<br />how Lorg Waring might bw laid Wr.
<br />The physician said Watir:tq had sro .
<br />.previous ]d-%�'Y of heart Wuble.
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