Identifier: architectenginee16847sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
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the new dormitory for women to be con-structed at Los Angeles by the University of Cali-fornia. Of modified Mediterranean design, the build-ing will consist of two separate housing unitsjoined by a central administrative unit. It willaccommodate 231 women. NEW WEST COAST INDUSTRY The American Roof Truss Company, manufac-turer of wood trusses, has joined the ranks cf indus-tries coming West with the completion of a plantin Los Angeles. The companys office is in Chicago. William H. Wadding-ton, Jr., vice-president,r^^^^ is in charge of all West- ^^^^^^^^ em operations. He stat- ^^^^^^^^ ed that West Coast ma- terials and labor wouldbe used exclusively toinsure prompt deliver-ies. California buildingcodes present a some-what different problemfrom those met in theMiddle West and East,Waddington explained,but we feel that our ex-tensive nation-wide experience of over a quarter ofa century enables us to fuse the best of time-testedmethods with the Wests strong trend towardfunctional design.
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W. H. WADDINGTON, JR.Vice-President EIGHT BILLION A non-housing construction program of $8,500,-000,000 is possible for 1947 without in the leastinterfering with home building, if all limitations areremoved, according to a recent statement by Doug-las V/hitlock, chairman of the Building ProductsInstitute. Production of brick and many other basicmaterials is already well in excess of housingneeds and may have to be cut back if limitationson non-housing are held too low, he said. REVISED SPECIFICATIONS FORGRADES OF REDWOOD LUMBER After many months of study the grading com-mittee of the California Redwood Association haveannounced revised specifications for grades ofCalifornia redwood lumber. The revised yard grades include three heart- v/ood grades, clear All Heart Redwood, the high-est quality finish grade is retained. Select Heartand Construction Heart are for contact with thesoil. Yard grades containing sapwood are A-Grade;Utility, made in one-inch thickness only; Sap Com-mon for gen

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