Summer 1969

NEWS

june 1969      summer issue      volumn 7      number 2

REINFORCING DIVISION PRODUCTS PAY OFF IN STRENGTH, BEAUTY AND ECONOMY

Photo: Reinforcing Steel and Post-Tensioning conduits being installed for the Crystal Springs bridge, Interstate #280 Junipero Serra Freeway, San Bruno, Calif.

Soulé enters Post-Tension Concrete Construction

One of the major problems facing us today is to provide for a growing network of high-efficiency highways at costs within our means, and without obliterating half the landscape. Another problem is the construction of bigger, stronger, lighter weight buildings faster and more economically. The building techniques of yesterday are far too cumbersome and costly for use today.

A major contributor to success in answering these problems has been a technique for building exceptionally strong, lightweight concrete structures. This technique calls for placing the concrete under compression, which makes it stronger, and using steel cables which are strongest when stretched out under tension. The combination of these two attributes results in "stressed concrete" structural members which are far stronger than the concrete or the steel cable alone.

There are two approaches to stressing concrete. One, "Pre-Stressing", calls for the reinforcing cables to be placed in tension before the the concrete is cast around them. This method requires use of a strong framework for the concrete form, and is most useful for mass producing beams, posts, and slabs for walls and floors. The second method, "Post-Tensioning", provides that the forms be built and the concrete cast in the conventional manner. Steel cables are then threaded through prepared conduits in the hardened concrete, and are placed in tension. A cement grout or soup is then forced in around the cables to make them an integral part of the structure. The advantage of this technique is that it allows the principles of concrete stressing to be used for custom applications such as curved freeway bridges and slender lightweight building parts (walls, ramps, overhangs, etc.).

Several years ago, Soulé became a representative of the Freyssinet Company of New York (and France). The Freyssinet Company holds certain patents in the stressed concrete field, and theirs is the type of system used by Soulé. The system utilizes special high strength steel cable, galvanized steel tubing, steel stressing (bearing) plates with trumpet adapters, and a portland cement grout.

As the casting form and reinforcing steel network for the structure are assembled, the steel tubes and bearing plates are put in place. After the concrete has been poured and allowed to harden, the cables are threaded through the tubes. The cables are then stretched with special hydraulic jacks, and their ends are permanently fastened to the bearing plates. Finally, when all is ready, the cement

Photo: Reelless coils of Post-Tension cables in Center Pull Pak-Rak.

Photo: Post-Tensioning Bearing Plates with Trumpets.

Photo: (1 to r) Charles Dennison and Frank La Ferrera check out two new cable tensioning hydraulic jacks and their pump.

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Safety Awards-1968

Soule Safety Awards and recognition for a year of safe operation were made as follows:

*Photo: Presidential Safety Trophy for the best safety record in plant or shop during 1968 went to the San Francisco Reinforcing Fab Shop. Obviously pleased with their part in this achievement are (standing l to r) T.O. Carroll, Harold Goulding, Louis Tanforan, Carlos Velez receiving the trophy, Lee Soule, Charlie Thompson, (kneeling l to r) Fred Guaraglia, and Pinky Masters.*

Presidential Safety Award Plaques for best safety record in 1968 were earned by the following divisional Field Supervisors:

Reinforcing Division – A. Manisto and M. Rose, Los Angeles.

Buildings Division – H. Lambert, San Francisco.

Architectural Division – R. Dent, San Francisco.

*Photo: 1968 Safety Awards were earned by these Departments at the San Francisco Plant, represented by their foremen. They had no lost-time accidents during the year. (standing l to r) Carlos Velez, Reinforcing; Erich Krische, Assembly & Fitting; Ed Wagoner, Structural; Mike Carnevale, Expanded Metal; Del Garner, Assistant Plant Manager; Orville Stovall, Assembly & Fitting; Dick Brann, Plant Manager; Charlie Thompson, Reinforcing; Noah Bennight, Maintenance; (kneeling l to r) Frank Cabrera, Tool & Die; Augie Dimiceli, Hardware; Karl Weiss, Hardware; Frank Menges, Woodworking; Roy Fisher, Sash Forming; and Val Stepisnik, Sash Forming.*

Other Plant Departmental Safety Awards (newly earned plaques (p), or a 1968 marker (m) for a previously earned plaque) for no lost-time accidents in 1968:

Los Angeles Plant: Office (m), Special Products (p), Machine Shop (m), Freight Shipping (p), Steel Buildings (p), Commodity Products (p), Maintenance (p).

Mill: Office (m), Maintenance (p), Scrap Yard (m).

Dominques Fab Shop: Office (p).

Traffic Los Angeles: Drivers (p), Mechanics (p).

San Francisco Plant: Assembly & Fitting (m), Expanded Metal (m), Finishing (m), Hardware (m), Maintenance (m), Reinforcing (m), Sash Forming (m), Structural (m), Tool & Die (m), Woodworking (m)

Safe Driver Awards

*Photo: Mr. Ray Flick (l) Supervisor, California Highway Patrol, Motor Carrier Safety Division Zone 5; W.A. Tedford, Vice-President, Soule Steel Co., Los Angeles; and Ralph Derrick (r), Soule Traffic Manager in Los Angeles gather for the Annual Traffic Safety Dinner in Los Angeles.*

*Photo: Shown attending the Annual Traffic Safety Dinner in Southern California at Marsals Restaurant in South Gate are (background l to r) Rate Clerk Dolores Janello, Driver Robert Jones, Driver Richard Flores, Driver Lewis Smith*, Driver Arby Hollingsworth*, Driver Richard Tubbs* (foreground l to r) Driver Frank Cascio*, Mechanic Gordon Shackelford, and Mechanic Jim McMillan (*award winner).*

These Soule Truck Drivers received lapel pins and wallet cards in recognition of their years of driving without a chargeable vehicle accident:

John Mattos (1yr); Jack Burns (4 yrs); Maurice Cates (5 yrs); Robert Elskamp, Robert Main, Oscar Spencer (7 yrs); Frank Bravo, Roy McFarlane, Lewis Smith (8 yrs); Arby Hollingsworth (9 yrs).

Valentine Martin, Richard Tubbs (12 yrs); John Nelson, Joseph Strongone (13 yrs); Frank Cascio, James Madden (15 yrs); Frank Kusy (16 yrs); A.R. Soto (18 yrs); William Jamnyke (20 yrs); Tony Aragon, Frank Reischman (21 yrs); and Joseph Celeste (22 yrs).

Safe Driver Plant Award: Fresno Fab Shop received a plaque noting 5 years of accident free operation of the shop vehicle.

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The Dealers Corner

Shown at the left attending the February 14th meeting were (front row, l to r) Jack Austin (Mandella Construction), Lou Halpin, Don Petro (Romac-Pacific), Joe Ginot (R.G. Fisher), and Howard Rumrey. (row 2, l to r) Douglas Avery (Romac-Pacific), J. Dan O'Donnell (Mandella Construction), Bill Coppedge (Modern Steel Structures), Ted Anderson (L.T. Anderson Construction), Jim Lynn, John Stace (Stace Construction), Gus Gore (Gus Gore & Sons), George Ford, Harvey Gore, Frank Gore, Clay Womble (Republic Construction), Rod Willet (Tullock Company). (row 3, l to r) Al Lampe and Cliff McCormick, (McCormick Construction), Pete Heineman, Gene Fuller, Stan Miller (S.L. Miller), Howard Soule, Frank Easten (R.G. Fisher), Stanley Soule, Will Johnson.

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SOULÉ WINDOW DEALER OF THE MONTH

*Photo: Soulé Field Superintendent "Nunny" Pagan watches iron worker as he "grouts the tendons" in a newly poured Interstate #280 Junipero Serra Freeway bridge.*

grout is pumped in under pressure to bond the cables to the structure.

The first major Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridge Structure built by the State of California was the interchange of the San Diego and Santa Monica freeways in Los Angeles. This project was built in 1963 for the state by Guy F. Atkinson Co., General Contractors. Soulé Steel Company acted as a subcontractor for the Post-Tensioning on this project. Since this beginning, Post-Tensioning has grown into a multi-million dollar business in California and Oregon. The most recent Soulé project was the Interstate #880 highway construction around Sacramento.

Because Post-Tensioning has become a very important part of the Reinforcing Division's business, Mr. Scott Anderson was appointed Manager for Pre-Stress Products in the fall of 1968 (see Soulé News 1968 Winter Issue). 1969 will be an even bigger year for Soulé in this product line, and this department will make a major contribution to the total sales of the division.

*Photo: Scott Anderson*

*Photo: Soulé's Window Dealer of the Month—Jess Shepard (l), Len Maynard (c), and J.D. Lee (r) form a company known as SASHCO, of Buena Park, Calif. SASHCO was founded in March, 1966 as an exclusive distributor of Soulé's Series 900 and 200 window products for the 10 counties of the greater Los Angeles area. Rapidly expanding to cover 14 counties and Southern Nevada, SASHCO also expanded their product lines to include aluminum louvers, doublehung—sliding—steel—and PVC windows, and window wall systems. From a humble beginning with offices in Jess's home, SASHCO moved to larger quarters on Oran Circle, and recently to still larger offices and warehouse on Orangethorpe Avenue, Buena Park.*

Jess Shepard and Len Maynard are both former Soulé employees. Jess was a Project Manager for the Architectural Products Division in Los Angeles from 1960 to 1963. Len began as a Sash Engineering Supervisor, San Francisco in 1951, then moved on to become Estimating Supervisor (Northern District) in 1954, and in 1956 became District Sales Manager, Dallas office.

CHAMPION LAMB

*Photo: Soulé Employees at San Francisco recently enjoyed the highest quality lamb available in their Skyroom Cafeteria. Howard Soulé is shown as he purchased the 1969 Grand Champion Lamb in the 4-H Corriedale Class from its owner, Miss Peggy Dal Porto of Jackson, Calif. at the 1969 Junior Grand National Livestock Show at San Francisco Cow Palace. The lamb weighed 106 lbs. and was prepared for the Soulé Cafeteria by the efforts of the James Allan & Sons Company, and the Luchetti Meat Company, both of San Francisco.*

FRESNO CHIEF

*Photo: Photo courtesy Fresno Bee*

Chief Iron Horse (Bob Gebauer, Soulé's Fresno District Manager) is Sachem of the Kaweah Nation, YMCA Indian Maidens. The Indian Maidens is a father-daughter organization patterned after the 40 year old Y-Indian Guides father-son program, to provide opportunity for father-daughter fun and community service. The Indian Maiden program was started in the Fresno area about 7 years ago. Chief Bob has been active about 3 years, holding a variety of posts in the 250 member Kaweah Nation. That's "Chief Iron Horse" looking in the window.

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Last February 14th the Soulé Buildings Central District Dealer Meeting was held at the International Inn, South San Francisco. The meeting saw the attending dealers brought up to date on new standards, cold storage buildings, and taking part in a field trip to inspect nearby Soulé building installations.

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Names in the News

James Bedford was recently elected Vice-President - Architectural Products of the company. Jim has been with the company 14 years. He has served the last 5 years as General Manager, Architectural Products Division, and will continue to do so, in addition to his new duties.

George Mattos was recently named Senior Vice-President - Finance and Treasurer of the company. George has been with the company 25 years, and has served as Chief Accountant, Controller, and Vice-President. He was elected to the Board of Directors in 1959. Congratulations also to George for winning the 1969 Golf Club Trophy.

John Rogachenko of the Soule Los Angeles office was promoted to the position of Safety Director of the company. John will continue to maintain his office in Los Angeles, but will be responsible for the safety program throughout the company.

Paul Merrill, Manager of Purchasing for Soule Steel Co., has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Purchasing Management Association of Northern California. Paul will serve in this office during the 1969-70 year.

Ralph E. Shulenberger assumed the duties of Director of Personnel and Labor Relations in May. His appointment will consolidate and better coordinate employee relation activities.

Willie Wolfe, a yard employee at the Los Angeles plant, returned to pick up his final paycheck and found a cake waiting also. Willie was leaving for the Army, and his fellow workers were ready to say goodbye with a cake.

*Photo: Shown above is the Soule Golf Club gathered for a practice session at Pleasant Hills Golf Club in San Jose. (l to r) Lyle Guss, Gil Garcia, Ray Michael, Mike Carnevale, Hans Muhleman, Bob Betz (behind Hans), Jack Soto, Jay Bowerman, Warren Van, and Ken Thomas. Congrats to Ray Michael and Hans Muhleman, the newly elected president and vice-president of the club.*

MILL NEWS

*Photo: M. Hietala, maintenance mechanic from the Long Beach Fab Shop, prepares a gear box for service after an inspection and overhaul.*

THE NEW LOOK

Work gets underway for the addition to the rollmill. The building is being extended 60 ft. to accommodate the new equipment. Normal rolling mill operations continue during this phase of the expansion program.

AWARD WINNER

*Photo: Ray Harding holds trophy (left), while he, John Bellina (center) and Allen Dunbar (l) stand in the booth (lower photo) which won 1st prize for Soule Steel Company at this year's 43rd annual convention of the California Lathing and Plastering Contractors Association, held in March at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco.*

Roy Fisher accepts a retirement check. Would you believe 50 years!! Roy started at Soule Steel Company in 1920, is still going strong, and is presently Special Parts Supervisor Architectural Products Division.

IN MEMORIUM

It is with deep regret that we inform you of the deaths of: Tom Banning - he was formerly an inside salesman for the Sales Department at San Francisco, and worked for the company from 1949 to 1964. Plummer Lee Hayes - who had just come with the company as the Safety Manager at San Francisco. Melba D'Onofrio - formerly of the San Francisco Accounting Department.

*Photo: Another genuine artist has been found in in our midst. San Francisco Accounting Department's Margaret Cardwell poses with a fine example of her work.*

*Photo: Attending the March 6th Architectural Products Div. meeting in San Francisco at the Miyako Hotel were (front row l to r) Pete Molinari, Del Garner, Ernie Ottoboni, Henry Moe, Hans Muhleman, Stan Soule, Bruce Tuck, Bob Bannatyne, Rick Scalzilli, Maurice Goldman, Jack Pickner, Al Rangel. (Back row l to r) Dick Dent, Gottfried Fritzl, Bob Rankin, Ian Miller, Lee Soule, Milton Meyer, Les Rueger, Harry Durr, Dick Brain, Gary Asmussen, Walt Oertel, Bob Rackerby, Bud Ordlock, John Walker, Jim Bedford, and Bob Ford.*