A NEWSLETTER FOR DRYVIT DISTRIBUTORS AND CONTRACTORS MAY 2001 ISSUE lI/01 The PENGUIN PRESS Project Name: Streets of Woodfield Streets of Woodfield he streets of Woodfield is bold yet understated, big, yet quaint—offering Location: Ta Main Street shopping and entertain- ment experience that is accentuated by Schaumburg, Illinois tree-lined streets, cobblestone crosswalks, old-fashioned lamp posts and welcoming Dryvit Applicators: store-front facades. This wasn’t always the JP Philips Plastering, case for this 650,000 square foot shopping mall located in Schaumburg, Illinois. Schiller Park, Illinois Approximately 25 miles northwest of down- William A. Duguid, town Chicago, the property was teetering on Mount Prospect, Illinois the edge of extinction just a few years ago. Anchor tenants, experiencing financial diffi- culties, were leaving what was then known dying enclosed two-story,three-anchor store Dryvit Distributor: as One Schaumburg Place, sending the mall mall and transforming it into a vibrant, open- E.F.Wood/C.A.S.H., into bankruptcy. air $110 million architectural masterpiece. Schaumburg, Illinois “We were trying to achieve a street-side shopping experience with the feel of a collection of buildings that one would fit in Owners: an urban environment – a downtown block CCR McCaffery in the suburbs. EIFS allowed tremendous Developments, design flexibility.We wanted to replicate Chicago, Illinois some intricate detailing that was not finan- cially feasible with traditional limestone or even cast products. The lightweight character Architect: of the Dryvit product allowed us to use it Antunovich & Associates, above existing construction that could not Chicago, Illinois support brick or stone,”said Charles Kennedy,the project architect from Antunovich & Associates. General Contractor: ® “I would pass the old mall on a daily “The Outsulation System is a simple, Valantie Builders, basis; and the parking lot, once filled with straight-forward product which simplified Northbrook, Illinois cars, was being overtaken by weeds,”said detailing and kept the exterior wall price John Mandigo, Business Manager E.F. Wood/ down. We had a complicated design that C.A.S.H. The old building design and look changed every 30 feet or so. If we used a Dryvit System: did not invite people to stop and shop.” product that utilized formwork, like pre-cast Outsulation Purchased by CCR McCaffery concrete, the production costs would have Developments in the late 1990s, a complete gone way up because new forms would ‘de-malling’ project was undertaken, taking a have had to be built every time the details changed. (continued on page 6) Dryvit University Graduates Two Classes More than 60 Dryvit distributors and new employees successfully earned their degrees from the hallowed halls of Dryvit University. Sessions were held in January and April, 2001 on Dryvit's sprawling campus in West Warwick, Rhode Island. After being welcomed to Dryvit U by President Peter Balint, Day One activities included presentations on proper detailing techniques and comprehensive updates on industry building codes. Sessions on Day Two focused on effective sales training, Gene Fjerstad of Speculas, Inc. accepts his April Dryvit U. certificate from Maggie Penguin. promotional programs and demon- strations of Dryvit's Faster to the Finish products. “The 20 minutes Mike Murphy spent on selling strategies was itself worth the trip,”said April attendee Tracy Tanking of Contour Products. “I felt that Dryvit U was very informative, and I would like to see one every year,”Tracy added. “Dryvit University is an effective way for us to ensure that we have the Dryvit University Class — January 2001. best trained and most knowledgeable sales force in the industry,”said Dryvit’s National Sales Manager, Tony Stall. Distributors and new employees from Dryvit's Southeast and Mid Atlantic regions attended the January session. Distributors and new employees from Dryvit's Central region, as well as parts of Europe, attended the session in April. Dryvit University Class — April 2001. Brian Hickey in Nashville, New Hires has joined Tennessee, work- John D. Powers Dryvit’s ing as an EIFS has been Engineering applicator. A appointed to Department graduate of the new position as a Staff Florida College, of Project Engineer. Dave and his Specialist. Brian has more Brian Hickey family reside in Brett Henry As Project than 20 years of engineering experi- Antioch, Tennessee. John D. Powers Specialist, John ence. Prior to joining Dryvit, he Dave is Field Service Manager for will serve as a field liaison with worked as an engineer for several Dryvit’s Deep South Region. Prior to Dryvit’s industry-leading research team companies, including Stone and joining Dryvit, Brett was a plaster in the development of new products. Webster Engineering Corporation and foreman for F.C. Bickert Company of He will be working closely with Dryvit General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Red Bluff, California. Brett resides in applicator/contractors and Dryvit’s Division. Brian is a graduate of Redding, California, but will be relo- research and development team, help- Wentworth Institute with a Bachelor cating to California’s Bay area. Brett ing them evaluate and develop solu- of Science in Mechanical Engineering. is Field Service Manager covering tions that address any issues relating He resides in Ashaway,Rhode Island. California, Utah and northern Nevada. to the use and application of Dryvit’s Dryvit also Linda Nicholas has joined the family of productivity products. He announced that team as Manager will continue in his capacity as Field Dave O’Neal of Dryvit’s office Service Manager for Dryvit’s Midwest and Brett in Bedfordshire, Region, which includes the states of Henry have England. Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,Michigan, each been Prior to joining Ohio, West Virginia and the western named Dryvit Dryvit, Linda was sections of Pennsylvania and Dave O’Neal Field Service most recently the Tennessee. John’s professional career Managers. personal assistant Linda Nicholas began in 1980 when he started as a As Field Service Managers, they will to the C.E.O. of Mondiale Corporation plasterer apprentice and worked for be responsible for product training Ltd., a publisher of an international Circle B, a plastering contractor in and promotions with Dryvit applica- magazine for the office products Indianapolis, Indiana. John became a tor/contractors within their respective industry.Linda also has worked for Journeyman Plasterer and spent regions. Additionally,they will provide Avnet Ltd., a franchised reseller of approximately 10 years working as a assistance with the start-up of new computer components, and Emery field foreman for Indy Walls and Dryvit projects by evaluating and Worldwide, an airfreight airline. Linda Ceilings. A Dryvit employee since 1995, offering solutions for any issues aris- and her husband Dave reside in John resides in Rushville, Indiana. ing during a job. Dave was previously Upper Caldecote. self-employed at O’Neal Associates DRYVIT Fun Facts Since 1969, Dryvit has been providing innovative build- ing products designed to protect and defend your build- ing from the unwanted elements. During that time, more than 34 million pails of Dryvit product have been used on building projects big and small. More than 2,000 years old, China’s Great Wall helped keep invading armies from the north at bay.Recognized The Great Wall of Dryvit as one the world’s great building wonders, the Great they would be able to build a 3 foot wall extending Wall’s mainline section spans more than 2,150 miles. If more than 2,170 miles. Dryvit—anything else “pails”by someone were to line up Dryvit pails sold side by side, comparison. AND THE PENGUIN GOES TO... Dryvit Projects Sweep EIMA Excellence In EIFS Construction Awards ore impressive than the fight scenes in Gladiator. Category: New Commercial Prettier than a Julia Robert’s smile. As appealing Construction Over 10,000 Mas a box of Chocolate. Special affects that would Square Feet make a tiger crouch and a dragon hide. Design and work- Project Name: The Sycuan manship that stops Traffic cold. The reviews are in. The bal- Casino, El Cajon, California lots have been counted. The votes have been tallied. And Just over 100,000 square feet of the winner is…Dryvit. Dryvit and accent trim were While Hollywood’s big wigs were out making the rounds applied to the exterior of the on the talk shows promoting their films in hopes of garner- casino-theater complex owned by the Sycuan Band of the ing a coveted Oscar nomination, the EIFS Industry Members Kumeyaay Nation. Association (EIMA) was holding their annual association • Applicator: The Brady Company of San Diego, California meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On the final day of the • Distributor: CALPLY of San Diego, California general session, winners of EIMA’s 9th Annual 2001 Excellence in EIFS Construction awards were announced. Category: Residential Winning projects in each of the four categories were: Project Name: Private Residence, Myrtle Beach, Category: Retrofit/Remodeling South Carolina Project name: Vee-Jay Some 8,500 square feet of Dryvit Cement Contracting Co. of was applied to the new Miami-style St. Louis, Missouri waterfront vacation home. The project entailed the installa- • Applicator: Commercial Systems, tion of 2,200 square feet of Dryvit, Inc. of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina primarily along the front and sides • Distributor: Circle Supply Company of Charlotte, of the office building, to simulate North Carolina a heavy limestone look. • Applicator: Schilli Plastering Company of “What is so interesting about the competition is how St. Louis, Missouri the winning projects are each so unique. This really show- • Distributor: Ceiling Supply of St. Louis, Missouri cases our products’ design flexibility.Projects big or small, residential or commercial, all can be given a dynamic Category: New Commercial look that simply can’t be matched by other traditional Construction Under 10,000 building products,”said Steve Wachtler, Dryvit’s Vice Square Feet President of Marketing.