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My Name’s Joe

T here once was a farmer whose wife had died and left him with three beautiful teenage daughters. Every weekend, when they went out on dates, the farmer would stand at the door with his shotgun, making it clear to their dates he wanted no trouble from them.

Another Saturday night came around. About 7 p.m., there was a knock on the door. He answered and the young man said, “Hi, my name’s Joe. I’m here for Flo. I’m taking her to the show. Is she ready to go?” The farmer thought he was a clever boy and wished them a good time.

A few minutes later, another knock was heard. A second boy appeared and said, “Hi, I’m Eddie. I’m here for Betty. I’m taking her for spaghetti. I hope she’s ready.” He thought that he must know Joe. and bade them off as well with his best wishes.

A few minutes after that, a third knock was heard. “Hi, I’m Chuck…” The farmer shot him.

Politically Iffy

A man was walking through Chinatown and saw a building with a sign “Hans Olaffsen’s Laundry.” “Hans Olaffsen?”, he thinks. “How in the world does that fit in here?” So, he walked into the shop, saw an old Chinese gentleman sitting in the corner, and asked, “How in the world did this place get a name like Hans Olaffsen’s Laundry?”

The old man answered, “Is name of owner.”

The visitor asked ‘Well, who is the owner?”

“I am,” answered the old man. “You? How did you ever get a name like Hans Olaffsen?”

The old man replied, “Many years ago, when I first came to this country, I was standing in line at Documentation Center. Man in front of me was big blond Swede. The lady looked at him and asked, “What’s your name?” He said,” Hans Olaffsen.” Then she looked at me and said, ‘What’s your name?’ I say, “Sam Ting.”

On November 15th, in the beautiful SKYE Ballroom in the Lorenzo Hotel overlooking the city of Dallas, the chapter held its annual awards luncheon. Pictured with 2018 chapter President Scott Stovall, RPA, CPM® and 2019 chapter President Debra Spears, CPM® are pictured with the winners.

Summer’s Winter Reading List

Children’s Books That Didn’t Make It (and you should probably avoid)

You Are Different and That’s Bad

The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share

Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An l-Can-DoIt Book

The Kids’ Guide to Hitchhiking

Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence

All Cats Go to Hell

The Little Sissy Who Snitched

Some Kittens Can Fly.

That’s it, I’m Putting You Up for Adoption

Grandpa Gets a Casket

The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator

Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia

The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy Strangers Have the Best Candy Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way You Were an Accident

Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will Pop! Goes the Hamster...And Other Great Microwave Games

The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan Your Nightmares Are Real Where Would You Like to Be Buried? Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School Why Can’t Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?

Daddy Drinks Because You Cry

The Counselors of Real Estate announced its 2019 officers for the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter.

Chair : Anthony S. Levatino, CRE

Vice Chair : Andrew J. McRoberts, CRE

Secretary : Ann Hambly, CRE

Treasurer : MacKenzie S. Bottum, CRE

Membership Officer : Jon Cruse, CRE

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes that he’s lost. He reduces the height at which he’s flying, spots a man down below, lowers the balloon even further and shouts, “Excuse me, sir, can you tell me where I am?”

“Yes,” says the man. You’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”

“You must work in information technology,” says the balloonist.

“I do,” replied the man. “How did you know?”

“Well,” said the balloonist, “everything you have told me he is technically correct, but it’s of no use to anyone.”

The man below says, “you must work in management.”

“I do,” replies the balloonist,” But how did you know?”

“Well,” says the man, “You don’t know where you are, or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you’re in before we met, but now you think it’s my fault.”

T he Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute presented its 2019 Design Awards. The program is in its 56th year and recognized 23 projects. Projects are submitted in a variety of categories, including transportation, buildings, and special categories. They are judged by a panel of industry experts that includes precast concrete producers, engineers, architects, and construction and architectural industry media. Three Texas properties figured prominently. (See all the winners at https://www.pci.org/PCI/About/ Awards/Design_Awards/Design_Award_ Winners?year=19 )

Cook Children’s Medical Center

South Tower (Fort Worth)

Healthcare/Medical Building Award

Project cost: $289.2 million

Project size: 314,000 sf

The insulated architectural exterior system saves more than 35% in annual BTUs when compared to a brick-and-block assembly, while providing an environment that is comfortable, quiet, and moisture resistant. The cohesive aesthetic of the precast concrete panels and the affordable construction contribute to the continued success of the hospital and opportunities for growth in the future.

Glassell School of Art (Houston) Government and Public Buildings Award

Architect Populous, Kansas City, MO Engineer of Record

Walter P. Moore, Houston, TX General Contactor

Manhattan Vaughen JV, Dallas, TX

The 2015 renovation of Texas A&M’s Kyle Field was at that time the largest-ever collegiate sports project in the United States. The $485 million, 26-month redevelopment project included completely rebuilding the college stadium in two phases to expand capacity to 102,733 seats, making the stadium one of the five largest in collegiate football. Populous and ManhattanVaughn JV were challenged to find creative ways to reduce cost and risk over the project’s 26-month timeline, which covered two active football seasons. According to project requirements, the renovation was not allowed to affect the team’s ability to play games in the stadium, which meant site congestion and traffic had to be kept at a minimum.

Architect David M. Schwarz Architects, Washington

D.C.

CallisonRTKL, Dallas, TX

Engineer of Record

CJG Engineers, Houston, TX

General Contactor

Linbeck Group, Houston, TX

In 2014, Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Tex., broke ground on a nine-story addition for the largest pediatric healthcare provider in the DFW Metroplex. Building healthcare facilities always comes with a unique set of challenges, said Sean Patrick Nohelty, principal with David M. Schwarz Architects. These buildings must be designed to address the varied needs of patients and staff while meeting the highest standards for air quality, temperature and moisture control, and exterior aesthetics. The strict performance criteria and desire to create a lasting and beautifully designed solution for the community’s most vulnerable patients drew the designers to precast concrete.

Architect Kendall/Heaton Associates, Houston, TX Steven Holl Architects, New York, NY Engineer of Record Cardno Structural Engineering, Houston, TX General Contactor

McCarthy Building Companies, Houston, TX

The new Glassell School of Art building in Houston, TX, is itself a work of art. The defining geometry, sloping plane, and elegant use of light and space all come together in a structure that will be an anchor for the Houston community. From a structural perspective, the main challenge on the project was to ensure continuity between the different types of structural components. The building’s has individual panels that rotate, twist, and incline to varying degrees at random locations, requiring detailed attention to the load path.

The use of precast concrete allowed for the minimization of wall thickness in some key locations and provided control over placement of the reinforcing steel. Connections between precast concrete panels; cast-in-place, mild steel-reinforced concrete, hollow-core planks; and posttensioned concrete are located throughout the structure.

To achieve the classic red-brick facade design, brick was cut and set into precast concrete panels that were brought to the site and erected. The architectural precaster worked with the brick manufacturer early in the process, which provided a competitive advantage that allowed the precaster to produce slightly ahead of the schedule requirement. The structural precast concrete seating sections were prefabricated during the football season and delivered to the site for installation as soon as the whistle blew on the last game of the

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Everybody repeat after me: “We are all individuals.”

The qualities that most attract a woman to a man are usually the same ones she can’t stand years later.

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Mark Boyer is the President and CEO of Lever Energy Capital in Denver, CO