Submitted January 30, 2015
PCA Exhibit at International Builders Show
NSSA participated as an industrial partner with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) exhibit at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas January 27 – 29. Donn Thompson, AIA, NSSA Corporate Sponsor, directed the project for the PCA. Mike Vaughn, NSSA President, assisted by transporting manufactured shelters by Vaughn Concrete Products and Survive-A-Storm to the exhibit and then providing trucks and hoist equipment to position the shelters for the exhibit.
Included in the exhibit were also four site-built shelters: a wood frame shelter built by Simpson Strong-Tie (NSSA Corporate Sponsor), a reinforced concrete shelter, a concrete masonry shelter, and a concrete shelter manufactured with insulated concrete forms.
The same shelters will be displayed at the World of Concrete exhibit at Las Vegas February 3-5. Vaughn Concrete Products will again assist with positioning and removing the shelters from the exhibit.
The Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH-NSSA Corporate Sponsor) assisted with publicity with the help of John Zarrella of the Weather Channel. Through many known media hits on 178 websites, over 20 million people were exposed to the exhibit.
The exhibit has been removed but will be set up again for the World of Concrete exhibit at Las Vegas February 3-6, 2015.
Submitted January 15, 2015
2015 NAHB International Builders' Show®, Las Vegas
2015 World of Concrete Show, Las Vegas
NSSA is participating as an industrial partner with the Portland Cement Association in storm shelter exhibits at the International Builders Show, January 2015 and the World of Concrete exhibit, February 2015, both in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donn Thompson, Associate Member of NSSA is directing the exhibits. Mike Vaughn is providing logistic support in placing and moving the storm shelter exhibits. NSSA literature will be distributed at both shows. Sponsors include FEMA, FLASH, Simpson Strong Tie, and Survive-a-Storm. Four site-built shelters following FEMA 320 designs will be exhibited along with two manufactured shelters, one by Vaughn Concrete, another by Survive-a-Storm.
Mike Vaughn is transporting manufactured shelters to and from Las Vegas and will move shelters from one exhibit to the other.
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