It’s hard not to get excited over the latest numbers from
the Architectural Billings Index. We are
now surely past fluke territory and onto a full-blown trend. The ABI has now stayed positive for the 5th
straight month and I am not about to throw cold water on it. Positive, no matter how small, is still a
step in the right direction. If there is
any worry at all it’s the ABI may not be the best or most accurate indicator of
success. Because the effect does not hit
our industry for 9+ months and when it does it does not hit all at once, it
really is hard for us to quantify. But
in any case news like this needs to be savored as we move from darker days
forward.
Elsewhere…
-- Bob Leyland of Kawneer announced his retirement last week
and it bummed me out. Another true
gentleman and class act leaving our ranks.
He will be a tough act to follow that is for sure and I wish for only
the best for Bob in his next phase of life.
-- Lost in my excitement and glee over my alma mater making the
Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament was I never gave proper love to the University
of Kentucky. Big Blue did a great job in
dominating the tourney and I had a few of my industry pals, gently remind me
that I missed in honoring them. So
congrats to UK and their fans, enjoy the title!
-- An interesting list via the always-informative twitter feed
of Heather West. This one is the top 10
Cities with Energy Star certified buildings.
10. Boston (161)
9. Riverside,
Ca. (164)
8. Dallas-Fort
Worth (178)
7. Houston
(231)
6. New York
(261)
5. San
Francisco (270)
4. Chicago
(294)
3. Atlanta
(359)
2. Washington,
D.C. (404)
1. Los
Angeles (659 buildings)
The interesting angle for me is seeing Atlanta on there-
obviously when that area was booming (seems like eons ago right?) they built
the buildings right.
-- With some high rise condos in Toronto going to a “protective
mesh” to protect against fall out of broken tempered, how long before a push
for all balcony glass to be laminated takes place?
-- Last this week. The
Glass Management Institute is coming back and kicks back off on June 5th. Yours truly is actually teaching one of the
courses, but before you dismiss it because of that, please take a look at the
rest of the schedule. All joking aside,
this is surely a worthwhile piece of education.
If you and your company want to get ahead, getting the extra education
insights and advancements via GMI will advance the push. Anyway this is my third stint teaching the
marketing course and I’m humbled and honored to be involved again. Plus NGA has a tremendous new education facilitator
in Lilly Grossman, and her addition will surely be a major positive for all
involved.
LINKS of the WEEK
-- The story and the comments are great on this one… what
happens when a guy hooks up with a gal and she wants more love than he can
handle? Run to the balcony!
-- And once again an effort to limit freedom on the Internet is
afoot. Here’s the details, wonder how
long it will take the main media to cover this.
-- The most honest Obit you will ever see. That had to be a very wild funeral.
VIDEO of the WEEK
I love Bacon… as I think everything goes better with it (Any
“Man vs. Food” fan knows that) but now Burger King has come out with a Bacon
Sundae. Yep Bacon and Ice Cream- here’s a
quick review of it from a very quirky guy.
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