We are very early into the new year but the economic
indicators and predictions are all quite bullish. The Architectural Billings Index and Dodge
Momentum Index both have been plugging along in the positive. In addition, cash flow predictions are
finally improving and pointing to a healthy bump in non-residential
construction starts. So while we have
legitimate concerns on supply and transport, at least for the near future the
business climate is still looking to be very ripe.
Elsewhere…
-- Excited to say there’s a new blog out there for everyone to
check out. One of the industries true
influencers… John Wheaton of Wheaton-Sprague has joined the blogosphere. Check out his initial efforts HERE. With the incredible insight that John is
always sharing, usually on twitter, his blog now will easily become a must
read.
-- Speaking of must-reads, major kudos to Katy Devlin of Glass
Magazine for the coverage she provided from the BAU event last week in
Munich. Katy went solo to the show and
cranked out incredible, timely coverage via Twitter and on
GlassMagazine.com She made the show
come to life and allowed all of us unable (and unlucky) to attend at least have
the ability to follow along in real time.
Great job Katy!
-- I mentioned this a year ago but was at this airport again
this week… Dulles Airport is absolutely a masterpiece for a glass geek to take
in. Simply awesome applications
everywhere.
-- It was on that trip this week to DC where for the first time ever I had
a cab ride where the cabbie did not have a GPS.
So I’m running the directions from the GPS on my phone. I am still scratching my head on that
one. How can you be in that position
without that tool? Another reason I try
and do Uber instead- those guys HAVE to have GPS.
-- I was doing research this week and I ran into an old Glass
Magazine article penned by Greg Carney. Man
I miss that guy. With the annual GANA
events coming up in the next several weeks, I have a feeling I’ll be thinking
about Greg a ton.
-- Those GANA events I speak of, the Annual Conference and BEC
are scheduled for early March in Las Vegas.
BEC, thanks to the incredible leadership from Jon Kimberlain of Dow
Corning, is really primed to be another excellent edition. The agenda this year is very strong with some
great speakers including Joseph Puishys, the CEO from Apogee. A few people in the know have told me that
Mr. Puishys is an incredible public speaker.
So I am looking forward to that for sure. In the coming weeks, I’ll surely highlight
more of the agenda as well…
-- Last this week… so I have to ask… outside of the New England
fans (including the great Dan Pompeo of Architectural Glazing Solutions who is
off the charts with his support of Boston area teams) is anyone rooting for the
Patriots next week? I am on record
already with my Seahawk support and prediction, so that’s not changing. But I just wonder if there’s anyone who’s not
a normal fan of either team rooting for New England. Regardless I will be watching the game for
the commercials as much as the game itself…
LINKS of the WEEK
-- An awesome story of when people come together… raising money
for inner city kids to go to Harvard.
Now over 500K!
-- Being someone who loves pizza and respects the people who
make and deliver it… count me on the side of the driver… and the internet
agrees with me… wild story.
-- Good food for thought one here… how TV inaccurately shows
what real professions do. It’s that
creative license thing at its peak.
VIDEO of the WEEK
Well Kobe Bryant may be out for the season now but before
that happened one amazingly creative person built this parody video called “Let
it Tank” using the theme from Frozen’s Let it Go… just beautiful stuff here if
you are basketball fan who happens to know Disney or that incredibly popular song.
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