We are now basically one month from GlassBuild America and
there’s one event that deserves your strongest consideration on attending. The 10th annual Glazing Executive
Forum (GEF) will be held on the September 16th and it has the
subject matter that truly is crucial to you both personally and from a business
standpoint. The keynote is “Building a
Stronger Bench” and I think every single one of us in this business knows how
crucial the development of the modern workforce is. In addition a panel on managing lead-times,
so incredibly important in the world of tighter supplies, will surely be a
segment that can give you vital insight.
Mix in several breakout session options and of course the always
must-attend economic outlook by Jeff Dietrich and you have an event that you
simply cannot miss. I know everyone is
busy right now, but this time investment is surely worth it given the subjects
about to be covered.
Elsewhere…
-- This past week a report came out that said BIPV technologies
would reach the 9 billion dollar mark in 2019.
Now I love BIPV technology. I
have been a fan for a long time and still believe; some day it will disrupt our
world. That said I couldn’t even come
close to believing this report. Heck the
report states that industry is at 3 billion right now. Can that be right? If it is, that’s one amazing sleeping giant
out there. Anyway, I call on my pals on
that side of the industry for their insight because if that 2019 potential is
true, the world is surely going to be disrupted….
-- Quick catch up… thank you to all who sent in Civil War
recommendations. I am loading up the
various queues. I appreciate it! Now I have to find the time to take it all
in.
-- So some of the June construction data results are in and
it’s pretty interesting. As you know if you’ve been following along
here, the Architectural Billings Index has been doing well for a while. Only a few blips here and there. But the Dodge Momentum index has been
flagging some. And in June, it suffered
some more. However looking deeper at the
numbers shows, that 2015 is still pacing well ahead of 2014 and we’ve just had
our best 1st half of a year since 2006. Add in the positive spending and put in place
reports, and confidence remains high despite the downward trend of the
DMI. Obviously it will still bear
watching to see if there’s any weak points and I know in some pockets of the
US, things did slow up a bit in June, but I am looking at that as more fluke
than fact at this point.
-- Last this week… 24 million people watched a debate for an
election that is more than 15 months away.
Either the Donald really has drawing powers or this election really has
people engaged already. Here’s hoping
for a competitive set of primaries on both sides with lots of choices and more
debates….
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Groom suing new wife for fraud….
-- Pretty wild story around the baseball trade deadline on a
trade that wasn’t and a very emotional player…
VIDEO of the WEEK
Fascinating/scary video here where a couple of guys dress up
and act like security people in Las Vegas.
Amazingly easy to pull off it looks like. Interesting what they went after.
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