Before I get into the BEC recap and rundown, one big follow
up from last week. I wrote on the wire
glass situation in Canada and had a feeling that there had to be more to
it. And it turns out there is. Thanks to Thom Zaremba, I was updated that
the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has already published for public
comment a new, draft safety-glazing standard.
The website with the review can be found HERE and the public comment
period ends next month- so obviously if you have an interest in this issue,
taking some time to review and comment is a must.
Elsewhere…
So BEC 2016 kicked and as always here are my highlights….
-- The opening reception from Viracon was jam packed, the room
was a bit tough to work being a long rectangle, but still a nice event.
-- The State of the industry speech via Serge Martin of AGC had
plenty of interesting takes, but a big part of his piece was collaboration with
suppliers to make sure everyone can get supply.
That’s something I have hit on here many times.
-- The panel on oversize glass was very strong as was the
presentation by architect Kai-uwe Bergmann.
I was also pleased with Dr. Tom Culp and Urmilla Sowell as they covered
the crucial code and tech subjects. Overall
lots of insight and if you want to really get a fast flavor of it- go check out
the twitter feed of @GlassMag- Katy Devlin was her usual off the charts self
with amazing social coverage.
-- Of course no industry event would be complete without my
usual “seen and met” part of the blog. I
usually only get to see people like this twice a year- BEC and GlassBuild
America- and I love it. (Though the
people who see me… not so much! Ha Ha) So here goes…
-- Ended up on same plane out to Vegas with Chris “Megatron”
Dolan of Guardian. He’s still earning
that nickname by doing it all. And I’m
glad I saw him on the plane, once the show started, didn’t get to see him the
rest of the way. I was very excited to see my old friend Shelly
Farmer- she just landed a great gig with SC Railing. That’s a good match of person and company for
sure. I was happy to meet Brian Filipiak
of Alliance Glazing- nice guy, and his company has a great twitter feed. While with Brian I ran into the Hollywood
poster boy Viracon’s Cameron Scripture.
Such a good man, and still looks exactly the same as he did from when I
met him probably 10 years ago.
-- Catching up with Kelly Schuller of Viracon was awesome as
well. My trip was improved because I
spent time with three different Steves… Martin (OCBE) LeBlanc (Contract
Glaziers) and Cohen (PPG) excellent gentlemen all.
-- I really love the younger folks that are becoming a presence
at these events. That is important for
the industry. So spending a few minutes
with the sharp couple Lindsay and Dustin Price was super, as well as meeting
Mike Macurak of DM Products. In addition
Tim Mackin from DM was there and he wins the award for best dressed on night
1.
-- The classy industry folks were out in force as well with
folks like Max Hals and Ian Patlin of Paragon, as well as Tom O’Malley from
Clover Architectural, and James Wright from Glass Coatings & Concepts. Talking with them is always uplifting.
-- Old friends are always great- I have not seen Bob Cummings
of Hartung in years. He’s another guy
who refuses to age. Same with Joe Carlos
of Triview, Gus Trupiano, and my old Ohio U buddy Rodger Ruff of AGC.
-- Missed- Heard unfortunately that Ruby Singh of GlassFab had
to cancel. That was a bummer for me-
extremely nice man. I also was bummed I
never ran into Felix Munson of Anchor Ventana.
Great person who I’ll have to catch up with soon.
-- Last- a congrats to Jon Kimberlain of Dow Corning- he did a
great job with yet another conference and his care for the industry is true.
LINKS of the WEEK
TV Movie in the works for this one for sure!
This story is only one paragraph but absolutely hilarious.
As a father of a child with severe food allergies, this story infuriates me- and the comments, defending the writer are even
worse. She made a mistake, but shouldn’t
be given a pat on the back.
VIDEO of the WEEK
I posted this on twitter over the weekend.. Kobe Bryant
dislocates a finger and the trainer takes care of it… quick….
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