One of the bigger stories that came out of GlassBuild
America was the co-locating of the GANA Fall Conference with GlassBuild in
2017. The Fall Conference brings some
crucial technical pieces to the forefront, along with other important industry
news and updates. Having it now
integrated with the largest trade show in North America will surely open it up
to more people who had never attended before, those that used to attend but
scheduling prevented them from doing so, or additional members from a single company
when normally a company would only send one person. Moves like this are very good for the
industry- we have so much out there education wise, but I think only a small
percentage of people are taking advantage of it. Hopefully with a wider base things like this
and the newly re-launched MyGlassClass.com will reach the larger audience and
we can continue to grow and prosper as an industry!
Elsewhere…
-- Speaking of education and growth, one group who I admire is
the Efficient Window Collaborative. I
have written about them a few times here and I am fan. Recently they launched an updated website,
and it is absolutely fantastic. Please
check it out at http://www.efficientwindows.org
and remember this too is a great training tool for your folks and resource for
your customers. Kudos to Kerry Haglund
and team for a job well done!
-- Also on the website resource side, Mark Spencer of SAPA
turned me on to www.Shapes.Al and it is a
really interesting and helpful resource for all things aluminum. They took an interesting approach with
writing more feature like pieces than technical articles. Lots of content and worth visiting.
-- The industry lost another long-time player last week with the
passing of Tom Petersen. Tom spent 46
years in the glazing world and was extremely well known and respected in the
Missouri/Kansas region. He will
certainly be missed and condolences to his family and friends.
-- Anyone else suffering on the health care costs side? My monthly costs will now be 110% more per
month than they were 3 years ago. It
really is an issue that has gotten lost in the absolute mess of the US
election.
-- As you may have seen the Architectural Billings Index did
decline again last month making it now into a mini-trend of 2 downers in a
row. The analysts think the election may
have some bearing on that- I guess we’ll see.
Overall though the metrics out there are solid as Dodge did their annual
outlook conference and from the reports I have seen, they are still bullish on
2017/2018. I have been gathering those
reports and will have some additional takes on that on next weeks post.
-- Last this week… amazingly this blog just celebrated its 11th
anniversary. Every time I note a
milestone, I seriously get more blown away that I’m still plugging along and
this thing is still alive. Anyway I
thank you for following along and putting up with me every week. It still is my therapy and while my content
has surely changed (I’m much more kind) I hope you can find at least a nugget
or two worthwhile each week. Thanks
again for reading- I truly appreciate it!
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Thank you to Paul Wagner who left a comment on the Glass
Magazine.com posting of this blog.
Really interesting stuff here on solar roadways…. These need to happen!
-- Man dressed as a pine tree.
Blocks traffic. People have
issues.
-- Great story on the backgrounds of the old Neiman-Marcus
cookie recipe debacle. Company was brilliant in their handling!
VIDEO of the WEEK
If you happened to miss GlassBuild or you missed the video
recaps- here’s Day 3.. a look back at a fun day and great show!
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