Last week I covered some of the trends I see really taking
off in the new year, so I was pretty pumped to see a report come out that
backed one of my predictions. Navigant
Research released a study that shows the Net Zero Building movement growing
tremendously over the next 20 years- eventually becoming a trillion dollar
market segment. That’s trillion… with a
T. The good news continued with the
expectation that the main areas of the growth will be from the glass and
glazing segment. As I noted last week
this sort of building is growing because it’s a smart process that produces
real results and it’s exciting that as an industry we have great options to be
heavily invested in it.
Elsewhere…
-- Twitter can some times drive people crazy especially with
some of the insane negativity that can appear there but I continue to try and
find the good in it. Example was Friday
during the riots in Washington DC, someone posted that there’s tons of broken
glass and windows all over the area. I
replied to that tweet with “Oh to be a glass shop in Washington DC right now…”
and lo and behold a few hours later I see a tweet from Mike Albert showing his
company (S. Albert Glass) out on the job, in DC, in the damaged area. Cool stuff and nice to see our industry in
action. This is the 2nd riot
that I have watched a company I am familiar with jump into action, with my pals
at Binswanger in Charlotte being the previous during the riots there this
summer.
-- Time for some reviews… Magazine, Book, and Movie…
-- The Magazine is the long over due one for the December
edition of Glass Magazine. Bethany
Stough’s excellent cover story on installation was strong- especially given the
severe labor pressure our industry faces.
I am sure I am not the only one who walked away from this with an
advanced understanding of the options available to the glazing community. And that story really made me understand even
better why the installation equipment folks at GlassBuild were swamped. Also in this issue.. Joe Schiavone of CRL
who did a great Glazier Bulletin like always… love his work and I am also a
huge fan of Mike Burk of GED via IGMA who had a story on safety and smarts on
the fab floor. Plus the recap of the
incredible 2016 GlassBuild America just got me pumped for the future…. All in all, from front to back a great issue
and must read.
-- The ad of the month goes to Wood’s Powr-Grip for the family
approach featuring Dustin Anderson of Anderson Glass of Waco, TX and his
beautiful family. The message of
“bringing you home safe” is something that may be simple, but needs to be
reminded daily. Good work there!
-- The Book review is “Losing Isn’t Everything” by Curt Menefee. This was an excellent and easy read about the
people on the other side of some of sports most famous plays and how they dealt
with the disappointments of being in the spotlight and known for losing. Some handled it better than others but all of
the stories were very interesting and some actually inspirational.
-- Last the Movie review is “The Founder” which was the story
of Ray Kroc, the man best known as the builder of the McDonalds behemoth. It’s an intriguing story in that Kroc is not
your typical business hero. And that’s
probably why it’s taken so many years to get a movie about him. He was not the brains behind really any of
the advancements of the company but was smart enough to listen and learn from
those who had the ideas. From a business
standpoint it’s a great watch and from an entertainment side good as well since
he’s not what you would expect as the guy behind such a happy brand.
LINKS of the WEEK
This guy has survived a ton to become a huge mushroom
entrepreneur….
Imagine going to a random comedy club and a tons of superstars unexpectedly show up to perform?
Wild.
VIDEO of the WEEK
Traveling in the NBA is always loosely called and widely
made fun of. This week the great Russell
Westbrook took it to a new level… you don’t see it happen at first but wait til
the replay at :25….
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