Do you know about the Silica rule? Do you know that the Silica Rule is now about
to be enforced after a 30-day delay? If
you are a glazier, you need to get familiar with it, but the issue as I see it
is the information and direction on how this rule affects our world and what we
all need to do is murky. There’s not a
great approach that I could find that we all could read from and follow. I’m thinking “checklist” There’s various
information from OSHA out there but specific insights to the glass industry is
missing. Glass Magazine has some info to
follow as a very good start but I’d like to ask for insight from all of
you. What is your game plan for handling
this rule? What are best practices you
can share? This is a major change to how
a glazier works… so insight we can share would be good for the industry as a
whole. I am digging more into this and I
know others are well, so I’ll share whatever I find.
Elsewhere….
-- Last week I noted about GlassBuild’s awesome microsite that
has tons of video and content. One item
not on there is this excellent presentation by Building Industry Advisors. This was a deep economic look at the market
place with tons of stats and insights.
Mike Collins was one of the key speakers on here and he is always very
interesting.
-- Well the Architectural Billings Index (ABI) finally had a
down result ending a strong 7-month run.
The total was 49.1, which fell beneath the break even of the 50
mark. New project inquiries stayed strong
and positive though at 59. The analysts’
feel like this is just a quick blip and the index will be positive again next
month… so we will keep watching the overall process…
-- Props to Stephanie Staub at the Architectural Glass
Institute for the support they showed at an incredible program in Philadelphia
called “Merge.” This was a very cool
event that brought design students and new to the industry installers together
to build a structure together. Things
like this are crucial to get more young people into our industry and excited
about the future. Several industry
companies donated time and materials to this effort to make it a success. Thank you to all involved.
-- You may have heard Amazon is looking for a 2nd
headquarters and cities all over the US want a shot at this. Right now the biggest benefactor is ad
agencies in each town who are being retained to do flashy campaigns pushing the
merits of their city. Watch the one for Detroit if you want (in my
video of the week)- it’s stunningly good.
Overall it’s fascinating the awesome power Amazon has… I seriously think
they could make most of these municipalities do absolutely anything for them…
-- Last this week… if you are Jerry Seinfeld fan check out his
latest special on Netflix. It’s called
Jerry Before Seinfeld and its funny and fantastic.
LINKS of the WEEK
I love this article on UPS drivers and dogs- my UPS driver
loves ours...
A meth vs donut mix up leads to settlement…
Stealing millions in… fajitas?
VIDEO of the WEEK
Kudos to whomever put this Detroit pitch video together for
trying to attract Amazon. It really is
incredible…
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