One of the most important approaches we have going right now
is the NGA Advocacy and Technical Services department. It is here, where so much that can affect our
day to day world, is worked on, debated, pushed, delayed etc. This takes on a larger role when you think
about the comments made by the Mayor of New York last week with regards to
glass buildings. (There are others in
our industry, like Chuck Knickerbocker, who covered this much more eloquently
than I could ever, so I’ll their words stand for me)
We are used to people taking shots at our industry and
livelihood and we will continue to fight on all fronts but we surely could use
more people involved and following along.
Go to this page HERE to see what’s happening currently and reach out to
add your help to it. If we don’t keep
working together as an industry comments that are directed at going to less glass will start to become more
real than we want them to be! We can’t
sit still, so please get involved!!
Elsewhere…
-- It has been a while, so time for the latest Glass Magazine
review… I’m looking at the April edition, which has cover of an incredible
entrance that was fabricated by AGNORA.
This issue was dedicated to the “Top Fabricators” and delivered as
always. The special section included a
list of the top companies; focus on women owned operations, standout “partner
fabricators” as named by their customers and some excellent stats about the
market place. It’s truly an incredible
section of reading for anyone who has interest in the fabricated glass
world. Also for the 3rd month
in a row, the “Trendhunter” article delivered thanks this time to Michael
Spellman of IGE. Awesome piece on
automation on the fab floor that has me wishing I had a plant of my own to put
some of this innovation in. Oh and the
“take 5” with Andrew Haring was super. I
am getting to work closely with Andrew on GlassBuild promotion and the guy is
absolutely brilliant.
-- Ad of the month choice was tough yet again, very thick issue
with a lot of contenders. My winner this
month is Sika. I usually don’t like text
heavy ads- but the Sika ad jumped out at me because of the awesome picture they
chose and the color matched Sika logo.
The picture was a very sophisticated structure that made me want to
study it. So when you stop on an ad like
that it’s a winner. Kudos to whomever at
Sika did this- I think I only know the great Kelly Townsend there, so Kelly you
can take the credit…lol!
-- Congrats to McGrory Glass on their new website launch. The site setup is very unique with regards to
layout and optimization. It works nicely
on the user experience for sure… check it out here- and congrats to the team
there on a job well done!
-- The Texas Glass Association Glass Conference II is coming up
quickly…. If you are involved in this industry and in Texas, you need to
consider getting there for it. More info
can be found HERE. Personally I am
looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people. As I previously noted I am honored to be speaking
at the session, and I’ll be sharing some interesting forecast news amongst
other nuggets.
In addition the other speakers and topics are very
strong. Learn more here.
-- I have been hearing that black matte hardware- of all styles
and applications are getting extremely hard to find. I’m even hearing that from the millwork side
of the business. That look is hot right
now and maybe too hot for everyone to keep up.
-- GlassBuild registration is now open. Don’t procrastinate… register now and also grab
your hotel room. By the way my
Philadelphia friends both the Eagles and Phillies will be in town during the
GlassBuild run up and show, so you can mix a little sports with your show of
the year.
-- Last this week… one of the coolest things to see
architecturally in Michigan is at Michigan State University and the Broad Art
Museum. The exterior is stunning thanks
to a great design by Zaha Hadid and glass from Guardian Glass. Now this summer on the inside of this amazing
structure will be an incredible glass sculpture in the exhibition named Oscar
Tuazon-Water School. Instead of me
screwing up the description I’ll just use this from Guardian Glass:
“Tuazon’s “water
window” uses more than 200 square feet of monolithic, tempered lites provided
by Guardian Glass. The four trapezoidal shapes, which weigh in excess of 800
pounds, are installed in a steel frame connected to a post and bearing, which
allows the water window to also rotate, further transforming the window into a
door. A digitally printed image – a reference to the original water window
by Baer – was placed on the 3rd surface and fired into the glass.”
More info can be found here- but if you find yourself in the
great state of Michigan this summer- this is worth seeing!
LINKS of the WEEK
There’s usually some dumb political move each week- here’s one
for this post. This can’t be true right?
The length that folks will go to for tickets to the Masters
is amazing
This one is the ultimate “hmmmmm” article. Interesting battle on parking tickets andenforcement.
VIDEO of the WEEK
So did everyone binge the 2nd season of Cobra Kai
on YouTube yet? I did- thought it was
good- of course not as good as season 1, but solid nonetheless. Regardless of it you watched the show or not-
if you saw the original Karate Kid movie- this “mock” 30 for 30 is a fun
watch. Check it out. 6 great minutes of
content!
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