And down the stretch we come… just one month left in
2019! I cannot believe how fast this
year seemed to go. A bunch of quick hits
this week vs. big stories so here we go…
-- Registration is now open for BEC 2020. This year the event is in Nashville, TN and the
potential schedule I am seeing is incredible.
Topics that are crucial for the glazing contracting community are on
tap. Plus this year the schedule is different
than past years- DO NOT skip the 2nd day as it’s loaded with
content. More on that schedule and its
specifics to come, in the meantime get registered today HERE.
-- One more note on BEC- one of the keynotes was revealed and
it’s Joe Puishys, President and CEO of Apogee Enterprises. Joe spoke a few years ago and was absolutely
awesome. It will be great to have him
back again! I am serious when I say its worth going to BEC just to see Joe, let
alone everything else you get while there.
-- The annual Vanceva World of Colors contest is up and running
again. This is one of my favorite
competitions because it brings in some of the most amazing projects using
decorative laminated glass. The deadline
to enter is end of February – more info can be found HERE
-- Good news from the latest Architectural Billings Index. October brought in a score of 52.9, which was
the best one in a while, and new project inquiries also came in very strong too. This was a nice bounce back after a few so-so
months. The red flags do still remain as
the Northeast and Midwest still posted sluggish individual numbers. So the challenges remain ahead of us…
Congrats time…
-- To my old friends and co-workers Dan Danese and Bob Cummings
who both secured great new positions in the last few weeks. Dan was named Commercial Products Director at
American Insulated Glass while Bob was promoted to President and CEO of
Consolidated Glass Holdings. Both will do
tremendous jobs and are fantastic supporters of our industry. Very good news!
-- And one more… congratulations go to Mike Wothe on his
appointment of President at Western Window Systems. Fabulous guy and strong company- really good
combo there!
-- Cool website here at www.glassgadget.com
from Showcase Installations. Neat items
(mostly for the shower installer) that can really be a huge help on efficiency
and safety- I especially like the truck rack safety tool. I saw it modeled on a Facebook post and was
impressed by its simplicity while offering that extra level of safety. Good stuff and well done by the team here!
-- Last this week… did you know that 49 billion robocalls a
year are made to phones all over the world?
That number blows me away. Really
an incredible waste of peoples time and resources and with so many of those
scams (the biggest one right now is the “affordable health care” one) you can
only imagine how many people are getting ripped off. I’ve always lamented the fact that so much
brain power and talent is used for the wrong reasons and this is yet another
example.
LINKS of the WEEK
This just flat out sucks.
Fellow travel warriors and those of you who don’t travel
much but are headed out for the holidays- beware of this one!
Incredible! My sister
had something similar after my mom passed- but not to this point!
VIDEO of the WEEK
If you did not see the Thanksgiving post of the 2019
GlassBuild recap video here it is… man what a show that was!
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