How cool would it be if our industry, our little world, had
the honor of having a year named for it?
Well if we all can come together and push, maybe 2022 will be known as
the International Year of Glass by the UN.
I mean to me that would awesome as you know I love our core product and
to have that distinction applied to our industry would really be
something. So how does this happen? Well the National Glass Association (NGA)
along with many other glass related organizations are applying to the UN in the
coming week with a push noting that the glass world is truly a positive force
when it comes to technology, science and the world economy. It will be interesting to see how this
progresses and I am excited to see people getting behind it and supporting it. I would definitely love the opportunity to
stand out from all of those other trades with this recognition. 2022- The Year of Glass. I like the sound of that!
Elsewhere…
-- The latest Architectural Billings Index was released and it
was a blockbuster. The total came in at
a winning 52.5 (remember over 50 is positive) with a crazy good 58.7 number on
project inquiries and an even more exciting 53.4 on design contracts. Inquiries are great and all but contracts are
surely a very positive approach. So the
good momentum continues….
-- On the flip side I know many folks have had some January
blues to start the year so they probably get mad at me when I am professing all
sunshine and butterflies. There are some
soft pockets out there and we knew going into this year it was going to have
some odd bumps in the road. I am still
confident on the whole, but surely there are parts that are frustrated out
there.
-- The International Builder Show was this week- I was
not there but heard from a few that were- seems like some interesting products
and services were in play. Once again a
big one were residential windows with extremely high performance. I do think between New York’s local ordinances
and some other municipalities pushing there will be some disruption on residential-
So I will be watching to see when that comes more of our way on commercial.
-- I know I write it every week- but BEC is coming and the
guest list is growing- will you be there?
I have been honored to be involved with this event for probably 20 of
its 24 years and the subject matter this year may be the best yet. I was pumped that we added Jake Gaddis of United
Architectural Metals this week to a panel on Delegated Design. Jake is an expert actually in Design Assist-
and the insight he is going to share in that realm will be amazing. If you have not signed up yet- go HERE and do
it today.
-- Last this week… Love this job that is profiled here but I
must say I am bummed as my sister Marcie is a bigwig at the company that is
housed in this amazing structure and she never turned me on to it early at
all. Just kept this great design to
herself. Once again proving the smartest
Perilstein on the glass side of things is the one not currently in the
business! Really awesome work here by
all….
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Feeding the alligators and other wildlife and more. Crazy story from where else… Florida!
-- These stories of tracking people down seemingly never get
old- another good one here based on a VHS tape and first steps of a baby
-- Very bad and immature prank here… just an ouch all the way around.
PROJECT of the WEEK
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