This week, kicking off on Tuesday is the NGA Glass
Conference. If you have not looked into
yet, well it is now time you do. And of
course I’ll help you out here with some highlights. First and foremost I have to say I was so
blown away looking at the list of sponsors.
The industry really stepped up here and is again with GlassBuild Connect
and that truly makes me proud. Ok so now
into the details… All the sessions are great but I’m going to give my “picks”
The Powerhouse Session- The New Normal – Design &
Construction features a leading architect, general contractor, fabricator,
component supplier, and developer/owner.
This is huge to get that insight from each area and how it can be jammed
into an hour will be interesting too. A lot to cover!
The Hall of Fame Session- Troubleshooting for Glass
Fabricators. The panel here is seriously
legendary. I’m just going to just take
it all in because the brainpower and experience here is like nothing else I
have seen on this subject.
Our Heroes Sessions- Two sessions with same panel of Heroes-
The All About Glass- Architects Questions Answered and Technical and Codes
Update have the same incredible group of the best advocacy minds in our
world. These are the people who look out
for us- daily- so hearing them in a couple of excellent forums is exciting.
I’m Swamped, Just Give it to Me Quick Sessions- 4 “Nano”
sessions on huge issues from Bird Friendly to Security and Protective
Glass. 15 minutes on each.
There is a lot more… so just click THIS LINK and review it
and then REGISTER and join in!
Elsewhere…
-- Last week I predicted an uptick an the Architectural
Billings Index and I was right (I know shocking since my sports predictions are
laughably bad) The index is following some positive trending out there and
delivered a score of 40 which was a nice bump from last months 33. 50 is the break even so we are still a while
away from that. On the new design
inquiries that too took a nice jump to 44.
Positive happenings are nice to see but I fear with the lagging approach
here and some extra caution that has come into play in the last 30 days that
next month we may be back down some. All
bears watching for sure and I’ll keep you posted!
-- Cool post from the fine folks at Tom Brown Inc. where they
talked about a program they started with local high school students and despite
the pandemic things were actually completed AND the outcomes were pretty
awesome. Love when companies work with
their local communities and in this case where these high school students were
not forgotten about and they got to see something interesting get completed!
-- Seeing a lot of these articles… the “what will the office of
the future now look like” and I click every time. This one was not bad but did not talk glass…
-- Help me out fellow glass folks… this video impressed Wall Street quite a bit but for me it was odd.
It surely didn’t seem like it had even close to enough details and there’s
a section there that does not feel real at all to me. Maybe I am just a harsh critic? Check it out
and share your thoughts if you like. By the way I love the possible innovation
and outcome…
-- FYI here… from the most recent NGA Advocacy newsletter…. The
Glazing Industry Code Committee (GICC) met virtually on July 10 to discuss the
latest updates on the International Building Code (IBC) code development
process. GICC promotes the reasonable use of glass and fenestration within the
model building codes, with members representing the full spectrum of
architectural glass and glazing interests throughout North America. GICC offers
a practical, affordable opportunity to participate in updating the model
building codes. For more information on GICC membership, contact Sara Neiswanger at the
NGA! JOIN and make a difference!
-- Last this week… a baseball season like no other (isn’t that
the line for EVERYTHING IN 2020) has started… 60 game season.. so a sprint to
the playoffs… so I may as well make a prediction… I am going with the Yankees
to win it all beating the surprise Cincy Reds in the World Series.
LINKS of the WEEK
This probably has similarities to those of in the glass
industry- long time family business fighting to stay alive. This though is for pencils… interesting story.
Now this is a very small town. First birth there in a long time
Quick fun link.. we all need a laugh some times…
PROJECT of the WEEK
I enjoy the feed of Mike Rubner of Accura Systems on
LinkedIn and he recently posted some cool jobs his company did including this
one called 5th and Colorado that was
glazed by Haley Greer in Austin, Texas. Sharp looking project that again
makes our industry stand out and look great.
Thanks for the great posts Mike and congrats to all involved on this
tremendous project!
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