Well unless something crazy happens, this is my final blog for 2021 and I am thrilled I can end it with the dropping of my final podcast of season 1- a one on one with the ultimate leader in our industry Don Friese. This was such an amazing experience and thrill to spend some time picking Mr. Friese’s brain and the knowledge and direction he delivered was fabulous. There are statements in here that will be shown in sales meetings and posted in offices and warehouses all over. So please check it out on video HERE or audio HERE. Thank you for supporting it all year and I am excited on what’s to come in year 2!
Elsewhere…
-- We’ve lost some amazing and important people in our industry this year and unfortunately this past week 2 more left us. Fred Jayson of Bendheim Glass passed away at the age of 100. You may remember earlier this year on his birthday, the post about him working at 100 going viral…. That was an excellent portrait of a man who truly worked all the way to the end and was beloved by many. My condolences to the Jayson family and the Bendheim team.
Also passing away this week was Gary Boyajian. Gary was a major player in the Michigan glazier scene and easily one of the most likable and popular guys in the region. Tremendous person and class act- he was involved in many of the great projects that spurred metro Detroit’s revival. He also looked like the actor Sam Elliot and gave off that same cool cowboy vibe that Sam Elliot did in many of his movies and I loved it. I learned a ton from Gary as I was cutting my teeth in the industry so this one really hits home hard. My thoughts and prayers to Gary’s family and the Michigan glazing community.
-- The latest Architectural Billings Index was released this week and while still in a positive space is starting to lose steam. The score of 51 is the lowest since it was under water in January and the new project inquiries were down as well. This was pretty much to be expected and it’s still above water but the different pressures out there I think finally reached this index. Good run ahead for us of because of the previous scores but now bears watching on what will happen to see the effects for late in 2022.
-- Congrats to Miles Barr of Ubiquitous Energy for being named to the 2021 Environment + Energy Leader 100 List, an annual recognition of environment and energy ‘doers’ who break trail in creating new solutions, programs, platforms, best practices and products to help their companies – or other companies – achieve greater success. As readers of this blog know I love what Ubiquitous has going on and again pumped to see our industry get national recognition. Keep up the great work folks.
-- And on the note of great work, Viracon announced this week new positions for two excellent guys in seriously challenging positions. Seth Madole will now take on the role of Director of Supply Chain and Customer Experience and Brian Savage will be Supply Chain Manager. Both are super people, experienced and caring and will do great in these spots- especially because they both are top notch communicators and more than ever in those positions the messaging has to be on target. Congrats to both on the great news.
-- Last this week… my blog and pod schedule for upcoming weeks. We’ll be dark here until the week of January 2nd. Unless of course something crazy happens like my brother cobbling a couple of billion together to buy Oldcastle. Don’t count out Stevie P there. Once the new year hits, we’ll have a catch up blog out of the gate, then week of 1/9 will be a review of the 2021 predictions and the week of 1/16 will be the 2022 predictions and the first episode of season 2 of the From the Fabricator podcast. So good stuff coming up. Until then here’s wishing all of you out there a happy holiday season and a HEALTHY 2022! Thank you again for all the support and I look forward to seeing as many of you in person in the new year as possible!
LINKS of the WEEK
Long read but worth it into Operation WhistlePig. Wild stuff!
I mean this story is pure bananas right?
I have this ongoing fear that when I get back from a trip my parking lot is gone too… and here it’s happening in Nashville.
PROJECT of the WEEK
The final Project of the Week honor goes to the fabulous Alan Kinder at Guardian Glass. I have always liked Alan’s online approach and coming down the stretch in 2021 he did not disappoint. He started to post stunning job after stunning job on LinkedIn and that absolutely had me going crazy. The one I picked out from Alan was the Iptay Office in Clemson, SC. The glass looks tremendous and design was a revelation. Kudos to Jumper Carter Sease Architects on that and excellent install by Cartner Glass Systems. Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope did the glass fabrication from the obviously Guardian Glass. Given that Clemson had a rough year (for them) on the football field, winning this project of the week has to be the high point for them in 2021! Congrats Alan and everyone else involved on a job well done!
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