A couple of very important stories not getting enough
coverage are now hitting my radar. They
are the shortage of aluminum and CAL GWP measures in California. I will cover CAL GWP next week as I am still
learning more about it and I want to get feedback from the presentation at the
NGA-GANA Annual Conference that covered it.
As for the aluminum situation, that one is real, very real. This release from the AEC explains it in more detail… Bottom line is this thing is real and it is scary. The shortage is already starting to affect
the aluminum folks who manufacture storefront and curtain wall and obviously
will trickle down to the installer community as well as this proceeds. It certainly bears watching and as I get more
information, I’ll surely pass it on.
Elsewhere…
-- It truly is now award season in the glass industry. I mentioned a couple last week but the big
one to get your nominations in on is the annual Glass Magazine awards.
These honors are the best in the industry and I love the mix
of categories for this year. Innovation
takes the lead role, as it should, in what the judges will be reviewing. So I advise all of you to click the link and
see what you have in your world that may fit.
And remember you can’t win if you don’t apply!
-- Time for the monthly Glass Magazine review… Interior glass
focus this issue…Nice cover hot with material from CR Laurence. Inside the Glass and Metals 301 guide to
interiors was excellent. Once again that
approach provides such a tremendous resource.
I also really liked the approach Joe Bazzano took in his column on the
tax cuts and jobs bill- again same theme of excellent resource. Last and most important the coverage of the
merge of GANA and NGA is well defined in an excellent piece by Bethany
Stough. This section that included some
great pictures and timelines, clearly lays out what is going on in our world
with such a monumental move.
-- Ad of the month…. Yet another challenging one to choose… but
after going cover to cover several times to break down the candidates, I just
couldn’t deliver a clear cut winner this month.
There were a lot of solid pieces but none to stand out… So I’ll save
this choice and use it for a month when I want to name 2 winners…
-- AIA show is coming up in June and they are promoting it
pretty extensively. Recently they sent
an e-mail blast out of the “Top 6” reasons to attend the show… #3 was “tour
iconic architecture” which for sure in NYC is going to be good and AIA noted
more 200 tours would be available. So
that said I can only imagine the effect that will have on a show floor that
already struggles to get architects to the exhibits…
-- Great blog last week by Pete de Gorter. If you did not see it- please check it out…
-- Last this week… One of my favorite subjects over the years
has been the volatility of gas prices.
Well we are on the upswing again with the prices gaining on pretty much
a daily basis. Not good, personally or
professionally with summer driving season and the busy summer deliveries for
fabricators and glaziers. Maybe we were
spoiled by a few solid years of lower prices… but all I know is I am feeling
the pain at the pump and its getting worse.
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Can’t get service?
Grab the PA system!
-- I love Amazon- but no way do I want them delivering to mycar. So odd.
-- I do love these stories of texts that end up working
out.
VIDEO of the WEEK
So I saw the Avengers-Infinity War and it was solid- it was
probably the best of the Marvel releases to date since the original Iron
Man. Anyway speaking of those
characters… this video from the Jimmy Fallon show was brilliant… a take off of
the Brady Bunch… loved it
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