As we all know right now, even with lock downs and shelter
in place rulings work still continues in many ways. Some of that action is going on full speed led by
Urmilla Sowell and her team at NGA on Advocacy for the industry. Among the areas the team were involved in
THIS MONTH were several ASTM subcommittees covering a wide range of glass
products and various standards.
Laminated glass, anisotropy, bird collisions, color measurements, roll
wave distortion, and a lot more. Big
time subjects that do affect every level of the glass industry. Why am I pointing this out? Its because the NGA is doing serious work to
continue to represent our best interests, even while so much of our world is in
flux. I am in awe of their efforts and
passion and appreciate it all.
Elsewhere…
-- The latest Architectural Billings Index was released and I
think we all expected bad. And
dreadfully bad is what we got. The index
came in with a 33.3 which is way below the break even index of 50. Brutal record level drop. BUT surprisingly I am going to take a
positive spin on the new product inquiry rating. That came in at 23.8. Seriously I expected that to be almost
nothing. New projects! Anyway it would be nice if both of those
ratings are at rock bottom right now but unfortunately I think both will slip
again in next month’s release. Hope I am
wrong!
-- Time for the latest Glass Magazine review. The cover is a stunning picture on a project
at UCLA that was installed by Giroux Glass.
Inside featured several excellent pieces best among them Katy Devlin’s
latest installment in the “101” series- which is now at Glass and Metal
501! Really nice dive into that space
and in a great and easy to read layout.
In addition the article from one of my favorites in this industry Tammy
Schroeder of Linetec on Finish options nailed it. Tammy and Linetec just keep providing winning
approaches. Overall great issue as
always and was a good diversion from the current world.
-- Ad of the month was a tough race once again… TONS of
excellent creative this month. Kudos to everyone
out there who had an ad in this issue.
Bar was raised yet again. That said I have
to pick a winner and I am going with CRL.
New logo. New Look. Great looking ad. Well done by the team there!
-- News from Okalux North America reached me this week as their
parent company is now a part of the large European producer Glas Trösch. Some names will change making it Okalux
Glastechnik, but all else in North America will stay the same. Okalux North America President Donald Press
is a good man and he’ll continue to lead his team as before. I was happy to hear that because Okalux
actually puts out the best customer newsletter in our industry in my
opinion. I always learn something so
I appreciate their efforts and also obviously glad that the good people there
can continue on!
-- One fun one this week- TV Series to watch… How about
“McMillions” which is on HBO right now.
(Its on free HBO streaming if you don’t subscribe) It’s a 6 part series on McDonald’s and the
scam that was pulled with their game in 2001.
Really well done documentary series.
-- Last this week… sad news once again. One of the nicest and sweetest people in our
industry Doug Sampsel passed away. Doug
was most recently a VP at Trulite and before that owned TGI in Georgia. Doug was a staple at every industry event and
was a popular figure with pretty much anyone he came in contact with. Doug was passionate about his company and
this industry and he was loyal and wonderful man. He and I were on the same side of the fence
for a bit but mostly we competed but that never got in the way in how he
treated me or anyone else. Just a good
person. My sincerest condolences go out
to his friends and family- especially to his son Matt, who in my opinion is a
ton like his dad personality and class wise. Top notch.
It has certainly been a tough run losing some incredible people in our
little industry over the last few weeks. Thoughts and prayers out to Matt and all of Doug's family and co-workers.
LINKS of the WEEK
-- This was in the first episode of the absolutely fantastic
Michael Jordan documentary airing for the next few Sundays. Fascinating how he could’ve gone way off the tracks!
This is one amazing litter!!
My gosh- 68 and giving birth to TWINS! Incredible.
PROJECT of the WEEK
I’m not sure exactly where this one is located but saw it on
the feed of Jay Meiries of Insulite Glass.
Love the way it looked and the glass looks sharp! According to Jay’s post this beauty has AGC
Energy Select 28 as the glass. Pitman Glass
in Memphis, TN glazed it and of course Jay’s company Insulite Glass in Olathe,
KS was the Fabricator. Nice work here!!
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