The February issue of USGlass magazine is typically one of my favorites. Although we cover the contract glazing industry in depth in each issue, our February focus is on the
Continue ReadingHard to believe that July is happening while I am still waiting for April, May and June to occur. The only thing usual during this time is the unusual, and
Continue ReadingI admit it right up front: liability creep is my own shorthand for a phenomenon that afflicts the glass industry with frequency like no other. It’s expensive, ever-expanding and dangerous.
Continue ReadingYou know how it is when you studied something, got ready for it, knew what to expect and believed you could handle the challenge? You know how it is when
Continue ReadingThe future is a totally oxymoronic concept. It’s anticipated happily, yet at the same time, it’s dreaded. Parts of it are so certain they seem pre-ordained; other parts are completely
Continue ReadingWelcome to 2015! It didn’t seem that long ago that we were all hoarding water and paying software consultants to get ready for Y2K. And now, here we are, a
Continue ReadingI have seen lots of differing opinions, some disagreements and a few heated arguments in my 32 years in the glass industry. But I have to say the 90.1 brawl,
Continue ReadingThe residential homebuilding market has also been the bellwether of the entire construction industry. This miner’s canary, which has lain barely breathing for more than three years, has started to
Continue ReadingOne of my mother’s favorite sayings, often said with a crisply cryptic voice, is one you have no doubt heard before. “You know, Debbie,” she would say knowingly to me
Continue ReadingSaulo Rozendo, part of the high-performance building solutions team at Dow Corning Corp., gave an excellent presentation about the implications of the coming changes in the LEED certification program during
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