IT’S SCANDALOUS

Mar 16, 2015 | PULPIT

The other day I was searching for something on the web when I came upon the site of another glass company. As I was checking it out I noticed something that seems to be an ongoing problem within our industry, DECEPTION! Deception in the claims that companies make that...

Your Safety is Right Around the Corner

Aug 11, 2014 | PULPIT

If you remember it was reported back at the end of 2012 that there was a significant code change passed to be implemented in the 2015 issuance of the IBC. That must have seemed like years away back then, but here we are! Three years later and we are on the precipice...

WHO DO YOU BLAME FOR THIS?

Jul 3, 2013 | PULPIT

Once again we see another project where glass has been supplied for handrails and is failing. Nobody has rendered a definitive cause but if it smells like a fish, and tastes like a fish, then it must be nickel sulfide inclusions. I have started to realize that you...

When Will the Next Shoe Drop?

May 22, 2013 | PULPIT

A recent article by US Glass is the beginning of a very painful lesson that many developers and Insurance companies are going to learn the hard way. If you buy sub-standard glass product then you will yield the liability that comes with putting the concern of...

Make Money at Work….for Doing Nothing

Apr 21, 2013 | PULPIT

When was the last time that an estimator included the costs associated with employees doing nothing? It is odd that nobody has thought to add this as a line item when budgeting a job, but clearly it should be included in the cost analysis of a construction project. By...

Is it Furniture or are They Walls?

Apr 3, 2013 | PULPIT

Recently I have been hearing from glazing contractors how they are losing work to companies selling demountable glass partition systems. There are a number of these companies and generally they provide a good product. I want to add to this that I do not have a dog in...