Imagine having a two-hour lunch with a Supreme Court judge of your state and the last thing the judge says to you is, “make sure your contracts have a start and completion date as well as specific language for any special deals you make with the GC.” My question is: “Would you take the judge’s advice?”
I met Kevin Moyer at the national plastering contest held last year in Long Beach, Calif. I listened as he spoke of the future of the plastering industry and the need for skilled plasterers to meet the expected demand of a trade once in decline, but now on the eve of a renaissance. I asked him then if I could have the opportunity to interview him for Walls and Ceilings and recently our schedules permitted us to get together.
I strongly believe that Latinos who come to the United States should assimilate into the culture. In this article I’ll tell you how they should go about doing this and how you can help them make this transition.
I mentioned in the May column that I recently took a trip out to California. I had a list of companies to visit who manufacture and/or import a wide variety of plaster products. One company I was anxious to meet with is the manufacturer and distributor of Vella Venetian Systems.
Nobody personifies sports fanaticism more than football coaches. Maybe it takes that kind of obsession to be a winner in the NFL or NCAA Div. 1. I wouldn’t know. Since at this stage of life I have little use for learning the proper techniques of blocking and tackling, football coaches have nothing to teach me that I have not learned better from persons in other walks of life.
Last month, in Part One, we began this three-part series about bamboo, one of the most versatile and widely used natural materials on earth. This month, we continue our discussion of this miraculous material.
One’s home is one’s “castle,” right? Yes, and because it is, homeowners take their homes seriously and personally and can get really lathered up if inspections are not done right. What follows is geared towards doing non-intrusive, visual-only EIFS inspections on wood framed residences.
There are several significant changes with regard to fire-rated walls and the new I codes. Unfortunately, it seems the code has moved in a direction to allow what is known in the industry as “trade-offs.”
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