If you’ve seen videos that show the manufacture of gypsum products, you might have seen some very large trucks hauling gypsum ore from point A to point B. You might have even seen a clip of a controlled explosion where gypsum deposits are being reduced to manageable pieces underground. But you probably haven’t given a lot of thought, if any, to the hands-on part of the job, the actual mining or quarrying of the gypsum ore.
I am fortunate. I have been on both sides of the fence. In fact, I have been all over the fence, under it, around it and on top of it. The fence I am talking about is the submittal fence.
Recruiting and hiring people are only half the battle. All the expense and effort you put into it can be lost if they don’t like working for you. So this month we’ll discuss how to get off on the right foot in introducing top-notch people to your company.
In my March column (“Detecting and Developing Latino Leadership”), we learned how to spot leaders among your Latino workforce. Let’s now take a serious look at how to develop Latino leadership.
In 2003, CMI, a Chicago-based building products company, won the Innovative Technology Award at the Anaheim Woodworking Fair, held in Anaheim, Calif., for their “Next Generation” product Extira, an exterior-grade treated wood composite panel.
Lately I’ve been working with some cast stone products and have found that product to be a good complement to EIFS in terms of dealing with the damage-susceptible edges of EIFS. This month’s column gives some examples of how cast stone can be used with EIFS.
Wallboard finishers who conclude that a specification for a lower level of gypsum board finish indicates that the decorating material will mask surface irregularities can be in for a severe and expensive lesson.
We know for a fact that insurance has been around since 1347, or 660 years, and we also know the insurance industry has blossomed into an industry touching every aspect of our personal and professional lives.