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.
We had dodged more than one nor’easter up to that point, and were enjoying the effects of global warming, so when a friendly competition between three friends materialized into the Rock-Off for Michael’s Way, weather was not even a consideration.
It never fails to disappoint me how otherwise bright and talented craftsmen and women who are experts at their trade will sometimes neglect their own health and safety.
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