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Up Front
Customers Love Reassurance

Nick Moretti
June 1, 2005
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For most people, including contractors themselves, hiring specialists to perform any type of expensive work where they have no expertise is scary. For example, who doesn't dread hearing a "noise"
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Smart Business
Repetition Works Best, Repetition Works Best, Repetition Works Best

Jim Olsztynski
June 1, 2005
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People who sell advertising and know the ropes just cringe when they hear these familiar words-"I'll buy an ad to see if it works. If it does, I'll buy some
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Plaster man
Humpty Dumpty's Kitchen!

Robin Raymer
June 1, 2005
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You may recall that back in the March column I mentioned we'd look in on "Humpty Dumpty's" kitchen. Well, the time has arrived. You remember the nursery rhyme about Humpty
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All in Agreement
The Apprentice Reality

Pete Battisti
June 1, 2005
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Have you ever been persuaded to believe something that is not true? You have the ability to investigate but you don't take the time. Factmonster.com provides information on many business
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Finish Line
Wishful Thinking

Robert Thomas
June 1, 2005
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More than a decade ago, when I was the head technical person for a major EIFS producer, we undertook an interesting project. The purpose of the project was to identify
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All Things Gypsum
More on Area Separation Walls

June 1, 2005
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In a previous column, we discussed the breakaway feature of gypsum board area separation walls-also known as townhouse party walls or firewalls-under fire conditions. To review, an area separation wall
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The Green Thumb
Rule by the People (A Second Look, Part Four)

J.M. Syken
June 1, 2005
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Last month, at the tail end of part three, I mentioned how EnviroSafe Plus, a Boron-based wood preservative treatment, is not listed with the International Code Council. As an alternative
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Smart Business
Let's Stop Yakking Ourselves To Death

Jim Olsztynski
May 10, 2005
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Aw, c'mon, don't be such a killjoy. Let your drivers have a few belts while making job site runs. It would help their working days fly by faster! I'm kidding,
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Finish Line
Terms and Perms

May 10, 2005
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Old buildings tended to "leak" air more that new ones. In the old days, we used to simply calls these leaks "drafts" but now we're hipper and call it air
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All in Agreement
Lucky Rulers

Pete Battisti
May 10, 2005
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Someone you know of once said, "Lucky for the rulers that men do not think." Walls and Ceilings recently published a story in which I understood the writer to say
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