Here are some fun awards to boost employee morale: "Pearls" and "Swine"-for persons with the neatest and messiest work station. Federal Express inscribes the names of employees' children on each
Every once in a while, I like to take a look back over the projects I've done over the past year. Usually, one or two of them stand out as noteworthy, and this month's column is a review of one that I think you can profit from.
In part two, we reviewed the new products offered via the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design green building rating/certification program. In part one, we saw how a statement made by USGBC President/CEO Rick Fredrizzi ("If it's not LEED, it's not green") at the November 2004 Greenbuild Conference held in Portland, Ore., caused quite a lot of controversy. Also, we saw how two reports and a user survey gave the LEED program its first "report card" after five years of implementation. This time, we'll conclude our review with a look at the international scene for LEED and a recent USGBC decision that will affect the walls and ceilings industry directly.
How do you view the world? How do you view the people you work with each day? Do you believe people are in control of their own destinies? Are people good or bad? Can you trust your customers and employees? People are in my opinion the biggest variable we deal with each day. For some of us, it's impossible to trust because of our worldview.
Gypsum board is now such a commonly used building material that it's difficult to imagine a construction project that doesn't use it somewhere. Most residential interior walls and ceilings are composed of framing and gypsum board; a very large portion of commercial interior walls use gypsum board; gypsum sheathing is frequently used in exterior construction; and area separation walls in townhouses and shafts for elevators and stairwells frequently are built using gypsum shaft liner board.
I recently visited the Carolinas' Lathing and Plastering Contractors Association show where members met and focused on their goals of providing reliability, accountability and credibility. Despite several years of testing,
Feeling the sting of gas prices? Eighteen cents per gallon is federal tax, 20 cents in Texas. How will this affect how contractors do business? Higher prices? Less travel? Different
There is embedded trim and then there is flashing. What's the difference? Flashing is not bonded into the EIFS coatings but may be in loose contact with the coatings. Embedded
In no particular order, here are some simple things you can do to smooth out rough spots in day-to-day activities. Make it a point to spend a little time training
Dry wall Inc. The response to this year's contest was phenomenal. I must state up front, we planned space for this contest off of last year's results. We could have
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