For the past few years here at Walls & Ceilings magazine, we’ve been considering the fundamentals of traditional plasters.

No matter how hard any contractor works toward being organized and efficient, there are more significant issues at play that cause projects to go over-budget and over-schedule these days.

Where does one start? How about right around 7,500 B.C. when individuals in Jordan began using a form of plaster on interior walls?

 had a boss who repeatedly told people he had an “an open door policy.” Professing openness when a staff is in fear made me wonder and reflect back to my days in a marketing class.

We have all heard the phrase, “Be careful what you wish for” and unsurprisingly, there is a lot of truth to this saying.

For many walls and ceilings contractors, the days of estimators working with full-size plans and a single digitizer are a thing of the past.