This feature article is a case study of a project in the Seattle area where a condominium project was slated to be built out of wood framing members but was switched to steel framing in the final stages of design.
The folklore of French Lick, Ind., is that there was a charter train that stopped in front of French Lick Springs Hotel, with its tracks halting right at the hotel bar.
I have just returned from four very hot days in Rancho Mirage, Calif., where I attended the Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau's Annual Convention. The NWCB's staff-Bob, Mark, Tiina and Angela-really put on a great show in terms of scheduling and production for the 613 attendees. Although they have help from the sponsors, it really comes down to their hard work to put on a great show. Those contractors in the northwest are lucky to have a bureau such as them.
"I was surprised how well that thing ran," says Sandor Szilagyi, Troy Metal Concept's main finisher, remarking on the management of last year's Habitat for Humanity project in Detroit. Most of the area drywall contractors in southeast Michigan contributed to this project. Wixom, Mich.'s, Troy Metal was there for two days rocking and taping for the Jimmy Carter Blitz Build. Since the Habitat project, the company has been working at the Beaumont Hospital Macomb Ambulatory Care Center.
Believe me when I say I enjoy reader feedback. Occasionally, readers call to say specifically what they liked or didn't like in the current issue. Great. Less frequently, I receive something in writing that I can publish.
Last year, our parent company BNP Media began a recycling initiative with two separate bins placed next to printers-one bin is for paper; the other for cardboard. It took awhile for all of us to start employing the service.
I recently returned from the International Builders' Show and easily walked 10 miles per day. What an event. Each year, it seems to grow exponentially to where its slated four-day exhibit floor just isn't enough time for those that want to take it all in.
"San Marcos is the perfect example of how versatile foam application can be," says Bill Lewis, vice president of Johnson County Foam, whose company created the foam shapes used on the elaborate Prime Outlets shopping plaza in San Marcos, Texas. Lewis takes great pride in this project-the most detailed and thorough of his 25-year career-though is amazed that even outlet malls today are finding ways to draw and attract customers through architecture.
Hola y como estan (Hi and how are you). It's a new year and already it's been far too cold in the Midwest. It makes me yearn to use my stock Spanish phrase in Mexico City, Acapulco, Belize-anywhere south of the border, close to the equator.
John Loch of Master Drywall and Plaster Inc. can't stop thinking nor talking about a product he's been using more and more of. The Green Bay, Wis., contractor just finished using this material on a 5,000-square foot house in the suburbs of the city and is itching for the next project where his crew can get their chops on more of this material. Customers seeking a typical drywall or plastering job from the company end up demanding that this product be worked into the project. Loch considers the possibilities and says with a little imagination and great skill, this material can accommodate most remodeling needs.
