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Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell considers the latest news to emerge from the investigations into the Grenfell Tower fire. Doors for flats in Grenfell Tower could only hold back a fire for half the time they were designed to, a police investigation has found. That was the opening paragraph on the BBC news site, a site read by millions in...
Glass Time editor Nathan Bushell examines a tale of two fabricators. As long as I’ve been working in this industry, there has been talk of the superfabricator – a mythical manufacturer of thousands of windows a week that could signal the demise of the small to medium-sized fabricator. But it has mostly been pie-in-the-sky thinking. And the logic is sound:...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell asks if it is time to cover up. Even if you go back just 10 years, the thought of complaining about companies using sex to sell products at a trade show (particularly in the construction industry) would have been laughable. I remember attending one Fensterbau a few years ago, and suddenly finding myself in the...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell argues that industry forecasts don’t tell the whole story. It’s that time of the month when all the industry forecasts jostle for position. They don’t say anything new, and read on their own they make for depressing reading. However, the glass and glazing industry keeps producing positive news, especially where investment is concerned. Last week,...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visits ERA’s new headquarters. Today, hardware manufacturer and supplier ERA opened its new offices in Wolverhampton; 135,000ft2 of modern design/sales/testing/warehouse/distribution space. The event was well attended by the press and important guests, and the the mutual feeling was that the new building reflected the ambitions of a forward-thinking company. CEO Darren Waters said the first...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell suggests that recruitment in the construction industry is facing a crisis. Supplying commercial or new-build projects with products or labour often defines a company, I’ve found. While many gear their businesses to work in this market – for example, cost-efficient windows supplied on a just-in-time basis, with all the relevant certification and technical support –...
