Latest Articles in Commercial Glass

  • Beating the Low-cost Competitor
    March 25, 2013
    Unfortunately, there are a few contract glaziers in every market that don’t follow the rules. In an effort to cut costs, they might install improper product, or underpay their employees. And with so many building owners focused on the bottom line, these companies sometimes win the job over their honest, quality, possibly higher-priced competitors. Apparently, this is also true in the fabrication...

  • Industry leaders predict slight uptick in the market for 2013
    January 31, 2013
    U.S. glass company leaders— from full-service glass shops, to large contract glaziers, to glass and metal suppliers—say they are optimistic about 2013. While the industry continues to face notable challenges—a slow recovery, uncertainty over taxes, and concerns about the implementation of the health care law, to name a few—officials, for the most part, say market conditions will continue to...

  • Trends & analysis: Nonresidential construction to enter ‘muted’ growth phase in 2012
    Gains to come in retrofit/remodeling vs. new construction
    January 26, 2012
    Nonresidential construction and housing will enter the growth phase of the economic cycle in 2012 and remain there through 2013, according to analysts at the Institute for Trend Research, Concord, N.H.“Nonresidential construction is moving up; so is housing,” saysJeff Dietrich, senior analyst, ITR. “They are both entering thisgreen [growth] phase where things are improving every monthon a year-...

  • Forecast: 2012 and beyond
    Industry leaders talk market conditions, growth opportunities, and why it might be 2013-14 before a recovery takes hold
    January 24, 2012
    While construction levels will remain much the same, the spending picture will be slightly different

  • 2012 forecast: What products and/or services are experiencing the most growth at your company? To what do you attribute that growth?
    January 24, 2012
    The float perspectiveScott Thomsen, Guardian Flat Glass Group "Our strategy is to continue to increase sales of value-added products and services that provide a competitive advantage. We feel our value-added strategy is working: We’ve been able to maintain and even enhance our float assets in North America since the start of the recession in 2009. We view the key to success in these volatile...

  • 2012 forecast: What are your expectations?
    January 23, 2012
    The float perspectiveScott Thomsen, president, Guardian Flat Glass Group"A fitting description for the activity in the global glass industry today is ‘volatile,’ and we don’t see that leveling off much, at least not in early 2012. On the residential side, monitoring key North American economic indicators such as new housing starts, construction permits, automotive new build rates, and replacement...

  • Closer look: Overall construction levels to hold steady in 2012
    Commercial building and multifamily to grow, as public works and institutional building continue to slide
    January 23, 2012
    Following several years of decline, overall construction spending is expected to hold steady, if not improve slightly in 2012, according to forecasters. “In 2012, the top-line numbers are not expected to show much change, but there will be variation within the major construction sectors, with some gains predicted for housing and commercial building, assuming the U.S. economy avoids recession,”...

  • Ups and downs from East to West
    2011 construction landscape varies greatly across the United States
    January 3, 2011
    2011 could be a mixed bag across the U.S., with the possibility of both growth and even deeper losses, depending on the region. The majority of forecasts show the Northeast improving the most, followed by the Midwest. 

  • The slow climb
    Following four years of decline, total construction starts to advance 8 percent in 2011
    January 3, 2011
    The construction industry has suffered much uncertainty, but the worst is over ... "Those of us who have survived, have fought hard."

  • Green building market to experience huge growth
    January 3, 2011
    The green market has grown dramatically since 2005 and will continue this growth through 2015, said Harvey Bernstein, vice president, Global Thought Leadership & Business Development, McGraw-Hill Construction, New York, at the Outlook 2011 Executive Conference, Oct. 28-29, in Washington, D.C. “In the five years since 2005, the new green building market has grown seven-fold,” he said. The U.S...
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