Latest Articles in Commercial Glass

  • Find Profits in Stone
    Tap into this burgeoning market
    September 1, 2005
    Many glass fabricators are cutting stone—mainly for kitchen countertops—and making a profit out of it.“The granite end of our business rapidly catches up to the glass end,” says Mike Bell, president of Bell Mirror and Glass in Wichita, Kan. About two years ago, Bell invested more than $250,000 to create The Countertop Place because, “the market seemed to be getting...

  • Idea book: translucent
    August 1, 2005

  • Eyes like a hawk
    LiteSentry machine spies defects before glass leaves the production line
    August 1, 2005
    The Hawkeye Scratch and Defect Inspection System addresses the subjectivity of human inspection and consistently identifies defective glass before it is shipped to the customer or before more processing.

  • Aggressive project management
    Don’t be last on the job
    August 1, 2005
    Traditionally, glass has become the last thing installed on a base building. Therefore, glaziers have found it necessary to be creative in seeking ways to get in earlier.

  • Lights, camera GlassBuild America
    A red-carpet preview of the products, exhibitors and seminars
    August 1, 2005
    For three days, industry professionals worldwide will be drawn to Atlanta for a show that has grown to combine architectural glass, glazing and fabrication industries and the residential window and door industry in one venue.

  • Guide to interior glass: Keys to collaboration
    How to work with artists
    August 1, 2005
    Bringing the glass artist into the architectural planning process as early as possible allows the artwork to be seamlessly integrated into the project.

  • Glaziers delight: Scrim walls, like those on Caltrans headquarters, are multifunctional
    August 1, 2005
    Caltrans District 7 headquarters in Los Angeles a striking addition to the bustling boulevards of downtown. The building is an architectural testament to the state transportation agency that made metropolitan L.A. the eminent car-crazed city.

  • Sunroom stumbling blocks: Code officials sometimes stand in the way of construction
    By Ann Lallande
    August 1, 2005
    In some municipalities around the country, it can be a challenge for sunroom and patio-enclosure manufacturers to obtain building permits for their products.

  • Software database
    A starting point
    July 1, 2005
    Contract glaziers, fabricators and glass-shop owners prefer comprehensive business software that keeps track of current and potential orders and manages resources on the back end. Most make do with a custom solution, or a series of programs that serves various purposes. Many readers call and ask for suggestions on where to get business and production software. To that end, Editorial Assistant...

  • Glass or plastic: The question for skylights
    July 1, 2005
    There is good reason for architects’ recent emphasis on daylighting. Three different studies by the Heschong Mahone Group Inc., a research house in Fair Oaks, Calif., show that natural daylight can increase learning productivity of students, translating in the working world to higher sales in retail stores and improved employee productivity in office buildings. A major part of daylighting...
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    This commercial office space in Tulsa, Okla., features a 42-foot-long, custom, continuous art mural that spans 14 glass panels. 
    Great Glazing: Custom interior officeThis commercial office space in Tulsa, Okla., features a 42-foot-long, custom, continuous art mural that spans 14 glass panels suspended from the ceiling. Created by Tulsa artist May Yang, the mural is based on local Oklahoma themes, transitioning from rural landscape to the Tulsa skyline.   Great Glazing: Joliet Junior College Campus...
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    A look at the leading manufacturers and fabricators of metal products, broken down by sales volume, number of locations and product offering. 
    Building on the success of the Top Glass Fabricators rankings introduced last year, Glass Magazine is expanding its coverage to include the Top Metal Companies, featuring the leading manufacturers and fabricators of metal products in the United States and Canada. The Top Metal Companies include those that manufacture, fabricate and sell curtain wall, storefront and entrance, commercial interior...
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    In an effort to spotlight the people who make the Glass Magazine Award-winning products and projects possible, this year’s program included people-centric categories, for which the industry submitted their picks for best installer, production supervisor, project manager and sales rep.After narrowing down the nominations to three finalists in each category, the Glass Magazine editors asked the...