From BEC 2024, Tom Jackson, head of Steel Encounters, offers insights on improving employee engagement, including teaching every employee best business practices

From BEC 2024, Matt Aragon of Aragon Construction sits down with SLAM Collaborative’s Keith Fine to hear what architects are seeking in their partnerships with glaziers.

In episode 2 for 2024, hear from Syndi Sim of Diamon-Fusion International (DFI) on the upcoming presentation at GPAD focused on successful product launches. Far too often, fabricators miss the mark by overlooking essential steps necessary for a proper launch. Syndi brings some details about best practices and more in this preview ahead of Glass Processing and Automation Days - March 4-5 in Nashville.

In the first episode of 2024, hear a conversation with glass and window industry tech expert Ron Crowl, the general manager of window, door and glass at Cyncly and current board chair for the National Glass Association. The conversation digs into AI and automation in glass fabrication, along with discussion of the upcoming Glass Processing Automation Days, coming to Nashville, March 5-6—the can't miss event for glass fabricators

From BEC 2023, David Ferret, vice president of operations for Bagatelos Architectural Glass Systems offers a pretty stark reminder about the unknowns that can happen on a project and totally derail things. He provided an in-depth look at how someone from outside the project team—in this case a fire Marshall—can stop a project dead in its tracks.  

It’s a “nightmare” scenario, to quote David. And while it’s a fairly unique situation, David warned the audience that this could be a growing trend of regulators, plan-checkers, inspectors, getting in the way of projects. 

On this episode, recorded from a very popular session at BEC, Matt takes us through a recent project where the glazing team came into conflicts with the design team over the plans for the wall system.    

For episode 3, Katy Devlin and Sara Neiswanger wrap up the Generational Panel from BEC with insights from Taylor Anderson of Anderson Aluminum Corporation. Taylor speaks on the skilled labor shortage and what she and her company have been doing with their on-boarding process.

In our 2nd episode Katy Devlin and Sara Neiswanger recap more of the generational session at BEC and focus on Joey Aragon of Aragon Construction and his presentation on how they established a successful mentorship program.

Our first episode of GlassCast features a welcome from Katy Devlin and Sara Neiswanger as they break down some of the key topics from a very popular session held at the BEC Conference in Las Vegas- Five Ways to Address Generational & Mentorship Gaps. Then we go to the Conference and hear from Jeff Haber of W&W Glass (on a panel with Taylor Anderson of Anderson Aluminum and Matt Aragon of Aragon Construction w/moderator Neiswanger) going into detail on the journey W&W took to become an ESOP.

Glass Cast: From the NGA is a quick hitting and timely podcast from the National Glass Association and its leading architectural glass publication, Glass Magazine. Glass Cast covers need-to-know topics vital to anyone in the glass industry—from business-first solutions to help owners build profits, to insights on market trends and challenges. The podcast is hosted by key voices from the NGA team and features interviews and presentations from glass industry leaders.