by Jill Pilaroscia
Does red mean strength, power, love? Prosperity, rage, death? Influences like politic...
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by Jason Loehr, Global Product Manager, Datacolor
Raw materials shortages continue to impact the paint and coatings industry with no si...
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by Emily Newton
Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) join two similar or dissimilar components togethe...
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by Austin Houser
Every commercial painting business needs a steady stream of high-quality leads to be ...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
Most people agree that color can trigger a response – you love it or hate it. Color r...
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by Emily Newton
Construction materials have become increasingly harder and more expensive to obtain. ...
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by Errol Bull, P.E., CSI - Architectural Engineer, Technical Services Manager
In this article, Errol Bull, Technical Director for GE branded silicones, explores th...
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by Emily Newton
Antimicrobial coatings can provide products with built-in resistance to microbial gro...
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by Karine Galla
What could be better than a high-performance coating for a building enclosure? How ab...
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by Eric J. Conn
OSHA has been quite busy the last few months on the rulemaking front, and it does not...
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by Austin Houser
One of the most important aspects of marketing for your painting business is audience...
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by Austin Houser
As a painting contractor, you may have mistaken your business for a painting company....
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by Emily Newton
Researchers and other professionals who work with polymers and similar materials are ...
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by Warren Brand
This is a blog not only about the risks associated with using multiple-coat paint sys...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
I am currently enjoying a new position in academia after 35 years of practicing inter...
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by Alex Thrasher
Quality control programs and reporting are nothing new to the protective coatings ind...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Purchasing for construction projects isn’t like purchasing in our personal lives. Whe...
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by Robert Ikenberry
I’m not a fan of spot abrasive blasting for repairs on existing structures. Don’t get...
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by Industry Professionals
The retail paint industry is evolving, but one thing that has remained unchanged is t...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Specification marketing is second only to continuing education presentations as the m...
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by Warren Brand
I’m fascinated by failures. Some would say obsessed. While Chicago Corrosion Group’s ...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
I sat through a pre-construction meeting via conference call today to go over the ins...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Is there a problem with flooring glued to concrete with a high fly ash content? Fly a...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Recently, I was preparing a masonry architectural specification section for a remodel...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
The flooring industry is constantly challenged by the same repeating issues: installi...
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by Industry Professionals
Significant First Amendment rights are at risk in a recent California Court of Appeal...
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by Warren Brand
When I started my corrosion mitigation consulting firm in 2010, I had one fundamental...
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by Bob Bailey, AIA, CCS
Many firms find themselves at some point partnered with another firm on a project tha...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
While hosting a Let’s Fix Construction workshop at the 2018 AIA Conference in New Yor...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
For as long as I’ve been involved in and around the construction industry, there’s be...
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by Warren Brand
You heard it here first, folks. Paint is dead. It just doesn’t know it yet.
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by Allen Zielnik
Certainly, the concept of integrated fire safety doesn’t rest only with the building ...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
It is a growing trend for busy professionals to spend some time each week with a coac...
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by Allen Zielnik
Whether you’re a climate change believer or denier, the predictions are that our weat...
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by Lee Wilson
There are a number of different turbine types and structural configurations and desig...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
There is some misunderstanding, both inside the profession and among the population a...
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by Lee Wilson
Corrosion is a major risk for offshore wind foundations: Its effects could mean costl...
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by Bob Bailey, AIA, CCS
Submittals are the bridge between contract documents and construction. They are also ...
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by Allen Zielnik
Globally, the corrosion of metals accounts for trillions of dollars in annual costs. ...
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by Lee Wilson
Health and safety in the corrosion-control industry has always been a major priority ...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you’re probably aware of the growing i...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
It’s important to note the interest in tiny houses as a viable housing alternative, a...
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by Eric J. Conn
As of Jan. 2, civil penalties for workplace safety and health violations issued by fe...
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by Robert Ikenberry
Every member of the electorate needs to spend some effort to be informed about critic...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Construction insurance, bonds and warranties are among the most confusing and inscrut...
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by Kevin Guth
Let's face it: Our regulatory process to protect the health of workers is broken. Thi...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Fireproofing, as covered by this specification section, typically refers to an applic...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Misconceptions can be found across the spectrum, in every product category and in eve...
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by Warren Brand
Understanding run-of-the-mill corrosion on steel is complex enough. I remember my co...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
In the last few years, it has been proposed that owners might benefit from hiring spe...
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by Michael Halliwell
Seeing just how political workplace safety in the U.S. has become, one can’t help but...
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by Robert Ikenberry
As anyone who works in construction knows, projects are built on cooperation, even th...
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by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.
The specification of joint sealants used as weather seals in building construction is...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
Preserving and repurposing existing buildings is supported by most current green buil...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
Although it didn't seem like it at the time, one of the best parts of my CSI chapter'...
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by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.
Elastomeric joint sealants are most commonly used in building construction as a prima...
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by Bob Bailey, AIA, CCS
A 19th century Scotsman said, “Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and ...
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by Eric J. Conn
The Trump Administration submitted a blueprint budget for 2018 to Congress proposing ...
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by Robert Ikenberry
Typically, the two biggest costs for projects involving abatement of hazardous paint ...
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by Warren Brand
Imagine for a moment painting a surface that never gets dirty. Or one that’s perfectl...
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by Lee Wilson
Why, when the joint standards supply so much more information, are specifiers still c...
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by Lee Wilson
How does a SSPC/NACE joint standard on surface preparation differ from the equivalent...
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by Lee Wilson
Some say the ISO standard for dry abrasive blasting is in need of a revamp. Is it? An...
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by Warren Brand
It’s called The New Safe Confinement (NSC). Picture a massive, movable hangar-like do...
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by Patrick Harmon
When it comes to sandblasting, the blast nozzle you use is critical. Blast nozzle sel...
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by Michael Halliwell
I recently took the time to look at the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administr...
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by Eric J. Conn
Following the enactment of this controversial rule [the Recording and Reporting Occup...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
The school environment is a clear example of how color shapes human experience and be...
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by Warren Brand
It brought down both Space Shuttles, is responsible for the disaster at Deepwater Hor...
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by Eric J. Conn
OSHA has expressed particular concern with the supposed chilling effect and retaliato...
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by Eric J. Conn
The new “workers’ rights” anti-retaliation provisions of the updated Recording and Re...
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by Eric J. Conn
OSHA’s recent reform to its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness...
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by Amy Gibson
Have you ever been in a class or a training session with an individual who asked too ...
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by Michael Halliwell
A lot has been going on recently that draws my attention back to the social side of o...
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by Robert Ikenberry
I think we should have a new way of looking at quality. We don’t have to settle for “...
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by Warren Brand
I am intimately familiar with the fine art of “eye-rolling.” As the followers of my b...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
Wanderlust runs deep in summer, so this month we’ve rounded up some of the most color...
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by Eric J. Conn
On June 30, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an Interim Final Rule to implement th...
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by Patrick Harmon
As a contractor, the speed at which you can prep a surface or remove contaminants can...
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by Robert Ikenberry
We, as a society, seem to have a hard time with “facts” and “truth.” As a self-descri...
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by Lee Wilson
The 1980s really did see the birth of the three-layer systems comprised of a polyolef...
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by Lee Wilson
This is the first in a two-part series chronicling the history of protective pipeline...
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by Michael Halliwell
Kay Redfield Jamison once said, “There is always a part of my mind that is preparing ...
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by Warren Brand
My eldest daughter, Jessica, 21, excitedly called me a few months ago to tell me abou...
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by Amy Gibson
First things first: What is an “organizational learning culture”? Your organizational...
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by Eric J. Conn
Over the course of this year, employers can expect to see longer, more comprehensive ...
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by Patrick Harmon
Many manufacturers face the challenge of product piling up around their painting depa...
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by Warren Brand
I was 18 and SCUBA diving off a pristine, white, sandy beach in the Red Sea. My dive-...
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by Eric J. Conn
Late last year I wrote about a significant rulemaking to amend OSHA’s injury and illn...
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by Michael Halliwell
As anyone who reads my blog knows, my job involves sampling paints for lead, conducti...
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by Warren Brand
For those of you who follow my blog, you’ll know I live with four women—three daughte...
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by Amy Gibson
Learning occurs every day, but when we think of learning, many of us have a nostalgic...
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by Eric J. Conn
In what can only be viewed as another example of OSHA’s inability to effectively adva...
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by Warren Brand
It was early spring of 2007 when my old coating company got the call from Grainger Wo...
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by Eric J. Conn
In the 40-plus years since Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act, t...
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by Patrick Harmon
Electrostatic painting is often not well understood in the paint and coatings industr...
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by Michael Halliwell
A recent article in The Globe and Mail brought to light a disturbing trend in work-re...
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by Eric J. Conn
In addition to employers’ longstanding obligation, as of Jan. 1, 2015, to report to O...
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by Warren Brand
It was 2010 and I had just turned 50 when I walked away from a family business. In do...
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by Lee Wilson
Asset integrity can be defined as the ability of an asset to perform its required fun...
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by Amy Gibson
Former CEO of GE Jack Welch said, “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate ...
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by Patrick Harmon
I was recently with a customer who wanted to reduce solvent use. His company currentl...
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by Warren Brand
There’s a concept in martial arts that the first time a student sees a
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by Eric J. Conn
Perhaps the most common question I am asked about OSHA inspections is
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by Lee Wilson
I was approached recently by a fellow coating inspector who had applied for a positio...
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by Michael Halliwell
As I write this, it’s October, which means that the new OSHA confined space standard,...
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by Robert Ikenberry
In the works since 1980, federal OSHA recently published new construction-specific co...
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by Warren Brand
It's time for a new way of thinking. Let’s first start with a story from a 60 Minu...
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by Eric J. Conn
In April 2013, OSHA declared that protecting temporary workers would become a top pri...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
In a deal nearly two years in the making, the International Code Council (ICC) and AS...
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by Lee Wilson
Way back in June 2011, I wrote an article that was published in a European coatings j...
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by Michael Halliwell
Isn’t it amazing how many lives we touch in our day-to-day work? Or even when we are ...
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by Warren Brand
The three-hour drive through the scrub of the Northwestern Shelf of the Permian Basin...
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by Lee Wilson
As I have stated time and time again, if a protective coating does not stick to the s...
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by Robert Ikenberry
PLEASONTON, CA--When you read the news, it seems there’s always a war on, over just a...
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by Cynthia O'Malley
PITTSBURGH--In Corporate America, balanced representation of women in leadership (wit...
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by Eric J. Conn
On July 13, 2014, President Obama executed Executive Order 1376: “Fair Pay and Safe W...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
The nature of building materials and products has been part of the LEED rating system...
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by Warren Brand
When I was nine or 10, my summers were spent with gun-toting workmen, driving around ...
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by Bob Bailey, AIA, CCS
Maybe you just joined a health-care facility and are taking on a new construction pro...
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by Jill M. Speegle
Here’s a farmhouse with a modern twist, seriously. Twist Farmhouse, in Falls, PA, was...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
As architectural colorists, we are interested in the role that color can play in crea...
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by Jill M. Speegle
Residents in St. Petersburg, FL, may soon see their 42-year-old iconic waterfront lan...
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by Michael Halliwell
As many of you know, my involvement with the coatings industry is not on the applicat...
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by Warren Brand
In coatings, as in every other profession, you can go by the book or you can go with ...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
"Art is only art if it is synonymous with living," Alexander Girard once said.
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by FMI
The construction industry has a unique culture and a rich history steeped in predicta...
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by Warren Brand
It takes an enormous amount to get under my skin. But I just attended a conference fo...
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by Lee Wilson
As we are well aware, many factors can and do cause premature coating failure. The us...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
A wonderful ballet of reds, blues and greens choreographs the rich colors we experien...
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by Jill M. Speegle
The Hollyhock House—Frank Lloyd Wright’s first venture into architecture in Los Angel...
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by Eric J. Conn
It’s been five years since OSHA launched its Severe Violator Enforcement Program, and...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
When it comes to branding and business, color has the ability to communicate instanta...
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by Robert Ikenberry
Americans are great innovators. We develop the coolest technological toys. From perso...
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by FMI
No one wants to be called a salesperson—regardless of their position in the company. ...
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by Lee Wilson
Inspectors and others in the protective-coatings field often ask me which is “better”...
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by Michael Halliwell
Once again, asbestos is hitting the headlines. There have been articles about school-...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
The ongoing evolution of green building rating systems has intensified debate over a ...
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by Lee Wilson
I recently returned from inspecting a high-profile gas plant being developed by a maj...
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by Cynthia O'Malley
Our industry will never achieve the benefits of gender equality with only one gender ...
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by Jill M. Speegle
A revamped Art Deco movie theater on Long Island is basking in the glow of an award f...
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by FMI
Many times, companies develop best practices and implement them poorly. This can resu...
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by Warren Brand
So, I get a call from the manager of a tony high-rise condo on Chicago’s Gold Coast.
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by Jill Pilaroscia
As architectural colorists, we are often faced with questions about how the materials...
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by FMI
In today’s market, many contractors assume that there are no longer opportunities to ...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
At Colour Studio, our job as architectural colorists is to please the eye—but visual ...
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by Eric J. Conn
This month has brought an unwelcome announcement from the Occupational Safety and Hea...
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by Warren Brand
For nearly 30 years, I’ve watched, fascinated, as technology in the coatings industry...
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by FMI
From the field to the boardroom, the construction industry has a deepening labor shor...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
We have been researching historic color palettes and thinking about what exactly make...
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by Cynthia O'Malley
I recently had the rare opportunity to sit and have an extended conversation with a l...
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by Bob Bailey, AIA, CCS
We all know Murphy’s Law: "Anything that can go wrong, will." Over the years, there h...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
I’ve been involved with the U.S. Green Building Council since its early days. Over th...
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by Simon Hope
Having dispensed with human competence, can we hope for any better from its inanimate...
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