2005-09-02

After the hiccup: Hurricane Katrina

The hiccup is the lack of order in the street and lack of distribution channels of probably millions of tons of relief. This will pass. What will also pass is the finger pointing at least until the next election cycle. Now after the hiccup how to rebuild. I read the post by Hugh Hewitt on how to rebuild the area, impressive thinking. I would like to edit one point. He suggested"
Second, to speed recovery within that region, the president should
ask for and the Congress should approve a complete exemption from all taxes
--federal, state, and local-- on the income generated from the sale of goods
manufactured in that region by new plants that meet the criteria of employing at
least 100 locals and which are constructed without injury to existing operations
across the U.S. A year of exemption for every 100 manufacturing jobs created in
the recovery region should prove a powerful magnet. Thus if GM built a new plant
in the region employing 800 people, GM would get eight years of tax free revenue
beginning with the first year of operation.

I think that is great but the economic starter fluid for our big block economy is the small company. We are the low capital high risk taking first responders that create jobs.

Honestly I have not thought of any mechanics to benefit the small cap firm but this needs to be addressed. As Hugh Hewitt mentions often this is an open source, so lets figure this out.

2005-05-27

" ACID"Construction woes leave firefighters homeless The News-Press: Bonita Springs -

The News-Press: Bonita Springs - Construction woes leave firefighters homeless: "But they can't use it because of a construction mistake: Workers used poisonous muriatic acid to clean the floors, which discolored the tile, ruined the grout and is corroding stainless steel fixtures"

There is no building product that I know of that likes acid. Make sure to follow all the instructions of the products that you use in you project. Read first not last.

2005-05-06

Drywall Hanging,finishing,texturing,patching,popcorn

Drywall Hanging,finishing,texturing,patching,popcorn

I get many phone call about sheet rock and I always forget that the name is like Kleenex. It is a trade name. But whati s it, simply gypsum based wall board. The Linked article is pretty good.

2005-04-30

U-Daily Bulletin - HOME & GARDEN

U-Daily Bulletin - HOME & GARDEN

This article is very timely. I visited some model homes on the New Port Coast. What is incredible is that some of the outdoor rooms are more incredible than the interior floor plans.

2005-04-11

More than I bargained for.

When I started the blog I thought I would be able to write my thoughts down all the time. Show pictures of interesting things. All I have done is create an embarrassing. At least in me. I so want this to be a place for the company to share its vision. I see soon there will be a light at the end of the tunnel. To set aside time just for this endeavor. Also there are some big changes in my head that I look forward to taking action on that will offer more to visitors of the site.

Till then I

2005-03-07

Jury Duty

Today themfg was not at work. I was doing jury duty. It would have not been so bad if it was not so boring. The view was good, 11th story of the Superior Court Building @ 210 Temple (on a hill) great view of the city. Walked down to Philippe' s good walk. Walked over the City Hall Project we did. Looks good. Can use some sealer.

The court building for me was a good example of my belief that the porous products grow with building while impervious products do not. Columns were covered with travertine, floor of terrazzo wall of glazed tile. The whole job was probably from the 70's. Everything looked good but the ceramic tile. It was out of date. The other products are timeless.

2005-01-31

Directions

What is the point? People do not follow them. They are on our boxes on the pallets and in the product binder yet ignorance seems to be bliss.

Just a little bit of sour grapes for me today.

2005-01-28

NPCA 2004 CUP Award Entries

NPCA 2004 CUP Award Entries

This is a project we worked on many years ago. It was a test of our strength and agility. We started with little information and turned the plant quickly to achieve success.

2005-01-27

WEB SITE THEOLOGY

The link speaks of the Arto Brick web site's theology.
WEB SITE THEOLOGY

First Brick

I started this site to free up my business site. The business site is www.artobrick.com. It was getting cluttered with my few entries. Let us see where this goes. The use of this blog will evolve like all things but for now I will discuss my theology on web site design for my industry and the Company . One thing, my small sales staff always complains about the site. Let us see how long before they notice this change