Next Week in Nashville

The first-of-the-year surge of trade shows and conferences is winding down. I know many of you have spent a good part of January and February flying from city to city, conference room to conference room, even code hearing to code hearing. Yes, these past two weeks have hosted the International Code Council (ICC) hearings. I, along with the other members of our editorial team, was able to listen in to the daily hearings via web cast. While there was a good bit of discussion over codes relating to the glass industry (which you can read about at www.usgnn.com), I think the best part happened before the beginning of each and every code hearing when the moderator reminded everyone to turn off their cell phones. For those failing to do so there was an automatic $10 charge if the phone rang. I expect to hear that one popping up at many, many future industry meetings.

Speaking of future industry meetings, next week the NFRC’s spring meeting will take place in Nashville. I’m heading to that one myself to cover it for USGlass and USGNN.com. Be sure and check in to USGNN for daily updates, as the group is continuing to move forward on CMA certification language.

Nashville is a great city for anyone who’s into glass and one of the best displays can be found at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. There, you can stand beneath and absolute massive overhead glazing display that features 5,000 panels from Naturalite; glass was provided by Viracon. Check out this link for more details: http://www.viracon.com/gallerydetail.php?field=product_cat&data=laminated&project=7

I visited the Opryland Hotel nearly ten years ago, before I knew anything about glass. Come to think of it, I don’t even remember the overhead glazing. Rest assured, I do plan to visit it again this trip and will definitely take pictures. Be sure and check back next week for more details.