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Architecture & Design
Society is a fickle beast, while oversharing pictures of our lives on social media, we are keen to have the chance to retreat to our personal planets of solitude when the chance arrives.
Yet our solitude is far from cavernous, we crave and pay dearly for great expanses of glass, for doors and windows that fold, slide and lift away to let the world take part in our reverie, day and night, good weather and poor, all year around.
The barrier between outside and in, the threshold if you will, has never been more visually vacant.
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The USGlass News Network
Heading into 2019, the labor shortage continues to be a major concern for contractors, which they believe has impacted their business and driven technological adoption, according to “The 2019 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook” survey from the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Group.
In 2019, 79 percent of contractors surveyed expect to increase headcount. That’s up from 75 percent in 2018.
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Forbes
In the midst of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history, a volatile stock market, global trade wars and Apple slashing its revenue forecasts to start the year, the question rings loud: How will the U.S. housing market hold up in 2019?
A number of global economic sectors took a hit in 2018, while the U.S. real estate sector only cooled in certain markets, though it did not crack.
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By Michael J. Berens
 Will 2019 be another banner year for remodeling and renovation, or will firms begin to experience a softening in demand? As the new year gets underway, the answer seems to be that it depends on which part of the market you are looking at. Early indicators point to ongoing demand but a decrease in the size and value of projects. Results from the just-released Q1 2019 Houzz Renovation Barometer show "a mixed degree of caution about market conditions among contractors, architects and designers," states Houzz principal economist Nino Sitchinava.
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Nature
Smart polymers can sense and react to environmental conditions, and have been used in myriad technologies for decades1. Writing in Joule, Li et al. report that such polymers can be used to make smart windows that strongly modulate the amount of ultraviolet, visible and — most notably — near-infrared light that enters a building. Because these components of sunlight can generate heat, this regulation could reduce the monetary and energy costs associated with heating and cooling buildings.
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Customer Think
“I’m going to put you on hold for just a second.”; “I think you misunderstood me just now — what I actually said was ...”; “I can understand your frustration, but ...”
The language we use when interacting with customers matters. The sentences above are examples of a frustrating interaction for a customer who is seeking help, due to the negative connotation brought about by tone and wording. Although the problem could still be resolved, the customers who heard those statements received a negative customer experience, and unfortunately that’s what they’ll remember when the interaction is over.
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Construction Dive
In the construction industry, the problem of worker fatigue is more than just academic. The National Safety Council in October reported that 100 percent of the construction workers they surveyed had at least one risk factor for on-the-job fatigue and that only 75 percent believed being overtired on a construction site was a safety issue. However, 98 percent of employers said fatigued workers did pose safety risks. And while 96 percent of employers said it was unsafe to drive while overly tired, only 78 percent of employees agreed that it was.
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