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Name: Amanda Wilson
Date registered: July 7, 2010

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  1. The Architectural Concepts Door Collection Advantage — May 7, 2025
  2. Three Tips to Navigate Shifting Market Conditions — May 5, 2025
  3. Opening the Door to a Rep Career — April 28, 2025
  4. Sliding Doors: An Enduring Choice — June 24, 2024
  5. Hotel Fire Door Violations: A Concern for Family Safety During Travel Season — June 10, 2024

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Oct 15

NAWIC Board Installation Banquet

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We held our Greater Gainesville NAWIC Board Installation Banquet last week at Napolatano’s Restaurant.  Member Beth Trautwein, an Architect for CH2MHill, performed a beautiful candlelight ceremony to install and honor the new board. I was installed for a second term as President of our chapter. We also installed new members, Janalyn Peppel of Powder Coating …

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Oct 12

Facilities gearing up for annual fire door inspections

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Facility Maintenance, Fire Rated Openings

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Here is just one example of articles that are appearing in facility maintenance related magazines concerning the requirements of annual fire door inspections. If it is not yet being enforced in your area, it is just a matter of time. http://digital.turn-page.com/i/75898     Related PostsHotel Fire Door Violations: A Concern for Family Safety During Travel …

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Oct 08

DHI CoNEXTions Conference 2012

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DHI

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I am getting excited about attending the DHI CoNEXTions Conference 2012 in Vegas next week.  This year’s convention will be held in Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel on October 17th & 18th.   Be sure to check out ChannelExchange and SolutionSessions which are additions to the classic conference format. The small niche nature of our industry tends …

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Oct 05

Door One USA

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Faces of the Industry, Hands On Training Demos

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Last week I wrote a post about a hands on training workshop that I hosted for one of my distributors.  I wanted to give a special thank you to Don McKiernan of Door One USA in Gainesville for helping to make the workshop a success.  Don created the metal door section that we used to …

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Oct 03

Annual Fire Door Inspections are needed!

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Facility Maintenance, Failed Openings, Fire Rated Openings

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While opening my hotel room door during a recent business trip, I immediately noticed something was amiss.  We all have our system of struggling against the door to get ourselves and luggage through the opening with our hands full.  As I pushed my room door open with my shoulder it swung open easily and remained …

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Oct 01

Fire Door Assembly Inspections

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Facility Maintenance, Fire Rated Openings

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On August 28th I was able to attend the “Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Swinging Fire Doors Webinar – Sponsored by DHI, FDAI, Door Security & Safety Foundation, & Interek.  The webinar was presented by Kristin Bigda, P.E., NFPA and Keith Pardoe, DHI. The first half of the webinar focused on the change in language …

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Sep 28

Turning business into pleasure

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Inspiration/Motivation, Travel Tales

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On my way home from Tennessee last week I decided to take a long scenic route and get lost in the mountains. The nearest town to me was Robbinsville, NC and I knew I needed to head in a southwesterly direction to eventually pick up I75 South. I stumbled upon Hwy 143 heading more west …

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Sep 27

Installing a Design Hardware Exit Device

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Exit Devices, Facility Maintenance, Hands On Training Demos, Hardware

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Do you feel that you and your employees would better be able to assist your customers if you had more hands-on training?  If you said yes, you are not alone.  Recently, I was able to host a workshop on installing a Design Hardware Exit Device. It was not only useful to my customers, but to …

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Aug 27

A Saturday Morning Hike

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Travel Tales

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Before heading home from Knoxville, I made a pitstop in the smokies.  On Saturday morning I hiked on the AT from Fontana Dam up to the summit of Shuckstack Mountain.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.       Related PostsCause of Abandoned Construction in Jamaica? More Good News Logging those trail miles Make a …

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Aug 20

Taking the Lead

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Our Greater Gainesville Chapter of NAWIC was fortunate to be the host of Region 3 Leadership Training 2012.   Each year we get together to welcome, train and inspire the incoming board members for the chapters in our region. The headquarters of NCCER, The National Center for Construction Education and Research, was our home this great event. …

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Aug 13

A costly accident

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Business Tips/Strategies, Technology/Productivity

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I was working late one evening last week and spilled wine on my laptop keyboard.  It was literally just a few drops but that was enough to ruin my Mac Book Pro.  I drove two hours to my nearest Apple store to have a technician open it up and see what could be done.  The …

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Aug 10

Welcome to the age of Ms. FixIt

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According to the July issue of the NAWIC Image, women make up a fast-growing segment of the home improvement market. As many as 50% of all residential buyers at major home improvement stores are women.  Studies also show that women generally spend more than men. What may be surprising is that 53% of married women …

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