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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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Apr 13

Lakeridge Winery – A Travel Post

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Many times while traveling on the Florida Turnpike between Orlando and Ocala I have wistfully passed by the exit to the Lakeridge Winery.  Driving home from NAWIC Forum this past Sunday I decided to stop and see what Lakeridge had to offer.  It was another one of those stolen moment opportunities because although my family …

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Apr 11

NAWIC Region 3 49th Annual Forum

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What a time I had at Forum this year.  Greater Palm Beach Chapter did a fantastic job at providing multiple educational and networking opportunities, wonderful food and fun, industry partner/sponsor speakers and charismatic keynote speakers. What a wonderful added touch to be serenaded at breakfast by the a cappella group “Third Row Center“. From the …

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Apr 08

NAWIC Region 3 Forum Welcome Party

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Since I attended my first NAWIC Forum 4 years ago I was hooked.  Spending the weekend networking with nearly 100 women from all different aspects of the construction industry is not only a blast it is priceless! These pictures are from Friday night’s Welcome Party which had a “Made in America” theme.  You will notice …

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Apr 06

Peek-A-Boo…I don’t want to see you!

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Failed Openings, Hollow Metal Doors, Hollow Metal Frames

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This is my plea to all Architects designing commercial gang bathrooms.  And this is not, I repeat not just because I represent a Hollow Metal Frame manufacturer! I would like you to consider specifying Hollow Metal Frames with undersized or full louvered Wood Doors in lieu of Toilet Partitions. I have not discussed this issue …

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Apr 05

SDI Twist Test Simulated at the Mesker Door Factory

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Hollow Metal Doors

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In order to maintain the highest quality standards for life safety and security, the Steel Door Institute requires that all doors meet rigid test requirements. To pass the test and meet the current standard set forth, 300lbs of pressure is applied to the upper lock edge corner of a steel door and can deflect no …

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Apr 01

Social Media and The Door & Hardware Industry

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The construction industry as a whole plays a huge role in social media avenues such as LinkedIN, Facebook “Pages”, Twitter, Blogging and more. These outlets are filled with information, humor and wit from industry leaders in all fields of the construction process, Architects, Construction Companies, Manufacturers and many trades to name just a few. But …

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Mar 28

Have a slamming door? Design Hardware Door Closers can help!

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Door Closers, Facility Maintenance, Hardware

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Temperature changes may be affecting the operation of your door closer.  As the seasons change and temperatures become hotter the hydraulic fluid inside a common door closer becomes thinner causing the door to close more rapidly.  No business owner, or mother for that matter wants the possibility of little hands getting slammed in a door …

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Mar 24

NAWIC Jacksonville Meeting

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I had a great time at NAWIC Jacksonville Chapter’s membership meeting on Tuesday night.  As with any NAWIC event there was a lot of laughing, fun and learning. Jacksonville chapter’s very own Valinda Krynicki (aka Princess V) presented NAWIC’s Program in a Box “Hey, I remember her…” (Marketing Yourself). Valinda is the Business Development Representative …

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Mar 23

Sharing something personal

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I recently gave my first speech for my Toastmasters club with one day notice as the scheduled speaker had to cancel.  The first project to tackle in Toastmasters is the Ice Breaker speech.  With such little time to come up with and practice a speech, I knew I had to speak from the heart.  I …

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Mar 22

Gel Coats vs Polyurethane Coatings

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The Ultimate in Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Door Systems What is a Gel coat finish? Gel coat is a pigmented polyester resin used in open molding, bag molding, resin transfer molding, etc. (But not the pultrusion process) for these reasons. 1) It serves as a release agent: Without gel coat the resin would eat through the …

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Mar 14

You may think it’s strange, but…

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I am fascinated by old cemeteries. As I walk down the rows in a cemetery, it’s like walking through pages of a book.  I become engrossed in the story told by the lines forever etched in the stones. It’s more than just discovering how long a person lived, you learn whether they were a man …

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Mar 09

“Women in Construction Week” Jobsite Tour

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As part of NAWIC’s Women in Construction Week festivities, the Greater Gainesville Chapter took a tour of the new GRU (Gainesville Regional Utilities) Eastside Operations Center.  The nine building facility totaling nearly a quarter of a million square feet, will house the head office for GRU’s various utilities units for energy, water, wastewater, telephone & …

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