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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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Jul 11

DOL New Overtime Regulations

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DOL New Overtime Regulations Are the DOL new overtime regulations stressing you out? Relax, you have a few months to prepare.  The new regulations go into effect December 1, 2016. You have probably heard that the new regulation significantly increases the minimum salary for employees that are classified as white collar and highly compensated, exempt …

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Jul 05

How Long Is It Going To Last

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How Long Is It Going To Last? Bid requests are rolling in, contracts are being signed and backlog is finally notable. The year started with good predictions and hasn’t disappointed. Dodge Data & Analytics’ 2016 Construction Outlook report predicted 6% growth, with the value of construction starts reaching an estimated $712 billion. Distributors are busy, …

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May 12

The Door Switch An Anti-Ligature Device

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The Door Switch An Anti-Ligature Device The door switch is an over the door sensor that helps in alerting behavioral healthcare staff when an inpatient attempts self harm.  A top of the door safety alarm that notifies attending nurses when there is an inpatient hanging suicide attempt.  Due to the rising trend of inpatient suicide, …

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Jan 19

Tools of the Trade PL2 Frame Set

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Business Tips/Strategies, Failed Openings, Tools of the Trade

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Tools of the Trade PL2 Frame Set Many of the tools that you will read about on this blog I haven’t actually seen used in the field.  The PL2 Frame Set is an exception.   I have seen this tool in action during a job site walk-through scheduled to discover who to blame, the reason …

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Sep 14

Who’s Going To Fill Their Shoes

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This post was published in the 2015 September issue of Doors & Hardware Magazine. Who’s Going To Fill Their Shoes Over the last 18 months as the construction market has been making a comeback many of the distributors in my territory, located in the southeast, are expressing a common concern. What has them troubled is …

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Aug 24

Proper Jobsite Storage of Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

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The 2015 summer season has been wrought with torrential downpours in the southeast.  The first two weeks of August saw an accumulation of nearly 6″ of rain over parts of Florida. With all of that moisture it’s important that your superintendents are aware of the proper jobsite storage of hollow metal doors and frames. See …

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May 04

Be a First Responder!

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Are you a First Responder? I am currently listening to the audio version of “Do Over” by Jon Acuff. He mentions the importance of being a “First Responder”. He uses the term first responder to reference answering phone calls and emails the first time someone attempts to reach you. It should be your goal to …

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Apr 24

The Role of a Manufacturer Product Representative

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I ran across this great article on the Long Island CSI chapter website regarding the role of a manufacturer product representative. The author, Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT, of Cincinnati, OH pays a nice tribute to those in my field.  I was pulled into the article when I read “we professionals need to take some …

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Feb 19

Hampton Inn’s Forever Young Initiative

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For those that are just discovering the barn doors requirements for Hampton Inn’s Forever Young Initiative, here is a little information that may help you. For hoteliers planning to build new Hampton Inns or spiff up their existing franchised properties, Hilton’s corporate leaders have launched an improvement campaign aimed at keeping the ubiquitous brand fresh …

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Nov 18

What Is A Swing Clear Hinge?

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What is a swing clear hinge? Swing clear hinges are special hinges that swing a door completely out of the opening. This allows for maximum clear width of the opening. A popular application for swing clear hinges is hospital corridors. Having the door tucked out of the opening reduces damage to the door edge by …

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Nov 17

Know Your Bid-Hit Ratio

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Things are definitely heating up through out my territory. Many of my distributors have more RFQs than they can handle, having to turn some down. It’s a refreshing problem to have to say the least! There is even talk of margins increasing ever so infinitesimally. With the state of the economy still in question it …

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Nov 06

Supa Doors and the Forever Young Initiative

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Going GREEN, Industry News, Stile & Rail Doors

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I’m sure you are aware of the steady increase in hospitality projects over the last 18 months. It is a huge improvement over the last few years when there was little to no activity in this sector. Between Mesker Door, Design Hardware and Supa Doors I am quoting at least 2 projects per week. I …

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