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Name: Amanda Wilson
Date registered: July 7, 2010

Latest posts

  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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  1. Incorrect installation of Door Closers — 11 comments
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Mar 11

Safety Hinges on Education

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Facility Maintenance, Life Safety

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As with anyone tackling the current issue of security in our schools, I write this post with a heavy heart.   However, as part of the building industry, I feel I would be derelict in my role as an educator not to continue the call to action with the mission of keeping our children safe. We …

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Feb 27

Rusty Closers

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Door Closers, Pictures

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I don’t know why, but I was sort of surprised to find that closers had been mounted on the exterior side of  doors on the cruise ship. You would think it would be more obvious to mount the closers on the interior in such a corrosive environment as the ocean! I did see quite a …

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Feb 25

Hello Overtime, we missed you!

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Industry News

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You may recall that I have a brother in the survey business.  He and his wife work together and are very good at what they do. For the last three years they have only worked a part time schedule but have been blessed to keep their full time salary.  The company they work for didn’t …

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Feb 22

The Fun Stuff!

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Travel Tales

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Friday’s are for the fun stuff!  My week on the Celebrity Constellation was marvelous.  This was my first cruise but definitely will not be my last.  I probably would feel differently if my first experience had been that of the Carnival Triumph.  My sympathies go out to all those passengers. It was very relaxing to …

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Feb 20

Huh? A bottle opener in the bathroom

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This did leave me speechless.  Here is a picture of our bathroom while on board the Celebrity Constellation.  As I am zooming in, you will notice my area of focus.  What is that?  Yep a bottle opener! In the bathroom? Yep.     Interesting indeed.  No need to get up, just a perpetual cycle, never …

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Feb 19

Cause of Abandoned Construction in Jamaica?

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Travel Tales

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Our first port of call was Falmouth, Jamaica.  Never having been out of the country before we weren’t sure what to expect. I have to admit it was a little daunting to see law enforcement officers standing along the roads with automatic weapons. We took a bus shuttle from Falmouth to Montego Bay, specifically Doctor’s …

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Feb 18

Mesker Southeast Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

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Hardware, Hollow Metal Doors, Hollow Metal Frames

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I was fortunate to have been able to travel last week on a business/personal trip.  My stops were our new Mesker Southeast Warehouse in Ft. Lauderdale, the Breakwater Hotel on South Beach, Jamaica and Grand Cayman (via the Celebrity Constellation) and finally back home. Since it is Monday we should start with the business part …

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Feb 04

More Good News

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Travel Tales

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Another article from the WSJ with a positive message and more good news! As far as new contracts go, Skanska is the United States’ seventh largest construction company.   Still early in the year, they have over $400 million in projects lined up in the US.  They are aggressively looking for more with a focus on …

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Jan 23

NAWIC Career Workshop

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NAWIC

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Greater Gainesville hosted a successful NAWIC Career Workshop on Saturday. Our evening started off with a welcome message and introduction of our Region 3 Director, Jean Cox.  Jean shared with us what NAWIC means to her and how being a member has helped to enhance her career. Next up was inspiring our attendees to find …

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Jan 21

Horseshoe Hinges

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I did not have time to hike on my recent trip to Knoxville, but I was able to spare some time to go the scenic route and drive up through the GSMNP. Although short on time, there was NO way that I was going to drive through without getting out somewhere!  I decided to stop …

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Jan 17

HM Door & Frame Installation Demonstration

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Facility Maintenance, Hollow Metal Doors, Hollow Metal Frames

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The Mesker Door and Design Hardware team is always looking for opportunities to train our customers and their customers.  Dealer’s Warehouse, a valued distributor of our products, accepted our offer to hold training sessions on how to install our frames, doors and hardware in two of their locations. Here are pictures of our demonstration in …

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Jan 14

“What is Anderson Lock’s X-Factor?

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Faces of the Industry

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Great guest post from Anderson Lock in Chicago with an answer to “What is your X-Factor”.   “What is Your X-Factor?” Amanda asked in her November 19th blog. After attending a Tony Robbins’ motivational seminar, she researched the “X-Factor” that makes A.G. Wilson Building Solutions successful…then, she soul-searched the skills and qualities that make Amanda …

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