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GANA GlassFab Successfully Educates
The recent GANA Glass
Fabrication & Glazing Educational Conference in
Las Vegas featured the first inclusion of
contract glazing education for project managers
and estimators, and the resulting synergy
created a successful event for the Association.
Attendees met at the Monte Carlo, which
re-opened only three weeks after a fire on the
building's upper facade caused limited exterior
damage.
"GlassFab delivered on its
goal of providing top notch glazing education to
industry newcomers and veterans alike," said
Bill Yanek, GANA Executive Vice President.
"GANA is always striving to make its meetings
better, and GlassFab 2008 was no exception with
USGlass Magazine and GANA adding an online video
element to this year's conference media
coverage."
The event featured a tour of
Las Vegas skyscrapers, led by Greg Carney, GANA
Technical Director and Henry Taylor of the
Kawneer Company, Inc. They led a bus of
attendees throughout the Strip, stopping to
discuss many signature casinos to discuss the
glazing, coatings and other components
comprising the unique aesthetic in the city.
The field trip drew several positive comments
from glaziers who attended.
Many of the presentations at
GlassFab covered the basics of fabrication and
management, but other topics continued to draw
interest. "GANA also ramped up its 'Green'
educational offerings, which were among the most
heavily attended sessions of the conference,"
explained Yanek.
GANA's educational efforts
are also taking a new medium for greater global
reach. "Looking ahead, many of the
GlassFab 2008 presentations will be available in
their entirety on the new GANA
glasseducation.com," said Yanek.
Those presentations will begin appearing on the
site later in May.
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