Feature Articles

February 2003

CONTRACTOR REVIEW

So much acoustic ceiling is flat, white-side-down commodity board that the only challenge installation presents is not breaking one’s jaw yawning. But every now and then, an architect is given free rein and the fun...

January 2003

EIFS – Willing the War

Canvassing 21 contractors around the country for their take on what 2003 will bring for EIFS shows the troops are unhappy, many having died of insurance failure and public lack of confidence, and many others...

January 2003

New Ads Awards Program

AWCI’s Construction Dimensions introduces this industry’s first awards program for advertisers, and as a reader of this magazine, you can cast your vote for your favorites. The program is intended to recognize quality communication and...

June 2002

Contractor Review

A handful of contractors around the country were asked recently what they’d most like to see changed about working in the construction industry today. A handful of contractors does not a Gallup poll make, but...

June 2002

Youth Recruitment

Inviting a swarm of politicians, building trades dignitaries and media to the ceremonial opening of the Interior Systems Contractors Association’s newly expanded drywall training center has done wonders for the facility’s popularity....

May 2002

Fools for Tools

Start talking tools and most folks will listen in and often have something to say. It was no different when we chatted with a handful of contractors around the country about which tools delivered...

May 2002

Smooth as Mud

It’s a typical summer day in Atlanta. The sun is blazing, humidity is around 85 percent, and the temperature is a blistry 90 degrees Fahrenheit. A professional finisher with more than 20 years in...

April 2002

Creating Heavenly Interiors with Plaster

Two different symphony halls – one wanted a heavenly look, and the other wanted a heavenly sound. Brad Baker, president of Triangle Plastering Systems, Inc., Mesquite (outside Dallas), Texas, did both. And, in both cases,...