April 23, 2021
There is only one mantra in the construction industry, says Charles W. Cook, a clinical professor at Drexel University and the narrator of the documentary The Quest for Quality: A Certified Solution. “On time, within budget, meeting standards of quality, and doing it all safely.”
The documentary, which premiered in February, is a collaboration between the Architectural Glazing Institute and Drexel, and investigates how “standards of quality” can and should be defined for glass installation, as well as how the glass industry supply chain can work to anticipate conflicts and challenges.
Certification and training
As discussed by many representatives of the glass industry interviewed for the documentary, installation can be a pain point in construction. “There’s a lot of buildings in the United States that don’t work well, because things weren’t installed properly, and there was a rush to finish to get a building occupied. Then all the little things