Archive for February, 2009
Puttin On The Ritz. NOT!!!
Yet another dose of recession reality was handed out yesterday when Vancouver-based developer Holborn Group told buyers who’d bought condominiums in the $500-million Ritz-Carlton project that it was being cancelled. “To get financing, you need a certain amount of presales - and because we didn’t have enough units sold, financing didn’t turn out the way [...]
Now Serving New Jersey
True North Drafting is happy to announce that we are officially providing glazing shop drawings to New Jersey. Our first project was a new branch of JPMorgan Chase, located in Brick, NJ. The project was a mixture of curtain-wall and storefront systems. Our shop drawings were completed in two days and all drawings were transferred electronically [...]
What Is An FTP Site and Why Does True North Drafting Use One?
FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. As the name suggests, FTP is used to transfer files between computers on a network, such as the Internet. You can use FTP to exchange files between computer accounts, to transfer files between an account and a desktop computer, or to access software archives on the Internet. [...]
“What Actions are you taking to protect your business in 2009?”
True North Drafting Will be featuring comments from glazing contractors located throughout various parts of North America in response to the current state of the economy. This week we hear from Phil Zeutenhorst, President of Lacey Glass in Washington.
” Like everyone else, we’re tightening our belts and watching costs more closely. Our focus has always been toward natural [...]
Blast From The Past
I found this old photo today of the very first week that I started True North Drafting back in 1995. Check out that old-school digitizer. That’s what I used instead of a mouse back then. And I think that’s a 14″ monitor on that desk. The only thing that hasn’t changed is that mess of [...]
Port Mann Bridge Plans Unveiled Today
The B.C. government unveiled its plans today to replace the Port Mann Bridge on Highway 1 east of Vancouver with a single 10-lane bridge. The full cost of the project will be financed through electronic tolls, which will be $3 each way for cars (YIKES). The government will retain control of the rate of the [...]
