How Andrew Haring Built a Glazing Career | Cutting Edge Install Podcast ep. 3
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Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omnicubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in-between.
If you spec, fab, or install glass—or want a career in the trades—you're going to want to listen to this episode.
In this episode, Mervyn Campbell sits down with industry fixture Andrew Haring—CMO at FHC and creator of the “Not a Glass Nerd” brand—to unpack his glass-and-glazing know-how in one fast-moving episode.
Haring traces his unlikely path from art-school grad and demolition worker to writing specs for architects, leading CRL’s marketing machine, steering the National Glass Association, and now driving marketing and story-telling at FHC. Along the way he tackles:
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Why the labor shortage in glazing is the #1 threat—and how mentorship, CTI training, and on-site demos can fix it
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The business case for diversifying services and supply chains before the next recession hits
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How Omni Cubed material-handling carts and vacuum lifters help crews install ever-larger IG units without wrecking backs
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Practical advice for young pros: ditch the ego, ask questions, learn to cut glass, and say yes to tough jobs
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Chapters
- (00:00:02) - Cutting Edge Install Podcast
- (00:00:53) - Struggle to get into the Glass Industry
- (00:06:04) - C.R. Lawrence Glass Company
- (00:10:54) - Returning to Glass and Glazing Supply Manufacturing
- (00:15:14) - Stickers on My Car
- (00:16:20) - Glass Nerd
- (00:21:27) - How the Glass Industry is Attracting New Workers
- (00:27:48) - What is FHC Looking for in the Installers?
- (00:31:23) - Don't Be Afraid to Dive In
- (00:35:35) - How to Become a Glass Cutter: Learning the Trade
- (00:38:26) - When Andrew's Not Working, He Has Fun
- (00:40:02) - Glass Industry Insights
- (00:44:31) - The Glass Industry's Need for Change
- (00:47:54) - Philip Jackson on
- (00:50:06) - Cutting Edge Installs
