BEC Conference

The BEC Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, brought together leading glazing industry professionals to discuss strategies for navigating an evolving economy, with a major focus on adopting AI and robotics to improve efficiency, safety and workforce recruitment. Experts also addressed immigration…

The National Glass Association's BEC Conference, held in Louisville, drew over 650 attendees and centered heavily on a growing succession crisis. Speakers emphasized the urgency of succession planning, diverse hiring strategies (including second-chance hiring of formerly incarcerated individuals),…

The National Glass Association Installing Committee met on March 2 at the BEC Conference, where task group chairs provided updates on various initiatives including technical papers on design-build concepts, value engineering, and frameless shower enclosure design guides.

New courses train users on software, design review and estimating.

Insights for subcontractors on navigating riskier contract clauses.

Experts unveil critical updates on codes and standards shaping the glass and glazing industry, emphasizing advocacy, security and sustainability.

The future of the glazing industry and current industry trends took center stage at BEC Conference 2025, which welcomed about 800 attendees in Las Vegas March 2-4.

Industry disruption, glass for solar panel production, top the agenda on the first day of BEC Conference in Nashville. 

As the single-family market is poised to return in 2024, glass fabricators will find themselves at the forefront of meeting the growing demand for high-quality, innovative solutions in the shower door market. From glass cutting and edge polishing to glass tempering and protective glass coatings,…

How do you make time to train and mentor new employees? How do you incentivize workers to stay? Is the next generation ready to take the reins?  

Glass industry professionals came together in Las Vegas to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the BEC Conference this month. With a look back at the remarkable advancements in glass during the previous 25 years, more than 680 attendees brought an amazing amount of energy to discussions on complex…

The 25th anniversary edition of BEC Conference kicked off this week, featuring educational panels on take-home strategies for glass businesses, updates on new facade trends, explanation of code changes and much more.

At the 25th anniversary of the BEC Conference in Las Vegas this month, we celebrate the remarkable advancements in glass during the previous 25 years, and we look ahead at what the next 25 might hold.

During the 25th anniversary of BEC Conference next month in Las Vegas, glazing industry leaders will come together for two days of networking, education and a celebration of the previous 25 years in glass. Programming for the event focuses on the incredible evolution in glass during recent decades…

The Building Envelope Contractors Conference and Glass Performance Automation Days event for glass fabricators joined together last week for a special Bridging the Supply Chain crossover educational and networking event.

Wow. What a week in Nashville. Unreal in so many ways. Get ready, for a happening this big, and two-plus years in the making, it takes an extra-long blog with plenty of name drops is coming your way.

The National Glass Association’s Building Envelope Contractors Conference returned to Nashville this week with an at-capacity crowd of nearly 650. Glass industry leaders from 40 states, four Canadian provinces as well as Europe have gathered for two days of glazier-focused education during the…

It’s big week in our industry with BEC and GPAD finally here. By the time some of you read this, most of the events will be done. I am just so happy it is here, it’s been a long time since the last time we held this event live in March of 2020. Great to get everyone back together!

Watch these episodes on demand: Construction Industry After COVID-19, Changes in Commercial Real Estate and the Glazing Industry, Key Glazing Codes & Standards, State of the Industry.

The 24th annual Building Envelope Contractors Conference will be held March 1-3 at the JW Marriott Nashville. The 33-story building’s bold appearance and high performance was achieved with YKK AP America’s YWW 50T Window Wall MegaTherm aluminum framing system featuring Technoform’s polyamide…

It is BEC week! Each year, there are two events for me that are above all others. The Building Envelope Contractors Conference in the spring, and GlassBuild America in the Fall. I live for these events because of the ability to grow business, and myself.