NOMMA Newswire

October 18 - 21, 2018

The Metal Museum is pleased to announce Repair Days 2018, an annual fundraiser hosted by the Metal Museum where nearly 200 metalsmiths from across the country come to Memphis to make repairs on metal objects brought in by the community.

Visit https://www.metalmuseum.org/repair-days to view the full article online.

All 13 members of the Board attended the meeting in Indianapolis. Rob Rolves, NEF Chair, also attended. The meeting agenda was jam-packed. Max Hains, NOMMA President, expertly facilitated the meeting. Here’s what the Board is working on:

1. Governance Policies—legal review and updates continue on the policies.
2. Branding—a new logo is nearing completion.
3. Website—to better serve members, the website is being significantly improved with better organization and a modern look.
4. Finances—the budget for fiscal year 2018-2019 was approved.
5. Membership—a significant amount of time was devoted to strategic discussions on how to better serve current members and attract new members.

The NOMMA Board will have their next face-to-face meeting on October 15-16 in Dallas. The Executive Committee meets monthly by teleconference.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/nom-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=512663&issueID=58053 to view the full article online.

John Hancock now provides our members with 401K plan management and succession planning services.

Many of our business members share a similar challenge - how to successfully transition their business to either a family member or an outside party. John Hancock's Retirement Planning Services guides members through the many choices that need to be made.

John Hancock is a leader in the Retirement Plan Services marketplace servicing over 57,500 plans and helping over 2.7 million participants in companies of all sizes.

For more details, contact Nick Lang at Alliant Insurance at 212-603-0393.

Visit https://membersavingsprogram.savings4members.com/programs/External.spr?id=2256 to view the full article online.

Category Q: Art/Sculpture

(Objects specifically designed as art or sculpture. This category includes fountains, statues, etc.)

Students from ETH Zurich have pioneered a method of casting complex, one-off architectural structures from metal in a 3D-printed mould.

Deep Facade, a six-metre-high aluminium structure with ribbons of metal looped in an organic fashion that recalls the folds of the brain's cerebral cortex, is the first metal facade cast in a 3D-printed mould.

The facade was created by students of the Digital Fabrication course working with senior ETH Zurich researcher Mania Aghaei Meibodi, whose research explores how 3D printing can be used to create bespoke metal building elements.

Visit https://www.dezeen.com/2018/06/22/eth-zurich-metal-facade-3d-printing-mould-technology/ to view the full article online.

There are contractors who say they love the [trade industry] business so much that they would not do anything else for a living. But it's impossible to live on a business that doesn’t make money. Sometimes in [the trade industry], jobs get mired in delays, cost overruns, unexpected changes, late payments and even nonpayment, leaving contractors to salvage what they can.

However, one place where general contractors and subcontractors alike can help to prevent the bleeding of cash during the course of a project is in their contracts.

Visit https://www.constructiondive.com/news/the-dotted-line-how-to-make-sure-a-contract-protects-your-money/525305/ to view the full article online.