GlassTalk is Canada’s discussion channel for the architectural glass industry. If it has to do with glass building facades, you’ll find expert commentary and industry insight right here. Join Glass Canada editor Patrick Flannery for in-depth conversations with influential executives, top experts and entertaining opinion leaders.
Episode #94: Falling Through Skylights - John Westerfield, Crystalite
Canadian jurisdictions treat skylights as holes in the roof, unless there are engineering papers showing otherwise. Workers and property owners going on the roof are expected to act as if there's nothing preventing them from falling through, and to take appropriate fall arrest precautions. But U.S. safety authorities are now saying this isn't enough and calling for skylights to be able to take the impact of 400 pounds being dropped on them. OHSA standards sometimes cross borders, and Canadian skylight exporters of course need to pay attention. Veteran skylight manufacturer, John Westerfield of Crystalite, joins the podcast to explain it all and outline his attempts to get an industry standard for skylight fall protection.
21 Sept 2026
Episode #93: Standardized Custom - Chris Giovannielli, Kawneer
Architectural glazing contracts feel a bit special because everything we do is engineered. No cookie-cutter, mass-produced, one-size-fits-all commodity products here: each design is tailored with love and ingenuity to the specific demands of the project. We take pride in starting from first principles and delivering the exact right thing for the task at hand. But what if (gulp) we're hurting our margins with this approach? Kawneer has put a lot of work into finding the sweet spot between standardization and flexibility. Director of global product management, Chris Giovannielli, joins GlassTalk for a conceptual discussion of how you leave wiggle room for specific glazing and facade designs in an out-of-the-box profile package, and how doing so can speed fabrication and installation, delivering more profits to the glazier.
31 Aug 2026
Episode #92: The Data You Want - Janith Pathirage and Odara Ranasingha, SPIL Glass Software
SPIL Glass Software makes software for glass and fenestration manufacturing companies, and Janith and Odara know a thing or two about how manufacturing processes can run better with advanced controls. They join GlassTalk to share their insights, gained from optimizing many plants in Asia and Australia, into what kinds of important information manufacturers tend to leave on the shop floor. And they have concrete tips for how to collect the right data to leverage AI and find efficiencies in your process. We all know we're supposed to be collecting lots of data. Janith and Odara are here to tell you what to do with it.
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