Category Archives for lighting and the economy
Poor maintenance…a killer
Yangon, Myanmar, 6th June 2012 My first day back in Yangon since a long time…I was last here around 2003-2004 invited as guest speaker at an architectural lighting event. Not much has changed on the road from the airport to … Continue reading
Dazzling lights
Singapore, 2nd June 2012 Couldn’t use my laptop last evening as it was in the capable hands of Gerard, IT expert extra-ordinaire…My external hard disc had crashed on me and my laptop needed some serious clean up! All done now, … Continue reading
Sorry it’s the system!
Singapore, 31st May 2012 One of biggest “fights” has to be against those multi-national companies when it comes to payment. Today again I had to deal with two of these cases where the project director hides behind “the system”. The … Continue reading
Wheeling and dealing
Singapore, 29th May 2012 Making sure you get the best deal for your client seems a fairly straight forward exercise but in practice it is not. Certainly if your lighting design is worked out in Singapore and your project location … Continue reading
More or less
Singapore, 26th May 2012 Did not make it yesterday, too many things going on and then later in the evening I went out and did not have the energy to write my blog. It was a day in which I … Continue reading
Value engineering 2
Singapore, 23rd May 2012 After an early morning flight I am back in Singapore, as I have some meetings is KL tomorrow. I am taking a more and more relaxed approach to travelling for my own sanity. Taking my time … Continue reading
The lighting experience
Perth, 22nd May 2012 With the cut throat competition between LED lighting suppliers (nearly everyone nowadays!), there is an increasing need to create awareness for clients and end users to weed out the “profiteers” who offer below par quality LED … Continue reading
Value engineering
Perth, 17th May 2012 One of the trendy words nowadays is “value engineering”. Not surprisingly many companies warily watch the developments in Europe (will Greece be bumped out of the Eurozone or not, and what will be the consequences?) and … Continue reading
Brain gain
Perth, 15-16th May 2012 Travel has caused me to miss a day… :). I am generally quite good at planning my blogging, but somehow yesterday it did not work out between meetings, packing and travelling. Back in Australia to attend … Continue reading
LED and consumerism
Singapore, 14th May 2012 Some contractual project negotiations, a supplier’s follow up visit (we get that a lot after L&B Frankfurt), some project planning, a client meeting, a few design and specification issues to resolve and lots of emails and … Continue reading
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