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Author Message David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1035 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 02:32 pm:    Product reps are coming out of the woodwork! I am deluged by calls from reps, some of whom I have not heard from in years ....if at all! Most of these reps want to give our firm a product box lunch presentation. Before, I usually had to beg them to give us a presentation. Boy, what a difference 6 months makes! Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 165 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 03:37 pm:    Another thing is that I am getting 3 or more e-mails from AIA and at least one from CSI everyday. Oh, and that totally cold call insulation rep that I just got rid of - interesting product though... Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 660 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 06:47 pm:    unfortunately we have seen several national manufacturers ending architectural representation programs in Florida, reps we have grown to trust and rely on for updates and information are now out of a job, is anyone else hearing of this or is this only happening in Florida? David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1036 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 07:11 pm:    John Jeffcott, a renowned specifier, has a saying, "No rep? No spec!" (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 03:32 pm:    Another sign... number of interested bidders. We have a small university lab renovation project currently bidding, and I heard we have 17 (general) contractors interested in it. 77 planholders total. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1023 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 - 12:42 pm:    We had a recent project estimated at $16 million come in at $11 million. This bidder did not leave much on the table, either. Other projects are coming in 25 to 30% under. Lead times for certain products are down to 2 to 4 weeks from 12 to 16. It truly is a whole new world. Ron Beard CCS Senior Member Username: rm_beard_ccs Post Number: 296 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 - 01:13 pm:    While I've been slowing down, but still steady, I just heard from one of my recent clients [a specialty architectural firm - hospitality] went from 54 down to 3 employees. .....sobering Steven T. Lawrey, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: lawrey Post Number: 82 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 04:13 pm:    Last week I spoke to a representitive of a trusted local company that, while giving lunch n' learns, is not providing lunch due to deep layoffs within the company. Additionally, several of our CSI industry memebers have been laid off or had perks severely cut back. Richard L Matteo, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: rlmat Post Number: 323 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, March 23, 2009 - 07:09 pm:    Same thing has happened in my area as well. In one case, the rep is retiring and the company has not done anything to replace them. We also had a project come in way under the estimate. One problem I heard about is that a number of contractors are bidding school construction work here in CA without prior experience working with DSA (Division of the State Architect) and are thus unfamiliar with the required protocols and procedures.