WaterShapes
Almost from the day I decided to suspend publication of the printed version of WaterShapes, I had a vision of what was coming next. Reaching all the way back to my earliest days with Pool & Spa News, I recall impassioned conversations about the pool industry’s perceived need to reach out to consumers. Although studies were done, committees formed and advertising campaigns plotted and executed, there was never any
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Through the years, I’ve seen plentiful discussions of the fact that geotechnical (or soils) reports are required for proper watershape engineering. And it’s not just about complex vanishing-edge or perimeter-overflow pools: It’s about all swimming pools, spas, fountains and waterfeatures. Let’s consider that case closed. But who exactly should
At the same time I’m interviewing my clients about their patios and determining exactly what they want and how they plan to use them (see my article in the October 9 edition of WaterShapes EXTRA!), I’m already thinking about traffic flow. As I see it, this constitutes one of the keys to
U.S. Retailer Loses Pool Slide Case: Mass. Jury Awards Man $20.6 Million
Five years back, columnist Brian Van Bower wrote passionately about the opportunities he found in attending trade shows. At that time, the industry was doing very, very well, and it’s likely his plea had a tough time finding receptive ears. Is it possible that
Compiled and Written by Lenny Giteck Is President Obama Building a New Swimming Pool at the White House? Our friends at the British tabloid Daily Mail recently raised that intriguing — if completely unsubstantiated — possibility
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When I travel from Los Angeles to visit my mother, who lives across the sound from Seattle on Washington’s beautiful Bainbridge Island, I always do my best to stop by the Bloedel Reserve while I’m there. The Reserve is an internationally renowned public garden that puts its emphasis on
