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Montreal Conference 2006

FCIA Education and Committee Action Conference

April 26 - 28, 2006 at the Loews Hotel Vogue, Montreal, Canada. The program will bring value to your business through industry leading seminars, active committee meetings and Firestop Industry Forum sessions.

Conference Registration Information

Loews Hotel Vogue, Montral
1425 Rue De La Montagne
Montreal Quebec
H3G1Z3 Canada
phone: 514-285-5555

Registration: Rate $169 CAN More information to follow.

Agenda (as of 4/05/06, locations in braces)

Download the Conference Agenda as MS Word document.

Wed, Apr 26

Wed, 4/26 Thu, 4/27 Fri, 4/28

Time	Event
7:30a - 4:00p	FCIA Registration, Coffee & Pastries (Foyer I)
9:00a - 9:45a	FCIA Member Orientation Presentation (Paris I & II)
9:45a - 10:00a	BREAK SPONSORED BY 3M Fire Protection Products
10:00a - 10:45a	FCIA Presidents Welcome Contractor Quality Programs – How & Why UL Firestop Contractor Qualification Program Betsy Titus & John Carlin, UL FM 4991, Standard for the Approval of Firestop Contractors, Jeff Gould, FM Approvals Why become approved – FCIA Contractors Marketing – Bill McHugh Efficiency – Better, faster installation – Bob Svoboda Testimonials – How did it help your business Don Sabrsula, Randy Bosscawen, Don Murphy, Aedan Gleeson, Tony Gamble
10:45a - 11:00a	BREAK SPONSORED BY THERMAFIBER, Inc.
11:00a - 11:45a	FCIA Firestopping DRI Education Session Bob LeClair, Aedan Gleeson, Bill McHugh, UL & FM
11:45a - 12:00p	Lunch Service
12:00p - 12:30p	Construction Specification Canada – Claude Giguere Pageau-Morel Assoc.
12:45p - 1:30p	FCIA Firestopping DRI Education Session Bob LeClair, Aedan Gleeson, Bill McHugh, UL & FM
1:30p - 2:00p	BREAK SPONSORED BY Grace Construction Products
2:00p - 5:00p	UL Qualification of Firestop Contractors Program DRI Testing Tony Robertson, UL
5:00p - 6:00p	FCIA Welcome Reception

Thu, Apr 27

Wed, 4/26 Thu, 4/27 Fri, 4/28

Time	Event
7:30a - 8:30a	Continental Breakfast (Foyer)
7:30a - 3:00p	Registration Open (Foyer)
9:45a	Spouse Program (Meet in Foyer)
8:30 - 9:20a	Manufacturer & New Technology Presentations (Paris I & II) 10 minutes each 3M, Flammadur, Grabber, HILTI
9:20a - 9:40a	BREAK SPONSORED by HILTI, Inc.
9:40a - 10:15a	Specified Technologies, Inc., Thermafiber, Tremco, W.R. Grace, Watson Bowman, Inc., Others
10:15a - 10:30a	BREAK SPONSORED by Specified Technologies
10:30a - 11:45a	Luncheon Keynote Speaker - Guylene Proulx, Human Behavior in Fires (Paris I & II)
12:00p	Break & Lunch Service
12:00p - 1:30p	Firestopping Engineering Judgments, Presented by IFC, FCIA, FM, UL (Paris I & II)
1:45p - 3:30p	Committee Reports & Meetings (Paris I & II) Accreditation – Aedan Gleeson UL / FM Report only, no meeting. Technical, Codes & Standards Code Sub-Committee – Bob LeClair & Bill McHugh Compartmentation, Firestopping and IBC Standards Sub-Committee ASTM Inspector, ASTM E 2174 & ASTM E 2393 UL Standards Technical Panel – Bill McHugh Manual of Practice Sub-Committee – 2006/2007 Sections to Edit Chapter 2 Codes – Bob LeClair Chapter 4 Quality Process – Bill McHugh Glossary Standard Answers Specifications – MasterFormat 04 Numbering System Education Apprenticeship – Bob Hasting – Document review Education Powerpoint Revisions – Marketing Life Safety Digest Editorial Committee – Editorial Themes Articles & PR – Target Magazines Membership - Target groups
2:30p - 5:30p	FM 4991 DRI Testing

Fri, Apr 28

Wed, 4/26 Thu, 4/27 Fri, 4/28

Time	Event
7:30a - 8:30a	Continental Breakfast (Foyer)
8:30a - 10:00a	Canadian Requirements for Firestopping - Tony Crimi, AC Consulting Services, Inc. (Paris I & II)
10:00a - 10:15a	BREAK SPONSORED BY by Tremco, Inc.
10:15a - 11:45a	New Canadian Requirments for Compartmentation - Igor Olskiewicz, National Research Center, Canada (Paris I & II)
12:00p - 1:00p	FCIA Industry Day Luncheon & Speaker
1:15p - 2:30p	FCIA Firestop & Compartmentation Industry Education Program (Paris I & II) Compartmentation Industry Firestopping Industry Code Requirements Testing – Penetrations, Joints, Perimeter Testing F, T, W, L, H, Insulation & Integrity Engineering Judgments
2:00p - 2:15p	BREAK
2:15p - 3:30p	Firestop Systems Materials, Tested Systems Documentation Specialty Firestop Contractors Specifications Maintenance Safety Issues

Newsletters

Aug, 29 2008 Jun 20, 2008 Mar 8, 2008 Feb 10, 2008	Dec 15, 2007 Sep 26, 2007 Jun 11, 2007 Apr 27, 2007 Apr 13, 2007 Feb 15, 2007
Dec 20, 2006 Oct 30, 2006 Aug 29, 2006 Apr 6, 2006 Mar 1, 2006 Feb 20, 2006	Dec 23, 2005 Oct 25, 2005 Sep 28, 2005 Sep 02, 2005 Aug 16, 2005 July 15, 2005 Jun 13, 2005 Jun 1, 2005 Apr 23, 2005 Mar 31, 2005 Mar 4, 2005 Feb 20, 2005
Dec 23, 2004 Nov 22, 2004 Oct 12, 2004 Sep 16 2004 Aug 23 2004 Jul 26 2004 Jun 15 2004-2 Jun 15 2004-1 Apr 25 2004 Apr 6 2004 Mar 10 2004 Feb 26 2004 Feb 11 2004	Dec 22 2003 Dec 8 2003 Oct 7 2003 Aug 29 2003 Jul 17 2003 Jun 16 2003 May 30 2003 May 12 2003 Apr 26 2003 Mar 27 2003 Mar 10 2003 Feb 21 2003 Feb 6 2003 Jan 13 2003
Dec 2002 Nov 2002 Oct 31 2002 Oct 7 2002 Aug 2002 Jul 2002 Apr 2002 Mar 2002 Jan 2002	Oct 2001 Aug 2001 Jun 2001 Feb 2001 Jan 2001 Dec 2000 Jun 2000 Jan 2000 Aug 1999

President's Messages

   Spring 2008
   Spring 2007
   Spring 2006
   Spring 2005
   Summer 2004
    Spring 2004, Part 1, 2, 3
    Summer 2003
   Summer 2002
   Spring 2002
   Winter 2001
   Spring 2001
   Summer 2000
   Spring 2000

Literature

FM 4991 brochure (PDF version)

Press / Public Relations
   1st UL Qualified Firestop
       Contractor
   Responses to Canadian Ads
   Applauding C.o.Chicago, 12/04
   Passive Fire Protection, 10/03
   CSI Article, 7/03
   Passive firestopping, 4/03
   BSD Fall Newsletter
   CSI Letter, 8/9/02
   Daily Commercial News 7/02
   NFPA 5000 - Proposal 534
   NFPA 5000 - letter to officials
   NFPA 5000 - letter to K. Taraba
   CSI's Magazine Feb, 2001
   Press Release Jan 31, 2001

Events
   Spring 08 Meeting, Seattle
   Annual FCIA Meeting 2007
   Spring 07 Meeting, Chicago
   Annual FCIA Meeting 2006
   Spring 06 Meeting, Montreal
   Annual FCIA Meeting 2005
   Spring 05 Meeting, Las Vegas
   Annual FCIA Meeting 2004
   Spring 04 Meeting, Toronto
   Annual FCIA Meeting 2003
   Spring 03 Meeting, Las Vegas
   Annual FCIA Meeting 2002
   Spring 02 Meeting, Denver
   Annual FCIA Meeting 2001

FCIA Education and Committee Action Conference

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