Highlights
- FCIA at ASTM Symposium
- FCIA 2005 Call for Presentations
- FCIA Presidents Paragraph
Chicago has another Fire - Last year, the 69 W. Washington
St. County Building was on TV with flames and smoke billowing
out the windows. In early December, the LaSalle Bank High
Rise Building in Chicago caught fire, and burned for 5-1/2
hours before being controlled. Effective Compartmentation
kept the fire from traveling vertically for a significant
amount of time and fire resistance rated construction allowed
it to stand. Read FCIA's thoughts
about this topic.
FCIA Board Meeting Scheduled - Although it's the holidays,
the FCIA Committees and Board of Directors is already planning
2005's FCIA activities. The first Board Meeting of the year
takes place in warm, sunny Chicago January 13 & 14, 2005.
FCIA Committees need you - Want to get involved more
at FCIA this year? Join a committee. Here's what the committees
are doing:
- Accreditation - Working with the marketing committee
to promote the "Firestopping Quality Process",
Tested and Listed Firestop Systems, Installed by FCIA Member,
FM 4991 Approved Contractors, Inspected to ASTM E 2174 (Penetrations)
/ ASTM E 2393 (Joints), and Maintained by FCIA Member Contractors
in coordination with Professional Building Personnel. Aedan
Gleeson, Chair - aedan@gpifirestop.com
- Technical - The FCIA MOP is now 5 years old, and
is going through a significant rewrite. Email us to volunteer
to review chapters, and add content! Mike Dominguez, Chair
- Mike@firestopspecialties.com
- Marketing - This committee is very visible at trade
shows promoting FCIA Members to Architect, Engineers, Specifiers,
Code and Fire Officials nationally. Join this group and
work with us at trade shows. Don Murphy, Chair - don@ppmifirestop.com
- Code - The Code Committee has attended both NFPA
and ICC Code Hearings, and is active promoting firestopping
in codes. Ray Usher, Chair - ray@superl.net
- Standards - The Standards Subcommittee of the Technical
Committee (Don Sabrsula - don@firesafehouston.com) finished
it's work on Inspection Standard ASTM E 2174 (penetrations)
and ASTM E 2393 (joints). Currently, work on a new standard
for Firestop Inspector Firm Qualifications is underway.
Randy Bosscawen - rbosscawen@multicon.us
- Education - The Education Committee is creating
on a generic "Apprentice Training Process" for
workers. Bob Patton, Chair - rjpatton@firesafe-systems.com
- Program - The committee chooses the venue and topics
for the FCIA Education and Committee Action Conference &
Firestop Industry Conference. Bob LeClair, Chair - rleclair@afunderhill.com
- Membership - This new committee is recruiting
members to FCIA. Committee Chair to be appointed in January,
2005. Contact Bob LeClair for now
Join a Committee Now - Contractors, Associate Members, Manufacturers
are welcome. To sign up, fill out a form and contact the Chair.
Here's the form...
FCIA at ASTM Symposium on Firestopping - "Tested
and Listed Systems, installed by FCIA Members, FM 4991 Approved
Contractors & Inspected to ASTM E 2174, or the "Firestopping
Quality Protocol & Process", was well received by
the symposium, December 5, 2004 at 11am. Aedan Gleeson, Gleeson
Powers, Inc. and Bill McHugh presented a program that instead
of focusing on detail, was very global, and focused on the
"Firestopping Quality Process". Also presenting
at the conference were FCIA Members John Valiulius, HILTI,
Inc., Jim Shriver, Thermafiber, LLC, M. Morgan from W.R. Grace
& Co. Amal Tamim, Consultant and John Nicholas, Omega
Point Laboratories were Co-Chairs. Steve Tyler, Tremco, Inc.
was the welcome speaker, along with Ron Burton, BOMA.
FCIA Display Available to FCIA Members - Any FCIA
Member can use the FCIA Booth at a local event to promote
themselves and FCIA. Reply to this email to get on the schedule
for the booth. The trade show display ships in a self contained
approx. 70 lb. container. You pay for shipping the booth to
the next event, and store it until then.
FCIA Call for FCIA Conference Presentations - FCIA's
Program Committee seeks programs for upcoming FCIA Conferences
in 2005. The Call for Presentations for FCIA's Education and
Committee Action Conference is open from now until January
30, 2005 and the Firestop Industry Conference until May 30,
2005. Presentation submissions are welcome from FCIA Members,
Architects, Engineers, Code Officials, Fire Marshals, Building
Owners and Managers, Consultants, and others. Email info@fcia.org
with the presentation outline or idea for consideration.
FCIA Thanks Firestop Industry Conference Sponsors
- FCIA's Firestop Industry Conference was a big success in
part due to sponsorships from FCIA Member Manufacturers. FCIA
Thanks 3M Fire Protection Products (tabletop and break), Specified
Technologies, Inc., (tabletop) HILTI, Inc. (break) and Passive
Fire Protection Partners / JM (break) for their sponsorship
at the conference. For their participation and efforts, FCIA's
Program Committee and Board of Directors placed advertisements
for each sponsor on the FCIA Website home page, that links
directly to each firm's Firestopping Home Page. Check them
out.
Holiday Thoughts - The Holiday Season, with it's reduced
(hopefully) activity, provides time to reflect, while planning
for the year ahead. In today's busy world where chasing the
next project opportunity, problem or situation is the norm,
some "downtime" just to think is great. And, regardless
of what we're doing that's so important right now, there's
nothing more important than what we do for others...our families,
friends and even strangers. When we give or do something for
others, no matter how small or inexpensive, it makes a difference
in someone else's life. A special thanks to those who have
helped us in 2004, and we hope we've shared with others, as
we've received.
FCIA extends best wishes to all for a great Christmas, Chanukah
and Holiday Season
Bill McHugh, FCIA Executive Director ~ 630.690.0682
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