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GANA Fall
Conference Registration Extended
Registration for the GANA Fall Conference has
been extended to August 2nd. Take
advantage of this opportunity to register, and
learn more about the 295 Reasons You Do NOT
Want to Miss the GANA Fall Conference.
REGISTER
ONLINE
GANA Moves
Headquarters
GANA Headquarters moved in early July from an
office park in southwest Topeka, Kansas to the
15th floor of an office building in downtown
Topeka, overlooking the Kansas State Capitol
building. The move by GANA's management company,
Centric Management and Consulting, will save the
Association money in the long run, while
offering more in-house benefits to GANA as well.
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GANA/PGC
International Release Protective Glazing
Manual
GANA and PGC International have announced the
release of a new resource for the glass and
glazing industry. The Protective Glazing
Manual is a joint document developed by PGC
International and the GANA Protective Glazing
Committee that describes the types of protective
glazing available, as well as the standards and
levels of protection they provide. Furthermore,
it discusses the care and cleaning of protective
glazing products, and offers a comprehensive
glossary of terms and applications. For
the first two weeks, the Manual is
bundled with the Laminated Glazing Reference
Manual 2009 Edition at a special rate.
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GANA
Releases Two New AIA Presentations
GANA announced the release of two new AIA-accredited
presentations, raising its library to six
presentations with more in development. The
presentations are available for GANA members to
become facilitators and give the presentations
to architectural firms as part of a "lunch and
learn" series. The two new presentations, one
each from the Decorative Division and the GANA
Protective Glazing Committee, feature valuable
information and education on two product types
in strong demand by the industry.
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GlassBuild
America Show Floor Passes Available Here
GANA Members may receive complimentary show
floor passes for the upcoming GlassBuild America
by filling out the
special form
available here.
Pitman
Named Top Five Tweeter from CHIRP
GANA announced that Brian Pitman, Director of
Marketing and Communications, was named one of
the Top Five Tweeters from CHIRP, the Twitter
conference held in San Francisco in April. The
conference featured over 1,000 attendees and
marketers from around the globe, each learning
the various ways to increase marketing
proficiency through the social media network.
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Please
Check Out Our Glass Week/BEC Conference Sponsors
The following companies sponsored GANA's Glass
Week and Building Envelope Contractors (BEC)
Conference:
GANA
Director of Marketing Celebrates Decade with
Association
GANA Director of Marketing and Communications
Brian Pitman recently celebrated his ten year
anniversary working for the Association. Hired
by the former Association Services Corporation (GANA's
management company now known as Centric
Management and Consulting) in 2000 as GANA's
Website Manager, Pitman was named as GANA's
Director of Marketing and Communications in
2003.
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Please
Check Out Our NeoCon Sponsors
The following companies sponsored GANA's Video
Podcasts at the recent NeoCon World Trade Fair
in Chicago:
ASTM C
1036 Going Through Review and Update
ASTM C 1036 - Standard Specification for Flat
Glass is going through the regular 5 year review
and update process within ASTM International. If
you are interested in being on the GANA ASTM C
1036 Review Task Group, please email GANA
Technical Director Urmilla Sowell at
usowell@glasswebsite.com or GANA Technical
Resources Coordinator Sara Neiswanger at
sara@glasswebsite.com.
ASTM C 14
Subcommittee for Flat Glass Begins New Work Item
ASTM WK29688 - New Practice for Cleaning
Architectural Flat Glass
Scope: Airborne and waterborne debris
accumulates on glass surfaces and creates a need
for the glass to be cleaned in order to preserve
its integrity. There are various types of glass
and glass coatings that must be considered prior
to cleaning. In addition, unprotected glass
during construction can become covered with
various types of construction debris which may
affect the cleaning practice. It is anticipated
that this standard would be utilized by many
interested parties in the construction industry,
including manufacturers, architects, builders,
window cleaners and government agencies.
To get involved, visit
www.astm.org.
"A Parent's Letter to My Children in
School"
by
Jeff
Thredgold, CSP, President, Thredgold Economic
Associates
To my children and grandchildren...With your
focus on education, I often find myself thinking
about how much the world has changed since I was
in your shoes. The world is now a much "smaller"
place--people of all cultures can communicate
and travel with ease. You face great challenges
today...just as I did...just as my parents
before me. These words of advice might be
helpful.
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MORE
Reprinted with
permission from the "Tea Leaf" by Jeff Thredgold.
Copyright, 2010, Thredgold Economic Associates,
LLC. To subscribe to Jeff's free weekly email
update, visit
www.thredgold.com.
Add These Events to Your Calendar by Clicking
Each Link Below
GANA Fall
Conference 2010:
http://www.glasswebsite.com/events/ganafc2010.ics
GlassBuild America 2010:
http://www.glasswebsite.com/events/GlassBuildAmerica2010.ics
glasstec 2010:
http://www.glasswebsite.com/events/glasstec2010.ics
Glass Week 2011:
http://www.glasswebsite.com/events/GlassWeek2011.ics
Building
Envelope Contractors (BEC) Conference 2011:
http://www.glasswebsite.com/events/BECConference2011.ics
Glass Fabrication and Glazing Educational
Conference 2011:
http://www.glasswebsite.com/events/GlassFab2011.ics
July -
Preventing Heat Illnesses
Training, temperature monitoring, rest periods,
and access to shade are all important factors
you need to know to prevent heat-related
illnesses. There are five basic heat related
illnesses; sunburn, heat cramps, prickly heat,
heat exhaustion and the worst being heat stroke.
Evaluation of your location for air temperature,
humidity, and heat from equipment within the
facility poses a risk for heat illnesses.
Evaluate your workload, the protective clothing
you are wearing, and the personal protective
gear you use to see how they add to the risk.
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Have a Great Idea for a Safety Bulletin?
We are looking for ideas to enhance the safety
bulletins we offer monthly. If you have a
great topic idea,
send us an email with a description and we
will work to complete it.
GPD Finland 2011 Abstract Submission and
Pre-Registration Now Open
Glass Performance Days is currently organizing
the largest international conference on
architectural, solar and automotive glass in
Tampere, Finland, in June 17 – 20, 2011.
Abstract submission and Speaker Pre-registration
are now open.
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BHMA Issues Standard for Cabinet Hardware
The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association
(BHMA) announces the publication of ANSI/BHMA
A156.9 - 2010 American National Standard for
Cabinet Hardware. This standard contains
requirements for cabinet hardware and includes
hinges, knobs, pulls, catches, shelf rests,
standards and brackets, drawer slides, rotating
shelves and track with guides for sliding
panels. Included are the performance tests
covering operational, cyclical, strength, and
finish criteria.
Changes to the standard include: added tests for
“pocket cabinet doors”; An exception for center
mounted drawer slides to use a test drawer size
of 12 inches; Added requirements to cover
self-closing damper hinges; Added corresponding
definitions, type numbers and illustrations;
Clarifying of paragraph 4.7.1 that threaded
insert rotation was considered a failure.
For more information, or to purchase additional
copies of this or any other standards, please
visit BHMA’s bookstore at
www.buildershardware.com. You can also order
standards by phone by calling 800-699-9277.
(Purchased standards are available as printed
documents or electronic files (PDF) for
immediate download.)
Recycled Aluminum Now Standard on All of
Wausau's Window and Curtainwall Framing
Supporting the U.S. Green Building Council LEED®
Rating System™ criteria for recycled content,
Wausau Window and Wall Systems now fabricates
all of its products using aluminum extrusions
exclusively from secondary billet that contain
at least 70% total recycled content. These
products continue to be backed by the company's
long-standing warranty of up to 10 years.
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