Masonry Magazine May 2012 Page. 56
INDUSTRY NEWS
The Institute and ASTM are collaborating to publish a building enclosure commissioning process that will follow ASHRAE Guideline 0 The Commissioning Process. The agreement aims to incorporate all building commissioning activities into a whole building commissioning process. Building enclosure commissioning endeavors to ensure that exterior enclosures meet or exceed the expectations of owners' project requirements.
Under the terms of the MOA, ASTM will develop standards and a personnel certification program on building enclosure commissioning, while the Institute will focus on the development of a commissioning training program. Both organizations will support the development of standards, guidelines, certifications, as well as education and training programs, promote information exchange, initiate cross-disciplinary dialogue among building community sectors, facilitate improvements in the building process, and improve the building enclosure knowledge of their respective memberships.
The Institute developed NIBS Guideline 3: Exterior Enclosure Technical Requirements for the Building Commissioning Process for use by commissioning professionals. Guideline 3 is used in conjunction with ASHRAE Guideline 0.
As part of the MOA, NIBS Guideline 3 will be developed and published as an ASTM Standard Guide by ASTM Subcommittee E06.55 on Building Enclosure Performance, part of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings.
ASTM International is one of the largest international standards development and delivery systems in the world. ASTM International meets the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles for the development of international standards: coherence, consensus, development dimension, effectiveness, impartiality, openness and transparency. ASTM standards are accepted and used in research and development, product testing, quality systems and commercial transactions.
Natural Stone Documentary in the Works
MS International (MSI) is funding the Marble Institute of America to produce a major new documentary that memorializes the global historic relationship between mankind and natural stone. The 35-to 40-minute documentary will be based on a creative concept by Manu Shah, founder of MSI of Orange, Calif. The documentary will trace the evolution of man and stone from prehistoric times to today's thriving use of natural stone as one of the premier decorative building materials used in commercial buildings and homes around the world.
Bill Levy Productions Inc. of Beachwood, Ohio, will work with the MIA-MSI team to create the program. The documentary will premier at StonExpo in Las Vegas, January 2013.
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