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Opening Thoughts from the Southeast Region Board of Directors The AAMA Southeast Region Spring Meeting couldn’t have been a better opportunity for members, first-time attendees and industry experts to network and engage in discussion on topics relevant to not only our region, but the fenestration industry as a whole. I would like to thank all attendees for joining us in Austin, TX, as well as for your continued support of the Southeast Region. Read the full article. Official Explains Texas Hurricane Zone Product Approval Process During those horrid hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, the Texas Gulf Coast remained comparatively unscathed—except for a glancing blow from Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005. Then came September 13, 2008, and Ike, a large Category 2 storm but with a Category 5 class storm surge, later termed “the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Texas.” Dr. Paul Bove, TDI Engineering Services Program Engineer, filled in Southeast Region Meeting attendees about the process of getting fenestration products accepted for use in designated catastrophe areas. Read the full article. U.S. Economic Update Notes Positive Trends with a Few Asterisks Michael Collins, Managing Director of the Building Products Group of the investment banking firm Jordan, Knauff & Company, updated Southeast Region members with a very detailed and incisive dissection of the current and future state of the U.S. economy, while focusing on the fenestration industry. Read the full article. Glass Design "Bible," ASTM E1300, Receives Updates
ASTM E1300, Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings, is the primary resource for specifying glass capable of standing up to design loads for a given project. The 2009 version of ASTM E1300 has been updated, and Dr. Scott Norville (Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas Tech University) gave Southeast Region Spring Meeting attendees a summary of the changes that will go into effect in the 2011 version, as well as some that didn’t.
Read the full article. Designing Fenestration for Blast Mitigation
Among the presentations at the AAMA Southeast Region Spring Meeting, John Waskow (Architectural Testing) gave an overview of designing fenestration for blast mitigation. Waskow points out that the objective of blast-mitigating design is first to save lives but also to minimize downtime and protect property by preventing progressive collapse, controlling level of damage, reducing flying debris and minimizing air-blast pressure that enters the building.
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