| Date | Mon, 5 Dec 2005 07:57:14 -0500 |
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Quote from “I wonder how long it will be before someone from GANA
applies for I-14 committee membership in the "Producer" or
"General Interest" categories. “ There are definitely both positive and
negative sides to that possibility.
I don’t much care for the idea of having them involved if they do
so only to look out for their own interests (which I believe would be the case),
however; there is much to be said for hearing from all sides in such matters. With
window cleaners being more heavily represented in the process I don’t
think it would be too great a problem. Michael D. Brinegar President Pride Master, Inc. www.pridemaster.com -----Original Message----- That's what it says in GANA's USGNN
email newsletter. I'm not sure if they got a
press release from the IWCA on this, but they quote Stefan Bright, IWCA
Safety Director and co-chair of the I-14 committee, as saying "It's time
to revise and republish [the Standard.] The committee has chosen to do the
latter, mostly because over the last five years, things change." The newsletter article mentions
that the I-14 committee expects to put an updated version of the I-14.1 Window
Cleaning Safety Standard up for public review in December of 2006. That's
probably accurate, but it's not mentioned on the IWCA site. The article also says that the
standard "includes language concerning window anchors, fittings and
attachments with regard to the ability of those aspects of glazing to pass drop
tests and pull tests required to assess the safety of a building in the realm
of window cleaning." Hmm... if those window cleaning
anchors (for belt work) are considered glazing, and the I-14 has language about
how much force should be required to open a window - then the glass
industry is an interested party. I wonder how long it will be before
someone from GANA applies for I-14 committee membership in the
"Producer" or "General Interest" categories. Thanks, |