The awards honor individuals who have made significant contributions to voluntary consensus standardization and conformity assessment programs and have consistently demonstrated a commitment to their industry, their nation, and the enhancement of the global standards system.

The NFPA Standard Council, a 13-member body appointed by the Board of Directors of NFPA, is charged with overseeing the NFPA codes and standards making process.

Conference paper abstracts are due March 26. Upon acceptance, final papers will be due July 9.

The TCC is the body responsible for resolving conflicts, achieving correlation among the recommendations of the technical committees, and correcting errors and omissions.

Distributor members must submit a completed survey by March 31 to get access to the completed report in May.

The group also said that U.S. steel and aluminum industries also cannot currently make certain materials such as the low-gauge foil required to make FSK facings.

Wholesaler and contractor associations express concern over import of tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

Industry-consensus standard details necessary inspection and maintenance for commercial HVAC systems.