BHMA to Review Standards and Code Developments at Upcoming Meeting
September 15, 2009

The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) will hold its annual fall meeting October 12-14 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

BHMA members will convene at the Marriott Sawgrass for status updates and working sessions focused on eight standards that are in various stages of their revision cycle, and next steps for the three new standards opened in the last year. The technical committees also will open four existing standards for revision during the meeting next month.

Speakers at this year's event include experts from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), the independent product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing standards for safety for more than a century, and the Copper Development Association (CDA), the information, education, market and technical development arm of the copper, brass and bronze industries in the United States.

Bob Jamieson of UL will lead a discussion on anti-counterfeiting programs conducted within the builders hardware industry. Andrew Kireta Jr., vice president of building and construction, and Dr. Harold Michels Sr., vice president of technology and technical services for CDA, will present new data on the widely reported anti-microbial properties of copper and copper alloys.

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