Charleston Conference 2006
Firestop Industry Conference and Trade Show
November 8 - November 11, 2006
DoubleTree Guest Suites, Charleston, South Carolina
Our agenda will look like past programs with seminars, trade show and education programs.
- Print out the conference brochure or the agenda
- Get yourself recognized as a sponsor to one of our breaks or lunches
- Show what your firm has to offer by exhibiting at the trade show.
Charleston DoubleTree Guest Suites
181 Church St
Charleston, South Carolina
877-408-8733
Located in the heart of the historic district and only blocks from the river.
Agenda
| Tue, Nov7 | Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
Time |
Event |
| 2:00p - 7:00p | FCIA Board Meeting |
| Wed, Nov 8 | Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
Time |
Event |
| 7:00a - 4:00p | Conference Registration Open (Coffee, Cont.Bkfst) |
| 8:00a - 9:10a | FCIA Presidents Welcome & Address FIRESTOP INDUSTRY UPDATE
|
| 8:30a – 9:30a | FM 4991 Update – Jeff Gould UL Qualified Firestop Contractor Program Announcement – Betsy Titus |
| 9:30a - 9:45a | Break Sponsored by 3M Fire Protection Products |
| 9:45a – 10:45a | FCIA Firestop Worker Apprenticeship Program Bob Hasting & FCIA Committee |
| 10:45a – 11:00a | Break Sponsored by HILTI, Inc. Early Lunch served for Keynote Speaker Program |
| 11:00a – 11:40a | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Bert Polk, National Association of State Fire Marshals Compartmentation and Firestopping “How do we get the word out & Code Development Process” |
| 11:45a – 6:30p | FCIA Ray Usher Memorial Golf Outing |
| 1:00p – 4:30p | FM & UL Test Prep & Exam |
| 6:30p – 7:30p | FCIA Welcome Reception |
| Thu, Nov 9 | Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
Time |
Event |
| 7:30a - 11:30a | FCIA Check In |
| 7:30a - 8:00a | FCIA Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00a - 8:30a | FCIA Election Candidate Presentations |
| 8:30a - 9:00a | FCIA Compartmentation Symposium Summary |
| 9:30a - 9:45a | Break Passive Fire Protection Partners / JM |
| 9:45a - 11:00a | Fire & Smoke Dampers – new UL 555 Testing & Maintenance Panel, |
| 11:00a - 11:10a | Break |
| 11:00a - 12:30p | “What a firestopping contractor should expect” Contractor Quality Programs & Firestopping Inspection Standards. Learn about FCIA, FM & UL, ASTM E 2174 & ASTM E 2393 Panel – Randy Bosscawen, Rob Hlady, Bill McHugh |
| 12:30p - 1:30p | Luncheon Speaker – Dennis Hall, Hall Architects, on Specifying Firestopping and Effective Compartmentation |
| 1:30p – 2:30p | Fire Doors & Maintenance of Openings in Compartmentation DHI’s new inspection program…a model for FCIA. |
| 2:30p - 2:45p | Break Sponsored by Thermafiber, Inc. |
| 2:45p – 3:45p | Perimeter Fire Protection Update – Mike Pautsch. Superl, Inc. & Jim Shriver, Thermafiber, LLC |
| 3:45p – 5:30p | FCIA Firestop Industry & Effective Compartmentation Trade Show |
| 6:00p | FCIA Annual Awards Reception |
| 7:00p - 10:00p | FCIA Annual Awards Dinner - FCIA Full Conference & Paid Dinner Attendees Only FCIA Awards & FCIA Presidents Gavel Passing. Sport Jacket Recommended |
| Fri, Nov 10 | Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
Time |
Event |
| 7:30a - 8:00a | FCIA Continental Breakfast, Trade Show |
| 8:00a - 9:00a | Firestopping Project Site Safety Program Jeff Cheek, United Rentals |
| 9:00a - 9:15a | Break |
| 9:15a – 10:45a | Hospital Engineering Session Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation |
| 10:45a – 11:00a | Break Sponsored by Tremco, Inc. |
| 11:00a – 12:00p | FCIA Code Consultant Report – Bill Koffel, Koffel Associates and Bill McHugh - What’s happened at ICC & NFPA Hearings, |
| 12:00p – 12:45p | Luncheon & IFC / AFSCC Update |
| 1:00p – 4:00p | Afternoon Sessions
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| Sat, Nov 11 | Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat |
Time |
Event |
| 9:30a | USS Yorktown Tour |
Trade Show is Thursday all day, Friday until Noon. Casual Dress for the meetings