BHMA® 2020 Virtual Spring Meeting

Day One: Tuesday, June 2nd

1:00pm - 1:45pm  BHMA Year-To-Date Update​

The meeting will launch with a review of the key BHMA activities and accomplishments during the first half of the year.

1:45pm - 2:20pm  Marketing Committee meeting

BHMA’s marketing communications initiatives to-date will be reviewed, including the new CPD, School Security Task Force, digital marketing with website and social media analytics, trade media updates, secure home label as well as the update on BHMA sales.

• View the Marketing Committee agenda

• View the Marketing Committee minutes from May 21, 2020

2:20pm - 2:30pm   Break

2:30pm - 3:15pm  Guest Speaker Presentation: 

"Federal Regulatory and Legislative Response to COVID-19: Impact on Manufacturers" by Bracewell LLP

Principals from Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group (PRG) will discuss the response by the Federal government and Congress to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the CARES Act stimulus packages passed by Congress and pending legislation, federal agency rules and guidance that impacts manufacturers, state opening plans and actions taken by the Mexican government that impact U.S. manufacturers.

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3:15pm - 4:00pm  Codes, Government and Industry Affairs meeting​

The BHMA Codes,Government, and Industry Affairs Committee meeting will include updates to: The 2021 IBC, NFPA 101-2021, California’s 2019 Interim Code revisions, Florida’s 2020 Building Code and New York City’s revisions of 2014 NYC Construction Codes.

• View the Codes, Government and Industry Affairs agenda

• View the Codes, Government and Industry Affairs meeting minutes from Oct. 15, 2019

Day Two: Tuesday, June 3rd

1:00pm - 2:00pm  Guest Speaker Presentation: 

"Cannabis and the Building Codes" by Steve Thomas, President of Colorado Code Consulting LLC

This session will be a brief explanation of the multitude of building uses related to the burgeoning cannabis industry, and how the building and fire codes may apply. We will discuss the different manufacturing processes and how the codes address the inherent issues. Discussion will include some of the challenges with these uses as they relate to the building hardware industry.

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2:00pm - 3:00pm  CPD Update​

The Certified Products Directory (CPD) session will include information on the OEM Policy, instructions on using the OEM/Private label invisible option, uploading product data to the certification portal, making updates and recertifying, navigating the new CPD search interface, and available support tools.

• View the CPD Update agenda

3:00pm - 3:10pm  Break

3:10pm - 4:00pm  Standards Training Session​

The Standards Training Session will include information and discussion related to the updated Procedure for Developing BHMA Standards, the ANSI approval process and timeline, and Roberts Rules.

• View the Standards Training Session agenda

PLEASE NOTE: BHMA will not be holding technical sessions during the virtual spring meeting. Those meetings, for all open standards, will follow the normal scheduling cycle.

Click here to view a list of the currently open or opening standards with dates for conference calls.

If you are not already receiving the invites to any of these conference calls but would like to, please send your request to either Karen Bishop, [email protected], or Michael Tierney, [email protected].

Important items:

Standards Tracking Chart updated May 13, 2020

Robert's Rules of Order

Antitrust Guidelines

Zoom Information

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View BHMA 2020 Virtual Spring Meeting Schedule of Events 

View the BHMA 2020 Virtual Spring Meeting attendees list (as of June 1, 2020)