Additional thoughts on the NAFS

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Earlier this month, we ran an article entitled, “Specifiers Cautioned in Use of Adhesive Anchors,” by Gary Higbee, CSI, AIA, the director of industry development for the Steel Institute of New York (SINY) and former assistant director for technical services with New York State’s Building Codes Division. Soon after, we received a letter from John W. Nehasil, FACI, managing director of certification and chapters for the American Concrete Institute (ACI), who wanted to address what he considered misconceptions in that piece.

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December 2, 2014
In the December 2014 issue of The Construction Specifier, Dean Lewis wrote about rcs data the North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for Windows, Doors, and Skylights’s (NAFS’) short-form specification. American Architectural Manufacturers Association/Window and Door Manufacturers Association/Canadian Standards Association (AAMA/WDMA/CSA) 101/I.S. 2/A440, serves as the basis for product certification as required by the International Building Code (IBC).