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Since the October 5, 2 964, NIMA Annual Meeting, the activities of the Technical Research Committee have included the following: October 11 Sc 12, 1964 National Fire Protection Associati Forum, Louisville, Ky* October 16, 1964 Acoustical Materials Association New York, N, Y, October 27, 1964 GSA, Washington, D. C. November 2 Sc 10, 1964 Duct Systems Committee New York, N. Y. November 11, 1964 NFPA Subcommittee on Air Conditioning, New York, N, Y, November 19, 1964 Technical Director - Code Project New York, N. Y. December 2, 1964 NYSDPW Albany, New York December 7, 1964 GSA, Washington, D, C. December 15, 1964 New York State Building Code Bureau, New York, N. Y. j January 14, 1.965 Duct Systems Committee Meeting 1 New York, N,. Y. January 21, 1965 NFPA Air Conditioning Committee Meeting, New York, N. Y. January 24, 25, 26 St 27, 1965 ASHRAE Meeting ... Chicago, HI* January 29, 1965 March 3, 1965. Bu Ships, Washington, D, C Duct Systems Committee MeetingNew York, N. Y. March 4 & 5, 1965 T Sc R Committee Meeting New York, N. Y. March 7, 8, 9 S4 10, 1965 ASTM C-16 Committee Meeting Atlanta, Ga* March 16, 1965 Government T & R Committee Meeting, Washington, D. C. April 1, 1965 Factory Mutual Research Corp, Norwood, Mass. NATIONAL FIRS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION FORUM LOUISVILLE, KY., OCTOBER 11 Sc 12, 1964 This meeting was attended for the purpose of acquainting members of the NFPA Committee on Air Conditioning with the true facts relative to fibrous glass air duct systems. ACOUSTICAL MATERIALS ASSOCIATION NEW YORK, N, Y., OCTOBER 16, 1964 Visited with the Technical Secretary for the purpose of discussing the proposed Federal Specification pertaining to duct liner. GSA, WASHINGTON, D, C., OCTOBER 27, 1964 _ This agency was visited for the purpose of ascertaining the status- of Proposed Federal Specifications HH-I-523, HH-I-00558 and HH-I-00559. The Department of the Navy was vi-sited to determiae-the status of Bureau of Ships Specifications MIL-I-2781 and MIL~I~2819. DUCT SYSTEMS COMMITTEE, NEW YORK, N. Y., : NOVEMBER 2, & 10, 1964 .' . . \ -* The Committee met for the purpose of finalizing plans for presentation to the NFPA Subcommittee on Air Conditioning. ;NFPA SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIR CONDITIONING NEW YORK, N, Y., NOVEMBER 11, 1964 The Duct Systems Committee made a presentation to this Committee for the purpose of expanding the use of fibrous glass air duct ^sterna under jurisdiction of NBFU Standards 90A and 90B. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR-CODE PROJECT NEW YORK, N. Y., NOVEMBER 19, 1964 Mr. W, H*. Correale was visited for the purpose of ascertainfeg the best method of approach to obtain inclusion of fibrous glass duct systems in the Building Code of the City of New York. 3 NYSDPW, ALBANY, N. Y. , DECE MBS R 2, 1964 This agency was visited to give assistance in the promulgation of the New York State Standard Specification pertaining to thermal insulation. GSA, WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 7, 1964 The agency was visited for the purpose of discussing proposed Federal Specifications HH-I-00558 and HH-I-00559. t FHA was visited for the purpose of ascertaining the status cf the Southwest Research Institute report pertaining to fire tests on air duct systems. The report is to be issued for public use in January, 1964. NEW YORK STATE BUILDING CODE BUREAU NEW YORK, N. Y,, DECEMBER 15, 1964 Mr* F. Pavlicek was visited for the purpose of exploring the method of obtaining approval for the use of fibrous glass air duct systems in the New York State Building Code. DUCT SYSTEMS, NEW YORK, N. Y., JANUARY 14, 1965 Messrs, D, E. Morganroth and R, Dickenson met for the purpose of discussing heat loss claculations for ducts, NFPA COMMITTEE ON AIR CONDITIONING, NEW YORK, N* Y, JANUARY 21, 1965 Included for discussion at the Committee^ meeting was consideration to the degree that fibrous glass air ducts are to be permitted in NBFU Standard 90A and 90B, - ASHRAE MEETING, CHICAGO, ILL,. JANUARY 24, 25, 26 h 27, 1965 ASHRAE Technical Committee 2,4 Thermal Insulation and Vapor Barriers met in Chicago, HI,, for the purpose of discussing the following subjects: 1. Report of Thermal Conductivity Round Robin - -Barnhart 2. Report on Cold Storage Warehouse Symposium - Govan 3, ASHRAE Forum - Thermal Insulation for Refrigerated Products 4, Task Group Reports (a) Economic Thickneww of Insulation - Barnhart (b) General Practice for Building and Industrial Insulations - Govan (c) Design Heat Transmission Coefficients - Gilbo (d) Moisture in Building Construction - McLaughlin 5 Report o Standing Sub-Committee on Conductivity and Resistance Tables - Govan. 6. Committee Membership & Rotational Policy 7, ASA Committee on Insulation Installation Practices - Keyes BUREAU OF SHIPS, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 29, 1965 This agency was visited with D. Wingerter, R* Stohrs, W. Sinclair and A* Kincaid for the purpose of discussing sampling and acceptance quality limits for inclusion in Navy Specifications, DUCT SYSTEMS COMMITTEE, NSW YORK, N. Y., MARCH 3, 1965 The Committee met for the purpose of discussing various aspects of the duct systems program. The agenda included: 1, Factory Mutual Fire Tests 2, Code Work 3, Underwriter's Laboratory Tests 4, Publicity T Sc R COMMITTEE MEETING NEW YORK, N, Y, MARCH 4 Sc 5, 1965 Included on the agenda for this meeting were the following items: 1, "k" values for ASHRAE GUIDE 2* ASTM Specifications 3, Federal Specifications 4. BRAB Report #45 . 5* Military Specifications ' 6* Thermal Conductivity Round Robin ASTM COMMITTEE C-l6 MEETING ATLANTA, GA, MARCH 7 8,, 9 10, 1965 * - ' The following items were considered: 1, Combination of C312 & C517 2 Definitions Applicable to Thermal Insulations 3* Philosophy of Specifications 5 GOVERNMENT T k R COMMITTEE MEETING .WASHINGTON, D, C., MA.RCH 16, 1965 This meeting was attended by 19 government personel representing 12 government agencies and 14 NIMA members. The following items were discussed: 1. Federal Specifications HH-I-558a and HH-I-559a, Mineral Fiber for Elevated Temperatures, and Mineral Fiber for Low Temperatures. 2. Bureau of Yards and Docks Specification - Thermal Insulation for Piping and Equipment. 3. Federal Specification HH-I-523b - Insulation Block & Pips Covering Thermal {Calcium Silicate for Temperatures up to 1200F) 4. GSA-PBS Specification - Thermal Insulation (Mechanical) FACTORY MUTUAL RESEARCH CORP,, NORWOOD, MASS., APRIL lt 1965 The Duct Systems Committee meet at this location to observe fire tests conducted on fibrous glass duct systems and to discuss other subjects in this connection.