The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) released a new specification, providing a framework for safety standards within glass manufacturing facilities. The specification, IGMA TM-5000-22, “Do’s and Don’ts of Glass Safety,” looks to ensure that insulating glass (IG) manufacturers have a guide to properly ensure that safety regulations are in place. The document states that […]

With COVID-19 subsiding and in what could be described as a controlled remission, door and window companies report that they’re approaching a full return to business as usual. “I would say that we are 75% of the way going back to pre-pandemic procedures,” says Jay Andreas, CEO of ASI Construction in Burr Ridge, Ill. But […]

On May 13, exactly 14 months or 426 days after the U.S declared a national emergency due to COVID-19, the CDC announced that fully-vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances. Following the announcement, New Jersey has ripped off its collective mask and retailers […]

“Good accident protocol not only protects your company but your team,” said Mike Troutman, vice president of EHS Excellence at MI Windows and Doors. He educated attendees of the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) on how to develop proper accident investigation protocols during the alliance’s virtual annual conference, which ends today. “Don’t push the […]

Late last month a five-member team of inspectors from OSHA announced that the MI Windows and Doors’ Hegins plants, located in Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill County, would be awarded the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star. The Hegins location is the fourth MI campus to earn the VPP Star, following locations in Gratz, Pa.; Prescott Valley, Ariz.; and […]