FM Approvals Update J. E. Gould, P.E.

Senior Engineering Specialist, FM Approvals November 5, 2008

FM Approvals Update Who’s New?

General Update Approval Guide to the Web

Who’s New • Al Swiss Insulation Company, LLC (Sharjah, UAE) Jay Prajapati Geo Paul Mihir Prajapati • Alert Insulation Co, Inc (La Puente, CA) Bruce Abbott • Bartkowski & McDonald LLC (Oak Forest, IL) Mike Bartkowski

Who’s New • Performance Contracting Inc. (Carmel, IN) John Gerhard • Performance Contracting Inc. (Memphis, TN) Eric Bender • Performance Contracting Inc. (Phoenixville, PA) David Galvin

Who’s New • Performance Contracting Inc. (Richmond, CA) Ryan Ehlen Toby Matthies • F Rodgers Corp (Anaheim, CA) Ryan Willyerd • West Coast Firestopping Inc. (Anaheim, CA) Bob Miller

Who’s New • Karcher Interiors (Orange, CA) Justin Crowe

New DRIs – Existing Contractors • • • • • • • • APEX Firestop LP Brannon, dba Smith Chesapeake Firestop Chesapeake Firestop Gleeson-Powers Karcher Firestopping Multicon Construction Performance Contract.

Jack Toomes Brienna Talbert Greg Hartz Nick Hartz Augustus Mancini Kevin Wolff Bill Weber Jeff Weaker

Growth of the program • • 1 st Exams – November 2000 Boston, MA Approval Guide No. of locations No. of DRIs 2001 0 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 As of 11/3/2008 57 In-Process 13 16 18 33 43 41 3 About 40% Growth From 2007 to 2008 15 17 24 41 59 53 84 ?

November 2008

40 30 20 10 0 90 80 70 60 50 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Locations DRIs

States with the Most CA TX IL MA NY Locations 8 6 5 5 4 DRIs 10 8 8 7 8

The Program is Still Growing Don’t Get Left Behind!

Approval Guide to the Web Demo

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