At AAMA’s 76th Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) announced the approval of an interim procedural guide that will provide a documented, optional process to extend current, unexpired AAMA product certification to any edition of AAMA/WDMA(/CSA) 101/I.S.2(/A440), North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors, and skylights (NAFS) for a period of two years for products that have had no changes. The procedural guide, AAMA 106-13, Interim Procedural Guide for Extension of NAFS Certification will be released by the association and is effective as of March
Specifically, under AAMA 106, manufacturers that choose to apply for product certification extensions must demonstrate during their regular on-site inspections that they have implemented both the specified thermoplastic corner weld test (twice per week on each welding head of each active corner welder, conducted per the most current published version of NAFS) and a corner leak and drainage test (every calendar month for each product line being manufactured during that period).
The option to extend certification per the terms of AAMA 106 expires as of December 31, 2014, or sooner if superseded by other procedures authorized by AAMA’s Certification Policy Committee. The request form and affidavit to extend product certification is included in the procedural guide.
Also during the Annual Conference, current licensees of AAMA’s Gold Label Certification were recognized. AAMA’s Certification Labeling Program began in 1963, when AAMA was the Architectural Aluminum Manufacturers Association.