“The Country School” | Winslow Homer
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association best practice bibliography sets the standard of care for the moveable fixtures that make immovable infrastructure work:
A product testing procedure for large occupant chair strength is open for public review. You may access the strike-and-bold here: ANSI Standards Action Pages 66-67.
In stabilized standards, it is more cost effective to run the changes through ANSI rather than a collaborative workspace that requires administration and software licensing cost.
Send your comments to Dave Panning. (See Dave’s presentation to the University of Michigan in the video linked below.
John Peace Laptop Library Lounge | University of Texas, San Antonio
We find a great deal of interest in sustainable furniture climbing up the value chain and dwelling on material selection and manufacture. We encourage end-users in the education industry — specifiers, department facility managers, interior design consultants, housekeeping staff and even occupants — to participate in BIFMA standards setting. You may obtain an electronic copies for in-process standards from David Panning, (616) 285-3963, dpanning@bifma.org You are encouraged to send comments directly to BIFMA (with copy to psa@ansi.org). David explains its emergent standard for furniture designed for use in healthcare settings in the videorecording linked below:
Issue: [15-267]
Contacts: Mike Anthony, Christine Fischer, Jack Janveja, Dave Panning
Category: Architectural, Facility Asset Management
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A Guide to United States Furniture Compliance Requirements
