6th Annual TABB Conference a huge success; Group goes global as well
The fifth annual TABB Conference highlighted a year of success, laid the groundwork for the challenges ahead, and gave a glimpse of the future and direction of TABB. The conference opened with some exciting news from Erik Emblem, TABB administrator: the globalization of TABB.
Emblem recently traveled to Seoul, South Korea to visit a contractor who submitted an application to become a TABB Contractor. "Testing, adjusting and balancing is unique. It's a new industry where we can organize workers. The TABB name and the quality it brings has traveled across the Pacific. We can't put our blinders up on the coasts. We want our market share to grow and we must look beyond our borders." TABB has also received inquiries from firms across Europe and the Middle East.
"TABB has kept a rigorous pace which it has maintained since its inception. We must be able to adapt to the new markets and new technologies that evolve," stated Emblem. "That is how we will compete and stay ahead of the curve in the globalization of today's markets."
The general session of the TABB Conference was once again designed to be full of information that will help contractors and technicians in the TAB market.
Presentations and discussions included: Indoor environmental solutions, given by Susan and Richard Wing of Wing's Testing and Balancing Co.; Green Buildings, LEED and the TABB Contractor given by Mark Kukla of Air Systems in Rochester, NY; Natural Ventilation by Sezin Eren Ozcan of Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Heverlee, Belgium; The International Certification Board (ICB) Report, where conference attendees were able to ask questions and make comments to members of TABB's governing body, the International Certification Board; A break out session on the TABB Affiliates, where gave attendees the opportunity to ask questions and interact with TABB Affiliate members on what it means to be a TABB Affiliate and how to become one; and A Customer Trust course, in which attendees reactions to clients and situations through role playing were analyzed and they were subsequently provided the tools to communicate effectively with customers.