Glass Canada • October 2022 • FenBC becomes part of FGIA

The Fenestration Association of British Columbia became a part of the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance, effective Sept. 1. The newly formed FGIA FenBC region is the alliance’s first Canadian region. The region will operate similar to the pre-existing FGIA U.S. regions – FGIA Southeast region and FGIA western region – and will focus on regulatory and government initiatives, product installation, commercial contractor interests and related needs in British Columbia. The association also announced a region-specific one-day in-person meeting and a one-day virtual event for the new region, which will be included in their programming each year.

“By expanding FGIA regional offerings to include FenBC, FGIA strengthens its Canadian presence with a strong and well-respected provincial organization. Members from both organizations will realize greater opportunities for networking and building business relationships,” said Dan Parrish, chairman of the FGIA board and engineering manager with Pella Corporation. “The joining of these two industry associations will expand our diversity of expertise, which will benefit the entire membership, and signals a greater international cooperation of members that will promote further unity of our industry standards.”

In February 2021, the FGIA and FenBC signed an official agreement for collaboration. The collaboration enhanced the reach and visibility of both organizations while ensuring efficiencies in monitoring, which will continue with the FGIA FenBC region.

Providing for continuity of FenBC’s operations with a focus on both residential and commercial markets, members now have the backing of a large North American organization whose member base aligns well with our current membership, while expanding our network,” said Dave Goldsmith, chairman of the FenBC board and senior code and compliance engineer with Ply Gem Canada. “FenBC members will have a voice in a leading North American industry alliance at a time of supply chain uncertainty and instability. It will also allow for greater collaboration relative to events, education, advocacy and technical standards and will avoid the duplication of effort between separate industry associations, while maintaining a FenBC board of directors as an FGIA region board of directors.”