Building Product Manufacturers Alliance formed

ALEXANDRIA, VA.—The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) has formed the Building Product Manufacturers Alliance (BPMA), a new group that will bring together leading manufacturers to share knowledge that will reshape and enhance the future of the building industry.

BPMA will help its members improve their products and services and strengthen their outreach to the entire building industry by providing a forum to discuss common issues and challenges and to share best practices.

"Today’s construction market increasingly calls for high-performance buildings, environmentally friendly materials and practices, and technologically advanced components," says CSI Executive Director and CEO Walter Marlowe. "BPMA will help building product manufacturers across all product categories meet the needs of the changing marketplace."

As the national association of specifiers, architects, engineers, contractors, and suppliers, CSI is in a unique position to bring together manufacturers and to connect them to other key sectors of the building industry through BPMA.

The alliance will offer a wide range of benefits to participants, including the following:

• identifying critical trends in building construction, design, and business that will affect the industry;
• addressing new technologies that will benefit the building construction industry as well as affect the performance of building product manufacturers;
• promoting more effective communication between leading building product manufacturers and architecture, engineering, and construction firms;
• commissioning research to better understand, define, and communicate issues and opportunities important to building product manufacturers and the building industry; and
• providing an online discussion forum for members to share information and seek input from other building product manufacturers.