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McDonald & Mehta Third-Party Standards Verification

The firm of McDonald & Mehta, LLP, Wind Engineers of Lubbock, Texas continues to serve as a third-party agency confirming verification of shelter designs with the NSSA Standard.  Dr. James R. McDonald, P.E., Ph.D., Professional Member of NSSA and a principal in McDonald & Mehta, conducts the standards compliance verifications. Dr. McDonald has over 30 years of experience as a researcher in wind engineering and was involved in the development of shelter concepts, testing, and design while a faculty member at Texas Tech University.

C-Buck Engineering Third-Party Standards Verification

(Effective November 7, 2007)

The firm of C-Buck Engineering of West Palm Beach, Florida has been appointed as a third-party agency to verify compliance of shelter designs with the NSSA Standard.  James L. (Jimmy) Buckner, P.E., SECB & President of C-Buck Engineering and Professional Member of NSSA will conduct standards compliance verifications.  Mr. Buckner's experience includes over thirty years in the evaluation, testing, design and construction of buildings and covering systems in the United States, and the Caribbean. He is active in code development and serves on Florida Building Code Roofing Technical Advising Committee and product approval workgroup. Awards include “1981 Engineer of the Year in Construction” by thirty Atlanta engineering societies.  Mr. Buckner is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.