NTA Partners With ICC-ES to Provide Greater Efficiency in Issuance of Building Product Evaluation Reports.

NAPPANEE, Ind., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — NTA, Inc., a world leader
in quality assurance testing for building materials and products and an
innovator in green building certification, compliance and building code
consultation, has entered into a partnership with ICC Evaluation Service
(ICC-ES), LLC, of Whittier, Calif. ICC-ES is a renowned, nonprofit company that
specializes in providing technical reports regarding code compliance that are of
particular use to regulatory agencies and building-product manufacturers. The
partnership will allow the implementation of a comprehensive, teamwork-oriented
approach intended to expedite the achievement of joint NTA/ICC-ES evaluation
reports and enhance integral value added services for NTA, ICC-ES and all
respective clients therein.

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The agreement will focus, initially, on the formation of a joint program that
will provide quality assurance testing, certification and submittal for
structural insulated panels (SIP) that feature OSB facings and EPS foam plastic
cores. Joint NTA/ICC-ES evaluation reports regarding these panels, and the
materials required in their production, will simplify the application process
for customers interested in the joint program services and create an overall
more reliable, efficient and pro-compliance certification process.

“The pursuit of greater efficiency, industry-wide, continues to be mission
critical, and at NTA we pride ourselves on always striving to move at the speed
of business,” said David Tompos, President of NTA. “This partnership will
provide for a deeper initial understanding of the scope of testing requirements
and allow us to achieve faster turnaround time in the issuance of reports. By
working together with ICC-ES in interpreting evolving technical standards,
testing methods and acceptance criteria, we can issue reports bolstered by the
strength of both parties and, therefore, provide not only demonstrated industry
value to customers, but an economic advantage, as well.”

The partnership program will, as well, provide a wider exposure for building
products through the network of NTA and ICC-ES customers, code enforcers,
engineers, specifiers, media destinations and additional corporate alliances.
The working partnership promises an increased value added capacity in the
offering of engineering and technical support for NTA customers.

As per the agreement, NTA assumes responsibility for product testing, test
report issuance, test data reduction and analysis, joint evaluation report
preparation and will act as the primary contact for applicants regarding
technical matters prior to the issuance of joint product evaluation reports.
Testing conducted by NTA will be open for observation to ICC-ES – which will
provide a system for the management of joint product evaluation report questions
and comments and which will maintain evaluation reports through industry-best
documentation practices and procedures.

To learn more about NTA, visit http://www.ntainc.com/

About NTA:

NTA, Inc., located in Nappanee, Indiana, provides building product
certification, building code compliance review, engineering design services,
inspection and product testing. The company has over 70 trained professional
engineers, plan reviewers, technicians, consultants and design draftsmen with
professional registrations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Media Contact: David Tompos NTA, Inc., (574) 773-7975, info@ntainc.com

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