Boral’s DevTech Leader Chris Hines Selected to National Concrete Masonry Association Leadership Position

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Hines appointed as MSV Market Phase Committee Chair, bringing 18 years of {industry} expertise

ROSWELL, Ga. — The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) has appointed Chris Hines, DevTech Chief for Boral’s Stone Division, to Manufactured Stone Veneer (MSV) Market Phase Committee Chair, as introduced on the group’s digital Annual Conference. Hines brings 18 years of expertise within the MSV {industry} to the place and also will sit on the NCMA Board of Administrators because the consultant for the MSV market phase.

Below Hines’ management, the NCMA MSV Market Phase will proceed its efforts in selling and increasing using MSV in all kinds of initiatives. Present initiatives for the Market Phase embody the NCMA’s MSV Product Certification program, continued replace and enchancment of {industry} technical sources, and growth of an training and certification program for MSV installers.

“Chris has gone above and past to help our {industry} and lift the requirements by which all manufactured stone suppliers and installers conduct enterprise,” mentioned Jeff Bowling, Vice President of Gross sales for Boral Stone Division. “Chris’s contributions to the constructing and development {industry} are unmatched, and we’re thrilled that the NCMA has honored Chris with this appointment.”

“Chris brings years of management, insights and {industry} information to this new position, and we all know his experience will likely be invaluable for our group,” mentioned Nick Lang, Vice President of Enterprise Growth for the NCMA. “Manufactured stone veneer is a premier cladding system for buildings, and we look ahead to seeing its standing within the {industry} develop within the many years to return.”

Hines’s storied profession with Boral’s Stone Division started in 2010 when he joined the corporate as Technical Chief. In 2017, he was elevated to Technical Gross sales Director and served within the place for almost three years earlier than his promotion to DevTech Chief in February 2020.

In his present position, Hines’s specialty lies within the technical world of product testing, constructing codes and requirements growth. He serves as a direct useful resource for the product growth workforce and focuses on figuring out new product improvements. He performed a key position within the growth of Drain-N-Dry™ Lath, an industry-leading answer for superior moisture management, and Flex-N-Dry™ Tape, a smooth joint answer that gives labor and materials financial savings in masonry and stucco purposes.

Hines has been concerned within the MSV {industry} since 2003, changing into an {industry} knowledgeable by studying the historical past, challenges and technical science behind the product’s creation and set up. He credit such influences as Darrel Higgs, Bob Heath and Don Ferguson for introducing him to MSV and imparting their intensive training on him.

Previous to becoming a member of Boral’s Stone Division, Hines was Technical Supervisor for Owens Corning, which develops and produces insulation, roofing and fiberglass supplies and merchandise, for 10 years.

For extra data on the NCMA, go to NCMA.org. To be taught extra about Boral and its Stone Division in North America, go to BoralAmerica.com/stone.

Concerning the Nationwide Concrete Masonry Affiliation

Based in 1918, the Nationwide Concrete Masonry Affiliation (NCMA) unites, helps, and represents the producers and suppliers of concrete masonry techniques – together with concrete masonry, manufactured stone veneer, segmental retaining partitions, and different hardscape techniques. From small family-owned companies to giant companies, NCMA is comprised of members that stand collectively to make buildings safer, extra resilient and extra pleasing to the attention. For extra data, go to ncma.org.

About Boral Stone Division

The Boral Stone Division, inside Boral North America, gives an intensive assortment of sustainably manufactured options to match any design type and funds. With six distinctive manufacturers and a world footprint, Boral Stone Division merchandise improve the aesthetic and tactile attraction of any undertaking with the pure textures and genuine colour palettes of architectural stone veneer. For extra data go to BoralAmerica.com/Stone.