Hugo Aguilar, P.E., recently joined the American Supply Association as its director of codes and standards. Aguilar worked the past five years as IAPMO’s manager for code-development projects. During his time at IAPMO, Aguilar managed projects pertaining to code development, was the staff liaison on the Uniform Mechanical Code and provided staff support on the UMC, as well as the Uniform Plumbing Code and the Uniform Solar Energy and Hydronics Code. A graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, Aguilar took some time recently to talk to Supply House Times about ASA’s new codes and standards platform and the role he will play with the association.
HA: Not staying abreast on codes and standards activities may lead distributors to carry products that do not meet code and therefore can’t be sold. In other words, if there is a particular product that is not recognized or accepted per the model code, distributors will find it difficult to get rid of that product from their stock.