[SBE] ANSI Cert for SBE Certs

[Jeremy Morris]

Any chance SBE will get ANSI certification for one or many of the SBE
certs?  I ask because I was sent to InfoComm this year to take a CTS class
and get my CTS cert.  The reason is that most design/build RFP's/RFQ's that
we deal with for the Federal gov't, gov't contractors, and private companies
with heavy consultant influence are requiring CTS, CTS-I, or CTS-D
certification by most, if not all, engineering and integration staff.  We've
seen this on broadcast jobs, edit suites, studio upgrades, and remote trucks
as well as the regular AV work.  One bid required all staff who were to be
on-site for the project to have a form of CTS.  I talked with one consulting
firm about this and they said it was because of the ANSI cert InfoComm got
for the CTS.  This now carries more weight than any SBE, SMPTE, NAB,
NTSC/ATSC cert or credentials in a Federal contract and can trump IEEE or
FCC license, depending on scope of work and role in project.  Another
consultant I ran into in Vegas said that more and more integrators and
contractors are losing bids solely on lack of a CTS cert, no matter how much
broadcast design/build experience they have.  There was a nasty rumor going
around InfoComm that by next fiscal year, all GSA design/build firms will
have to have a CTS on staff to maintain being on the GSA schedule.

What are everyone's thoughts on this?

Jeremy
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