[SBE] ANSI Cert for SBE Certs

[Edwin Bukont]

damn good question.  glad i am not the only blathering idiot on this topic now.

Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT 
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:59:52 -0400
From: jdmickies at gmail.com
To: sbe at sbe.org
Subject: [SBE] ANSI Cert for SBE Certs


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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