Chad Diercks is the product compliance and sustainability manager at James Hardie. He oversees product compliance and sustainability, which includes product testing and engineering, codes and standards development, warranty claims, and product technical support for North America. Diercks is an officer on ASTM technical committee C17 on fiber-reinforced cement products, and sits on numerous other ASTM and ANSI technical committees related to the building industry. He can be reached at chad.diercks@jameshardie.com.