Minnesota Chapter of ASM – May 2026 Meeting

Andersen Windows & Doors Manufacturing Facility

100 4^th Ave. North in Bayport MN.

Thursday, May 21^st at 9:00 AM and 12:30 PM

Abstract

Andersen Windows & Doors serves the new residential, home improvement and light commercial market segments, offering a wide range of product solutions through diverse distribution channels and businesses, including a broad network of building-supply dealers and The Home Depot. Building on a nearly 120-year legacy, Andersen is America’s most loved brand of windows and doors.

Guests will be driven through the manufacturing facility in a “stretch golf cart” and provided with headphones to hear the tour guide (the facility is loud).  This free tour will take about 2 hours.

There will be two tours.  The first starts at 9:00 and the second starts at 12:30.

Ethics in Engineering: Duties and Protections

Presented Jointly by the Minnesota chapters of ASME and  ASM International

This course will be presented by Attorney Kristine A. Kubes, principal of Kubes Law Office, PLLC and explore the foundations of the ethical code, how that code impacts decisions in daily practice, and how the code helps create a healthy workplace that serves both the professional and public health, safety, and welfare.

Presenter:

Attorney Kristine A. Kubes 

Kristine is principal of Kubes Law Office, PLLC, serving design and construction professionals through all stages of a project – from contracts to payment issues, liens, and defense of professional liability claims. She is a litigator admitted to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a mediator, and educator on construction, design, and ethics issues. Kristine is the Immediate Past National Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law. She served as a public member on the MN Board of AELSLAGID from 2006-2013, during which she served two terms as Board Chair from 2009-2011. Daughter of a teacher and a carpenter, Kristine uses the lessons her parents taught her every day.

Learner Outcomes:

Two-hour ethics PDH for professional engineers; content should qualify for credit with the MN Board of AELSLAGID.

• When: Registration will be at 1730 (5:30PM) followed by dinner at 1800 (6:00PM) , and the seminar at 1830 (6:30) for two hours. 
• How: Advertising/registration for this meeting on Eventbrite.
• Two hours of PDH  (Ethics) will be given to those that attend.
• Registration deadline: Friday, 5/8/2026