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A test method for walkability--most recently--comes from the development of the Synthetic Underlayment standard (quire recent initial publication). Negatives about slip resistance of these products were unresolved until Matt Dupuis and I volunteered to chair a TG to develop/reinvent a test method for slip resistance of steep-slope underlayments. This is important for manufacturers and contractors for rooftop safety of workers. Manufacturers will be able to list Walkability / Slip Resistance as a physical property of underlayments so users of products can compare Walkability from product to product.