Articles Tagged with ''SFIA (Steel Framing Industry Association)''

On Dec. 3, in a live ceremony held online, Don Allen, executive director of the Steel Framing Industry Association, announced the nine project winners of the 2024 SFIA Industry Project Awards.

As an accredited ANSI Standards Development Organization, the Steel Framing Industry Association invites individuals to participate in the development of standards for cold-formed steel framing. Interested individuals are required to complete a survey, which is due no later than Nov. 29.

The book Cold-Formed Steel Connections to Other Materials: A Design Guide is a comprehensive guide from ASCE, offering engineers practical examples that address the challenges of connecting cold-formed steel to other materials.

Cold-formed steel framing manufacturing rose 3.8 percent in Q3, building on previous quarterly gains. The SFIA’s latest data reflects a larger share of the CFS product market, with more manufacturers reporting, but it also shows the industry’s strength at this time.

The Steel Framing Industry Association announced that Jay Larson, P.E., F.ASCE, formerly with the American Iron and Steel Institute, has been appointed secretariat of the newly formed SFIA Standards Committee.

The Steel Framing Industry Association announced Aug. 7 that Lee Zaretzky, president of Ronsco, Inc. in New York, has been appointed to serve on its board of directors, representing the contractor members of the association.

Don Allen, P.E., S.E., LEED AP, is the Steel Framing Industry Association’s new executive director, effective Aug. 1. Allen succeeds Larry Williams, who will be retiring.

This year’s annual Steel Framing Industry Association General Session was held at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. This year, SFIA President Jim Collins presented to the association’s members.

The Steel Framing Industry Association has launched the Industry Project Awards, an annual competition recognizing excellence in the use of SFIA-certified cold-formed steel products. Architects, engineers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and others can enter projects in the 2023 competition, so long as the projects feature SFIA-certified CFS products and the entrants themselves are SFIA members.