The American Iron and Steel Institute Standards Council is seeking research proposals for its 2024 Small Project/Fellowship Program. Launched in 2014, AISI’s Small Project/Fellowship Program identifies and provides funding for research projects that will significantly impact the reliability, performance and cost-competitiveness of cold-formed steel products.
Simpson Strong-Tie has renewed and expanded its strategic alliance with Building Talent Foundation for another three years. Building Talent Foundation is a national nonprofit organization focused on connecting young people and people from underrepresented groups to skilled trades training and career opportunities.
The Board of Directors of the Charles Pankow Foundation announced the appointment of Colonel Stuart Harrison, PE, CFM, F.SAME, USA (ret) as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective June 12, 2023.
Acentech announced Acentech’s President, Benjamin Markham, and Principal Michael Bahtiarian have been recognized for their significant contributions in the fields of architectural acoustics and noise control with the honor of Fellow designation in May 2023.
The Roofing Alliance celebrates National Roofing Week, June 4-10, 2023. National Roofing Week increases awareness about the significance of roofs to every home and business and shares the good deeds of the industry.
A research project progressing from the American Iron and Steel Institute’s Small Project/Fellowship Program has received significant funding through the National Science Foundation to advance performance-based fire design for cold-formed steel structures.
On Saturday, February 25th, 2023, Polyglass U.S.A., Inc. partnered for the seventh year in a row with the Dolphin’s Challenge Cancer annual cycling & 5K run/walk event at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The American Institute of Architects is donating $500,000 to Habitat for Humanity Virginia to help launch a two-year project to install solar energy systems on up to 80 homes in Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
On February 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria. The earthquake and subsequent aftershocks have resulted in over 22,000 deaths to date and left countless others without shelter, food and basic necessities in cold winter conditions.
