AWCI provides technical resources to support the needs of its members and the industry at large through participation at ASTM hearings. AWCI’s technical committees, open to all members, provide guidance and support when addressing…
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Q: Can you explain the concept of thermal bridging and its current impact for the contractor? A: Codes and standards are now looking at curbing the negative effect of thermal bridging, which…
Late in October 2010, local and state building code officials approved a package of revisions to both the residential and commercial sections of the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code that represented the largest single-step…
AWCI’s Doing It Right Seminars at Academy will take place Jan. 25–28, 2016, in Tampa, Fla., at the Crowne Plaza Tampa Westshore where the following seminars will be offered: Steel—Doing It Right®, Academy: Improved…
Q: I’m doing a project where a low-pitched roof terminates into a cold-formed steel-framed wall that extends vertically for another floor. Is there any advice that you can provide for that interface? …
There is significant change in the air. A host of codes is tuning up for the same chorus, and it’s all about energy efficiency. But first things first. The Code…
These days, the construction industry has two deadlines hanging over it: October 18, 2013, and May 17, 2014. October 18, 2013 As for the Oct. 18 deadline, the Department of…
It’s 11 minutes to 2 o’clock as you race from the torrid August afternoon heat and into city hall. You’re drenched in sweat and you reek of tardiness. You’re clutching a large, yellow envelope…
