100RC 100 Resilient Cities
ABAA Air Barrier Association of America
ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
AAC Aluminum Anodizers Council
AEC Aluminum Extruders Council
ACA American Coatings Association
ACEC American Council of Engineering Companies
ACI American Concrete Institute
AIA The American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Building Design
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute
APA American Planning Association
APA The Engineered Wood Association
ASHRAE
ANSI American National Standards Institute
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCC American Society of Concrete Contractors
ARCAT
ASID American Society of Interior Designers
ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects
ASTM International
AWC American Wood Council
ALA Association of Licensed Architects
Better Buildings
BSLC Binational Softwood Lumber Council
BIA The Brick Industry Association
BEC Building Enclosure Council
BOMA Building Owners and Managers Association
BuildSteel
CfAD Center for Active Design
Concrete Network
CSI The Construction Specifications Institute
CRRC Cool Roof Rating Council
CTBUH Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
DBIA Design-Build Institute of America
Energy.Gov Office of Renewable Resources
FGIA Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (formerly AAMA and IGMA)
GWI Global Wellness Institute
GBA Green Building Alliance
GRHC Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
GA Gypsum Association
HMA Hardwood Manufacturers Association
IIBEC International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants
IBPSA International Building Performance Simulation Association
ICRI International Concrete Repair Institute
INTERNATIONAL LIVING FUTURE INSTITUTE
INSTALL International Standards and Training Alliance
IWBI International WELL Building Institute
IWFA International Window Film Association
MBCEA Metal Building Contractors and Erectors Association
MBMA Metal Building Manufacturers Association
MCA Metal Construction Association
MPI Paint Info
NACE International
NCCA National Coil Coating Association
NFCA National Fenestration Rating Council
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NGA/GANA National Glass Association/Glass Association of North America
National Institute of Building Sciences
NOMA National Organization of Minority Architects
NCPA National Precast Concrete Association
NRMCA National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
NRCA National Roofing Contractors Association
NWIR National Women in Roofing
Natural Stone Council
NAPHN North American Passive House Network
NSF International
PHI Passive House Institute
PIMA Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association
PCA Portland Cement Association
PCI Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
RCMA Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association
SWR Institute Sealant, Waterproofing and Restoration Institute
SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings
SLB Softwood Lumber Board
SCIP Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice
SPFA Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance
SWI Steel Window Institute
Think Wood
TCA Tilt-Up Concrete Association
ULI Urban Land Institute
USGBC US Green Building Council
The Vinyl Institute
Whole Building Design Guide
WDMA Window and Door Manufacturers Association
Wood Products Council WoodWorks
Latest association news
The boards of directors for the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) have engaged in formal discussions with the hope of creating a new unified organization that can better serve the North American fenestration industry.
CONSTRUCT, the only national show dedicated to commercial building teams that spec and source materials, has announced a slight change in the show’s format for 2018. CONSTRUCT is introducing Thought Leader and Power Panel Sessions this year, replacing the Keynote Speaker and Game Changer Speaker. These four new sessions will feature key industry leaders speaking on trending topics that are affecting the AEC industry today. The Thought Leader speakers include Rosa T. Sheng, Brok Howard, and Paul Doherty. The Power Panel session will involve successful millennial professionals.
Launched May 31 worldwide and celebrated with fanfare in New York, Beijing, London and Sydney, the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) unveiled the WELL v2™ pilot, the next version of its pioneering WELL Building Standard™, the first rating system to focus exclusively on the impacts of buildings on human health and wellness.
Tubelite Inc. has engineered its breadth of aluminum-framed fenestration products to serve as individual components and together, as a complete building envelope. Its windows and doors integrate and install into Tubelite’s curtainwall, window wall and storefront systems. Mary Avery, Tubelite’s vice president of marketing, explains, “We’ve introduced several new products in the last few years – our TerraPorte terrace doors, 900RW ribbon windows and Phantom 5000 vents. These fit within our existing products and work together as an integrated system that helps save labor and headaches.”
On June 8-9, the Neighborhood Design Center, a Baltimore and Prince George’s County based non- profit, will celebrate 50 years of serving local communities in Maryland with Reverberations: Roots and Relevance of Community Design, a public conference, and the 50th Anniversary Gala. The NDC in partnership with the Association for Community Design, will bring together design practitioners, community partners, government officials and others from around the country. The conference will provide a platform for critical reflection on the state of community design and where we’re going next.
Information previously included as a fact sheet about avoiding skylight falls has been updated and posted as a web page by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA). This safety-focused web page provides statistics about falls and offers helpful tips for avoiding them.
HR Green, Inc. (HR Green) received three engineering awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Iowa. The awards competition recognizes projects of engineering achievement by Iowa consulting engineering firms. Entries are judged on the basis of engineering excellence, the degree to which the client’s needs are met, and the benefits to the public.
Business conditions for the first quarter of 2018 reflected a mixed picture for landscape architecture firms, according to a new American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Business Quarterly survey. Leading indicators in the survey remained generally positive—inquiries for new work and plans to hire jumped. But billable hours dipped.
Driven by rapid change and the need to better integrate specifications, building products, and building information modeling (BIM), the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) announced CSI Project Dynamo, an initiative to expand its industry standard organizing principles to work more effectively with BIM to support the digital needs of design and construction professionals.
Due to exceptional demand the World Architecture Festival has extended the deadline for entries to the prestigious WAF Awards until Friday 1 June 2018. The WAF awards are the ‘Oscars of architecture’ and are recognised by architects, designers and industry experts as the only truly global architecture awards celebrating the very best in design. Do you have what it takes to join the WAF Awards winners including Zaha Hadid Architects, BIG, Snøhetta, Isay Weinfeld and Foster + Partners as well as ones to watch Vo Trong Nghia, Farshad Mehdizadeh and Gustavo Penna, to name a few?