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FRAMEWORK ONLINE www.steelframing.org September 2017 TOP STORY HEADQUARTERS ASTM E60 Committee to Meet in New Orleans Steel Framing Alliance 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW The ASTM E60 Committee on Sustainability will meet on October 9-13, 2017 in New Suite 800 Orleans, Louisiana. More Washington, DC 20001 Tel: 800-797-8335 COLD-FORMED STEEL ENGINEERS INSTITUTE – NEWS AND UPDATES NEW MEMBERS Former CFSEI Executive Committee Member Steve Tipping • Creative Solutions Engineering • DOTec Corp On behalf of the CFSEI Executive Committee, we regret to inform you of the unexpected • EEIS Consulting Engineers, Inc. • Frank A. Lamas passing of Steve Tipping, founder of Tipping Structural Engineers, on August 11, 2017. • Leslie Engineering, LLC More • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP • The Raymond Group • TranSystems Save the Date! CFSEI EXPO Heads to San Diego in 2018 • WiSEngineers Mark your calendars for the 2018 CFSEI EXPO to be held in San Diego, California on May 15-16, 2018. A preconference tour is being planned for the afternoon of May 14. More UPCOMING EVENTS October 26, 2017 CFSEI to Host Webinar on the Structural Aspect of Interior The Structural Aspect of Interior Non- Nonstructural Cold-Formed Steel Framing on October 26, 2017 Structural CF Steel Framing 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “The More Structural Aspect of Interior Nonstructural Cold-Formed Steel Framing” on Thursday, October 24-26, 2017 October 26, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. ET. More 25th Short Course on Cold-Formed Steel Structures CFSEI Announces 2017-2018 Executive Committee Members St. Louis, MO More The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has announced the members of its 2017-2018 Executive Committee. More | Top Main | First Article | Brought to you quarterly by the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) in February, June, September and December. Framework Online arms you with important news and Unsubscribe commentary on the cold-formed steel (CFS) framing and construction industries. Pg. 1 FRAMEWORK ONLINE www.steelframing.org September 2017 AISI and CFSEI to Co-Sponsor 25th Short Course on Cold-Formed HEADQUARTERS Steel Structures Steel Framing Alliance The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Institute (CFSEI), in cooperation with the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Suite 800 Washington, DC 20001 Structures at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, are co-sponsoring the Tel: 800-797-8335 25th Short Course on Cold-Formed Steel Structures at the Drury Plaza Hotel at the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri from October 24-26, 2017. More NEW MEMBERS CCFSS Issues Call for Papers for 2018 International Specialty • Creative Solutions Engineering • DOTec Corp Conference • EEIS Consulting Engineers, Inc. • Frank A. Lamas The Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CCFSS) at the Missouri • Leslie Engineering, LLC • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP University of Science and Technology has issued a call for papers for its biennial • The Raymond Group International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures, which will be held • TranSystems • WiSEngineers November 7-8, 2018 at the Union Station Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. More MARKETPLACE UPCOMING EVENTS October 26, 2017 (2016 CFSEI Design Excellence Award Winner) The Wharf: DC’s The Structural Aspect of Interior Non- Most Ambitious Development Project Set to Open Structural CF Steel Framing 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Three years after groundbreaking, the District’s largest new development project is More ready for its close-up. More October 24-26, 2017 25th Short Course on Cold-Formed As new multi-story wood-frame apartment complexes have become Steel Structures St. Louis, MO more common, some have raised safety concerns following recent More fires. Fires this summer have destroyed apartment complexes under construction in Waltham and damaged another in Dorchester. More | Top Main | First Article | Brought to you quarterly by the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) in February, June, September and December. Framework Online arms you with important news and Unsubscribe commentary on the cold-formed steel (CFS) framing and construction industries. Pg. 2 FRAMEWORK ONLINE www.steelframing.org September 2017 The U.S. Might Not Have Enough Construction Workers to Rebuild HEADQUARTERS Houston after Harvey Steel Framing Alliance The disaster that is Tropical Storm Harvey is still ongoing. It will be some time before the 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 800 waters recede and the effect on Houston can be fully assessed. More Washington, DC 20001 Tel: 800-797-8335 Why some buildings crumbled and others survived the Mexico City quake: A sober lesson for California NEW MEMBERS The amateur videos emerging from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that devastated • Creative Solutions Engineering Mexico City on Tuesday are grim. Some show taller buildings swaying. Others show • DOTec Corp short, squat structures suddenly collapsing. More • EEIS Consulting Engineers, Inc. • Frank A. Lamas • Leslie Engineering, LLC Massachusetts Reviewing Construction Safety in Wake of Fires • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Massachusetts fire and building officials have joined those in Boston in reviewing safety • The Raymond Group • TranSystems and fire prevention requirements on construction sites of large wood-frame buildings, • WiSEngineers the state fire marshal said Thursday. More Growing Concern Over Fire Safety at Watertown Building Sites UPCOMING EVENTS Since late June, fire has destroyed three wood-frame apartment complexes under October 26, 2017 construction in Dorchester, Waltham and, most recently, Weymouth. More The Structural Aspect of Interior Non- Structural CF Steel Framing 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time | Top Main | First Article | More October 24-26, 2017 25th Short Course on Cold-Formed Steel Structures St. Louis, MO More Brought to you quarterly by the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) in February, June, September and December. Framework Online arms you with important news and Unsubscribe commentary on the cold-formed steel (CFS) framing and construction industries. Pg. 3 FRAMEWORK ONLINE www.steelframing.org September 2017 TOP STORY HEADQUARTERS ASTM E60 Committee to Meet in New Orleans Steel Framing Alliance 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 800 The ASTM E60 Committee on Sustainability will meet on October 9-13, 2017 in New Washington, DC 20001 Orleans, Louisiana. The agenda covers many topics along with discussions on Tel: 800-797-8335 sustainability issues related to construction. However, of particular interest to our industry is the effort to change the definition of “recycle” to include products that are NEW MEMBERS recovered and reprocessed to be burned. At present, the definition includes an exception that prohibits this activity, as highlighted below: • Creative Solutions Engineering • DOTec Corp • EEIS Consulting Engineers, Inc. “Recycle, v - Recovering or reprocessing materials for use in the form of raw • Frank A. Lamas materials in the manufacture of new products other than fuel for producing heat • Leslie Engineering, LLC • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP or power by combustion.” • The Raymond Group • TranSystems Every effort is being made to retain this definition as it is currently written. Additional • WiSEngineers assistance is requested to reinforce our position. We invite anyone who is a member of ASTM E60 and/or attending the meetings in New Orleans to contact us for further information on how to help. Send your inquiries to Maribeth Rizzuto at UPCOMING EVENTS [email protected]. October 26, 2017 The Structural Aspect of Interior Non- Structural CF Steel Framing Editor, Framework Online 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time | Top Main | Top Article | Next Article | More October 24-26, 2017 25th Short Course on Cold-Formed Steel Structures St. Louis, MO More Brought to you quarterly by the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) in February, June, September and December. Framework Online arms you with important news and Unsubscribe commentary on the cold-formed steel (CFS) framing and construction industries. Pg. 4 FRAMEWORK ONLINE www.steelframing.org September 2017 HEADQUARTERS Steel Framing Alliance 25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20001 Former CFSEI Executive Committee Member Steve Tipping Tel: 800-797-8335 On behalf of the CFSEI Executive Committee, NEW MEMBERS we regret to inform you of the unexpected passing of Steve Tipping, founder of Tipping • Creative Solutions Engineering • DOTec Corp Structural Engineers, on August 11, 2017. • EEIS Consulting Engineers, Inc. Steve served as a member of the Executive • Frank A. Lamas Committee from 2011 to 2013 and shared his • Leslie Engineering, LLC • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP expertise on seismic and constructability issues • The Raymond Group at many CFSEI venues. We extend our • TranSystems • heartfelt sympathy to his wife Lu and their WiSEngineers family. To learn more about Steve and his contributions to our industry, please visit www.tippingstructural.com. UPCOMING EVENTS October 26, 2017 The Structural Aspect of Interior Non- Editor, Framework Online Structural CF Steel Framing 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time | Top Main | Top Article | Next Article | More October 24-26, 2017 25th Short Course on Cold-Formed Steel Structures St. Louis, MO More Brought to you quarterly by the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) in February, June, September and December. Framework Online arms you with important news and Unsubscribe commentary on the cold-formed steel