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Designing for endlessness:
sameness makes the difference
April 24, 2003 - There's nothing like the color beige to conjure up images of sameness in people's minds. Yet people continue to favor the color. "Color is incredibly important to us. It's the first taste. There's also a psychological aspect, there's a reference to it as well…" That's according to Thom Faulders of Beige Design, Berkley, Calif., whose April 2 lecture was grounded on the concepts of "sameness" and "endlessness." [More»]

GLFEA 2002 Annual Review [PDF]
Mar 27, 2003 - Download the GLFEA 2002 Annual Review in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. [More»]

2003 Steel Systems Excellence Awards
Call For Entries [PDF]
Apr 1, 2003 - Download the 2003 Steel Systems Excellence Awards Call For Entries in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. [More»]

Good architecture is far more
than mere bricks and mortar
Mar 24, 2003 - To hear Michelle Fornabai express her vision, architects would do well to examine and experiment more with the purpose and use of a structure, using that knowledge to inspire the design of the built environment. This seems straightforward enough - even conservative, by some standards - but her own examination and experimentation stretches, if not bursts, the boundaries of current practice. [More»]

Pfau advances front line
in 'reviving' modernism
Mar 17, 2003 - Critics of southeastern Michigan's architectural scene, as most recently quoted by the New York Times, may find the city "too culturally leaden to welcome new design." Apparently the School of Architecture at the University of Detroit disagrees. Its 2003 series of architectural lectures continued March 13 with a presentation by Peter Pfau, a practitioner of what's becoming labeled "high technology modernism," and he still finds inspiration in and around the Motor City. [More»]

Teddy Cruz and the wall:
An architectural discourse
Feb 28, 2003 - Guatamalan born architect Teddy Cruz brought his form of socially responsible and artistically motivated architecture to the University of Detroit Mercy's McNichols campus in Detroit on Feb. 26th. He keynoted the second of several public lectures conducted by the UD-Mercy's School of Architecture and sponsored by the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association. [More»]

GLFEA 2003 Annual Meeting
Feb 25, 2003 - View some photos from the GLFEA 2003 Annual Meeting [More»]

Revised AISC Steel Construction Code
Topic of GLFEA Breakfast Seminar
Jan. 27, 2003 - Clearer language, easy-to-find explanatory commentary, and practical information on buying and selling structural steel materials were among the goals of the American Institute of Steel Construction when it set out a few years ago to revise its industry standard, the Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges. The result, the March 7, 2000, edition of the Code is a well organized, succinctly phrased, 80-page handbook for structural engineers and designers, as well as steel fabricators, erectors, detailers, general contractors, and other construction professionals involved in structural steel used in building bridges and buildings. [More»]

First UD-M 2003 architecture
lecture has third world focus
February 6, 2003 - The first of several lectures from prominent national and international architects was conducted January 22 on the University of Detroit Mercy's McNichols campus with Jae Chae of Light Inc., Washington, D.C., taking the podium. Sponsored by the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association, the lectures are open to the public. Chae's presentation nearly filled the recently renovated gallery within the UD-M's School of Architecture with many Detroit area architects and architectural students. [More»]

GLFEA Breakfast Meeting
Designing for Savings on Steel Structures
Detroit, Nov. 1, 2002 - Designers can save money on steel structures if they understand construction costs and what can cause delays on steel projects. That was the topic of "Holding the Line on Project Costs: Designing Lower Cost Steel Structures," discussed at the Great Lakes Fabricators and Erectors Association breakfast meeting, Nov.1 at the Westin Hotel in the Town Center in Southfield. [More»]

Four GLFEA Member Firms
Garner NEA Safety Awards
July 22, 2002, Detroit - Four GLFEA member firms were honored recently for safety excellence by the NEA - the Association of Union Constructors (www.nea-online.org). Winning the top honor, the 2001 Thomas J. Reynolds Award for zero lost time incidence rates, were: Walbridge Aldinger Co. (www.walbridge.com), Detroit, in category I, over 1 million work hours, and CBN Steel Construction Inc. (www.cbnsteel.com), Novi, in category III, 100,000 to 499,999 work hours. [More»]

Three Innovative Buildings Win
Top Honors For Steel Construction
June 26, 2002, Detroit - A trio of projects - one large and a pair of medium sized buildings - are being honored for excellence in steel construction in the 2002 Steel Systems Excellence Awards. [More»]

GLFEA Member CBN Steel Construction
Earns WBE Certification
Novi, Dec. 11 – GLFEA member CBN Steel Construction Inc., www.cbnsteel.com Novi, was certified in November 2001 by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council as meeting the eligibility criteria for certification as a Women's Business Enterprise.[More»] Check the Archive »