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UD-M architectural lectures
press the design envelope
January 15, 2003 - With sponsorship provided by the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association, the University of Detroit-Mercy will be hosting a series of lectures by world famous architects during the winter and spring of 2003. Addressing the common theme of "Shifting Ground," the lectures will focus on the architect's awareness of "ground" and its relationship to the practice of architectural design. [More»]

Changes in AISC Structural Steel Code
To Be Topic of GLFEA Breakfast Meeting
Detroit, Jan. 6, 2003 - The new 2000 Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges from the American Institute of Steel Construction offers clear-cut document language for every structural steel project, according to Steven Ashton, P.E., senior engineer/continuing education with the Chicago, Ill.-based AISC. Changes made in the March 7, 2000, edition of the Code will be the topic of discussion at the next Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association Breakfast Meeting, Jan. 24, at the Westin Hotel at the Town Center, 1500 Northwestern Highway (Northwestern Service Drive at Evergreen), Southfield. [More»]

GLFEA Breakfast Meeting
MIOSHA To Delay Implementing Portions
of New State Steel Erection Rule
Detroit, Sept. 27, 2002 - Sections of the MIOSHA Steel Erection Standard, Part 26, were updated effective Sept. 18, 2002, but the implementation of some of the standard's new provisions won't happen until the New Year. At a Sept. 27 breakfast meeting, the Great Lakes Fabricators and Erectors Association outlined the new rule's key design and fabrication issues. [More»]

Update: MIOSHA Part 26
- Steel Erection Standard
The Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association is currently discussing with MIOSHA (Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Act, Michigan Consumer Industry Services, Bureau of Safety and Regulation) the implementation schedule for the revised Michigan steel erection standard, "MIOSHA Part 26 - Steel Erection." [More»]

Gerry Mendek Steps Up
As GLFEA Safety Director
June 26, 2002, Detroit - Gerald T. Mendek, safety coordinator for MBM Fabricators & Erectors of Romulus, has been named the first safety director of the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association. [More»]

Local 25 Iron Worker
Wins NEA's Craftsman Award
May 14, 2002 - A Michigan ironworker brought home the prize! Dallas Compeau, Iron Workers Local 25, was honored by NEA - The Association of Union Constructors with its 2002 Craftsman Award for Ingenuity & Innovation in Construction in the association's 13th annual awards competition. In a ceremony April 19th during the NEA's 33rd annual meeting April 16-20 in Sanibel, Fla., Compeau, of Pinconning, received the prestigious honor in the 75,000 to 150,000 work hours category for his turn as project superintendent on a Mackinac Bridge project in 2000-01. [More»]

Barton Malow Rigging Co.
Celebrates Lord Stanley's Return
June 26, 2002, Detroit - GLFEA member firm, Barton Malow Rigging Co., Oak Park, (www.bartonmalow.com), was at it again for the third time, setting in place a 2,500-pound replica of hockey's Stanley Cup at the Wayne County Building to celebrate the Detroit Red Wings' win of the 2002 Stanley Cup Championship. [More»]

Andrew Zago Named
Winner of Rome Prize
May 31, 2002, Detroit - Detroit architect Andrew Zago, AIA, was recently named one of the winners of the 106th annual Rome Prize competition of the American Academy in Rome (www.aarome.org), a New York City- and Rome, Italy-based center for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. [More»]

NEA's Constructor College
Gets Started May 14-15
April 9, 2002 - NEA - The Association of Union Constructors (www.nea-online.org) is kicking off its initial session of courses for the NEA Constructor College in connection with the association's Constructor Certification Program. [More»]

GLFEA / MSPE / SEAMi seek nominations
For Annual Steel Systems Awards
April 4, 2002 - April 26 is the deadline to submit nominations for the annual Steel Systems Excellence Awards, presented by the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association, the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers, and the Structural Engineers Association of Michigan. The awards are given to encourage and reward excellence in design, engineering, fabrication and erection of steel systems in Michigan projects. Winners will be announced at the annual evening dinner May 18, as part of the MSPE's 55th annual conference, May 16-19 at the Boyne Highlands Resort near Harbor Springs. [More»]

OSHA Issues Compliance Directive
For New Steel Erection Standard
March 22 - The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a compliance directive (CPL 2-1.34) for enforcing the new steel erection standard. The compliance directive goes into effect today, March 22. The new standard became effective Jan. 18. [More»]

Ironworkers International
Opens Web Site
March 8, 2002 – The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IABSORIW) has opened a Web site at www.Ironworkers.org.[More»]

GLCA Accepts Nominations for GARDE Awards
Promoting Gender, Racial Diversity in Construction
Mar. 6, 2002 – Nominations will be accepted until March 22nd for the 7th Annual Gender and Race Diversification Excellence (GARDE) Award.[More»]

AISC Publishes Design Guide
On Staggered Truss Framing Systems
January 2002– A new design guide on staggered truss framing systems is available from the American Institute of Steel Construction.[More»]

2002 North American Steel Construction Conference Scheduled April 22-24 in Seattle, Washington
February 2002– More than 40 technical sessions aimed at practicing structural engineers, fabricators, detailers, and erectors will highlight the 2002 North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC 2002), scheduled April 24-27 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle, Wash.[More»]

Vertex Steel Inc.
Joins GLFEA
January 2002 – Milford-based Vertex Steel Inc. joined the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association earlier this month.[More»]

NEA — The Asssociation of Union Constructors
Launches Revamped Web Site
Dec. 11 – NEA, The Association of Union Constructors' new Web site is up and running at www.nea-online.org. The site provides news and information about the Arlington, Va-based association and plenty of other information of interest to union steel erectors.[More»]

Michigan Enrolled SB 406 Passes,
Construction Lien Law Amended
Gov. Engler signed into law on Nov. 7 Public Act No. 151 of 2001 (enrolled Senate Bill 406), effective immediately. The new law amends the 1980 PA497 by amending section 110 of the state construction lien law (MCL 570.1110, amended by 1982 PA 17).[More»]

AISC Calls for Entries in Two Awards Competitions
The American Institute of Steel Construction has issued a call for entries for two upcoming awards competitions. www.aisc.org/competition.asp?ar=42&co=143. [More»]

GLFEA Extends Its Sincere Sympathy
The Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association is deeply saddened by the events of Sept. 11, and we extend our most sincere sympathy to the families, friends, and colleagues of those killed or missing as a result of the terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania. Our prayers are with them and the emergency crews, government officials, the many volunteers, and engineers and construction workers on the site. [More»]

GLCA/CAM Team To Host 2^nd Construction Career Fair
February 2002— The Great Lakes Construction Alliance and the Construction Association of Michigan are teaming up again to present the 2nd Annual Greater Detroit Construction Career Fair Feb. 26-27 at Oakland Community College in Auburn Hills.[More»]

GLFEA/UD Mercy School of Architecture
Lecture Series Kicks Off Nov.7th
The University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture 2001-02 lecture series, sponsored by the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association, kicks off Nov. 7 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit.[More»]

From J.S. Alberici Construction Co. –
Lemley Named Senior VP For Great Lakes Region Office;
McCoole honored as 'Construction Person of Year'
GLFEA member firm, the J.S. Alberici Construction Co., St. Louis, Mo., www.alberici.com/home.cfm has named Paul H. Lemley to be senior vice president and general manager of the company's Great Lakes Region office in Livonia. [More»]

Dec 10th is Deadline to Respond To Draft
OSHA Compliance Directive on Steel Erection
Nov. 21 – December 10, 2001, is the deadline to respond to a draft of the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration's compliance directive for steel erection. The draft directive includes an overview of the new steel erection standard scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 18, 2002. [More»]

Steel Joist Institute
Issues Call for Entries
In 2001 Design Competition
November 30 is the deadline for entering the Steel Joist Institute's 2001 Design Awards Program (http://www.steeljoist.org/whatsnew/SJI2001entry.pdf). [More»]

2003 AWS Expo Slated for Detroit
The American Welding Society (www.aws.org) has announced it will hold its 2003 International Welding and Fabricating Exposition and Annual Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, April 8-10.[More»]

Employers Required to Provide for Health Benefits
for Military Reservists Called to Active Duty
As members of America's military reserves are being called to active duty, employers around America are being reminded of their obligation to continue to provide group health insurance for these servicemen and women and their families while they are away serving our nation. [More»]

GLFEA Donates Structural Steel for
Greening of Detroit Park Education Pavilion
Culminating five years of planning, countless volunteer hours (many from Detroit high school students), and generous monetary and in-kind donations from a variety of partners, the Elizabeth Gordon Sachs Education Pavilion at the Greening of Detroit Park on East Jefferson Avenue was formally opened in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 8. The park is located on Jefferson Avenue between St. Aubin and Rivard streets.[More»]

GLFEA/UD-Mercy Architecture Lecture Series
Architect Mark Horton finds 'design in everything'
Detroit, Nov.7 – In the first of the 2001-2002 series of lectures organized by the University of Detroit-Mercy's School of Architecture, San Francisco, Calif., architect Mark Horton showcased his practice of "traditional architecture…without any pretense or judgment" as a means of "affecting peoples' lives, at some level or another." In his view, good architecture provides a positive "interference" with life if it both delivers creativity and inspires the future practice of it.[More»]

Steel Plays Integral Role in DIA Exhibit;
GLFEA Member MBM Fabricators Helps
From now through December 31 visitors strolling through the Detroit Institute of Arts will be struck by an impressive installation dominating a court near the building's Farnsworth Avenue entrance. Entitled, "Fast Forward, Play Back," it was created Ronit Eisenbach, a professor of architecture at the University of Detroit-Mercy, aided by Peter Sparling, director and choreographer of the Peter Sparling Dance Company of Ann Arbor. Support and assistance was provided by MBM Fabricators Inc., Romulus, a member of the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association. [More»]

CIS Awards Worker Safety & Health Grants
The Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services (www.cis.state.mi.us) has awarded 17 Consultation Education and Training (CET) grants for 2002 totaling $1 million to promote work place safety and health.[More»]

Higher 3rd Qtr. Construction Costs Forecast
Construction costs in the third quarter of 2001 are projected to increase 0.33% over the second quarter, according to Dallas-based Turner Construction Corp. (www.turnerconstruction.com/cost.html).[More»]

Native American-owned
Ojibway Industrial
Opens for Business
Ojibway Industrial LLC www.ojibwayindustrial.com, a Native American-owned company, opened for business in April, doing erection of structural steel and miscellaneous iron. The new company, which recently joined the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association, has been certified as a Minority Business Enterprise by the Michigan Minority Business Development Council. [More»]

Steel Erection Standard Challenged,
OSHA Delays Effective Date to January 2002
As a variety of industry groups voiced concerns, filed appeals, and pondered litigation in response to various provisions in the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new "Safety Standards for Steel Erection" (Subpart R of 29 CFR, Part 1926), the agency pushed the effective date back to Jan. 18, 2002, it announced July 13th. The rule was supposed to have gone into effect on July 18th of this year. [More »]

GLFEA Member Barton Malow Rigging
Installs Statue of Detroit's founder
At Tricentennial Celebration
A highpoint of the re-enactment on July 24th of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac's landing in 1701 at the shores of what would become Detroit was the unveiling of a 2,000 lb. cast bronze statue of Cadillac. A gift to the city of Detroit from the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the nearly 10-ft. tall statue was installed earlier in the month by GLFEA member firm Barton Malow Rigging Co. It is the creation of artists William T. Keiffer and Ann Feeley. M. Raymond Forni, president of the French National Assembly, presided at the unveiling, which capped a nearly two-hour birthday program at Hart Plaza [More »]

National Society of Professional Engineers To Hold Annual Convention/Expo in Detroit
The Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center downtown will be headquarters July 26-30 for the National Society of Professional Engineers' 2001 Annual Convention and Exposition. Educational sessions, exhibits, networking opportunities, the society's annual awards presentation, and several special events will be featured at the meeting, which this year is centered on the theme: "Engineering a New Workforce: The Changing Face of Engineering." The Detroit Metro Chapter of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE) is hosting the convention along with NSPE.[More »]

News Links...

The American Institute of Steel Construction launched a Steel Solutions Center in July, as a "one-stop source for ideas and answers about steel design and construction." The center may be reached by calling (312) 670-2400, or by e-mail at solutions@aiscmail.com. [More»]

The State of Michigan has a new government Web site portal, www.michigan.gov. The site is based on themes, such as Travel and Recreation, Business Services, etc. [More»]