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»]

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»]

GLFEA / I.W.25 / OE324 Raising Gang Training
Takes Off with Dedication, 'Topping Out'
Howell, Mich., Nov. 1, 2002 - Enhanced safety, better trained, safer and more productive craftspeople, and fewer jurisdictional issues because future trades people will have learned their craft in an atmosphere that allowed them to get under the other person's hardhat. That's the hope and promise its planners expect from the new joint operator/ironworker apprentice training program begun recently in Michigan. [More»]

Ironworking Institute Opens Web Site
The Institute of the Ironworking Industry, a labor/management trade association representing the organized structural steel erection industry, has opened a Web site at www.instituteiw.org. [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»]

News Links

Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee
July 22, 2002, Detroit - The federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration announced its intention to establish a Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee in a first step to update the construction safety standards for cranes and derricks. The Notice of Intent was published in the July 16, 2002, Federal Register (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=02-17768-filed). For more information, go to: http://www.osha.gov/media/oshnews/july02/trade-20020715A.html [More»]