MCM White Paper from MCA addresses code requirements
Green homes continue to grow
across the U.S. The USGBC has announced that more than 20,000 homes across the U.S. have earned certification through the LEED for Homes program. LEED for Homes is a national voluntary certification system that provides guidance and verification that homes are designed and built to be energy- and resource- efficient and healthy for occupants. “There are green homes, and then there are
LEED homes. This milestone is evidence that the residential market is increasingly recognizing this fact,” says Nate Kredich, vice president of resi- dential market development, USGBC. “LEED for Homes is moving the residential market further and faster toward high-performing, healthy homes that save residents money.” The collection of LEED-certified homes is as
varied as the whole of the residential market— from multi- to single-family, from market rate to affordable housing. Since the launch of LEED for Homes in 2008, more than 20,000 residential units have certified with nearly 79,000 additional units in the pipeline. More than half of all LEED-certified homes are in the affordable housing category.
TyssenKrupp Stainless USA building strength in North American sales team
ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, Calvert, Ala., has added an additional director to its NAFTA commercial team. Stephen G. Davidson has joined the sales and marketing group as an additional sales director, based out of the Chicago office. He comes with more than 30 years of experience in the metals industry, the last 15 of which have focused on the stainless flat rolled market. Davidson will join veteran Sales Director Ste-
ven Wasil in leading a team of sales profession- als to grow sales of the company’s stainless steel flat rolled products. Davidson will have responsibility for several regions of the U.S. and will market products for the Inoxum Group, including ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, Thys- senKrupp Nirosta (Germany), ThyssenKrupp Ac- ciai Speciali Terni (Italy), ThyssenKrupp Mexinox (Mexico) and Shanghai Krupp Stainless (China).
A new white paper from the Metal Construction Association (MCA) addresses how the architect or designer can be assured that construction products for their building project meet established perfor- mance and safety standards. The one-page “Does Your Delivered Building Material Actually Meet Code Requirements?” is available as a PDF document at no charge on the MCA website. The paper describes the three most common ap-
proaches for assuring that the product does meet all the requirements: test reports, specific test listing/ labeling reports and model building code listing/ labeling reports. The white paper was written by members of the MCA’s Metal Composite Material Fabricator Council and includes a chart to simplify the three approaches discussed.
Linetec expands service throughout
the Southwest Responding to customers across the Southwest, Wausau, Wis.-based Linetec has expanded its service and distribution to include Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Rob Seils, sales man- ager for Linetec’s South-Central territory, provides customers across the region with liquid painting, powder coating and anodize finishing services for architectural aluminum. Further supporting its customers, Linetec recently
published the first guide specification for shop- applied metal paint and anodize finishes. “Section 05 0513 Shop Applied Coatings for Metal 3-part Guide Specification” is available for download from its website at
www.linetec.com. The document can be found in the “Architect Resources” section along with continuing education series presentations and other information.
AIA/HUD Secretary Awards recognize three outstanding housing projects
The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Hous- ing and Custom Residential Knowledge Commu- nity, in conjunction with the Office of the Secre- tary of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), has recognized three recipi- ents of the 2012 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards. The categories of the program include Excellence in Affordable Housing Design, Creating Community Connection Award, Community-Informed Design Award and Housing Accessibility—Alan J. Roth-
man Award (no recipient selected this year). These awards demonstrate that design matters and the recipient projects offer examples of important developments in the housing industry.
Category One: Excellence in Affordable Housing Design Award • Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson Apartments, San Francisco
• David Baker + Partners Architects, San Francisco
Category Two: Creating Community Connection Award • Bud Clark Commons, Portland, Ore. • Holst Architecture, Portland
Category Three: Community-Informed Design Award • Boston Public Library, Mattapan Branch (Urban Branch Library), Boston
• William Rawn Associates Architects Inc., Boston
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