The Woodwork Institute has added two new Directors of Architectural Services to its staff and is expanding its presence in the Pacific Northwest. WI’s Directors of Architectural Services provide a wealth of knowledge to the architectural community and the construction industry. Their primary focus is compliance verification (inspection services) through WI’s Certified Compliance, Monitored Compliance, and Certified Seismic Installation programs. [...]
2017 Roster and Resource Guide available The Woodwork Institute 2017 Affiliate Roster and Resource Guide is now available for download as a PDF. The new 2017 Roster lists all affiliates of the Woodwork Institute: Accredited Millwork Companies are listed: In alphabetical order By Woodwork Institute Inspector By state and county Certified Millwork Professionals are listed: By Accredited [...]
Lauren Biltz The Woodwork Institute C.E. Bernhauer Jr. Scholarship Foundation has awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a future member of the architectural community. Lauren Biltz of Berlin Heights, Ohio, applied as a high school senior and is now pursuing a degree in Architectural and Environmental Design with a minor in business at Kent [...]
The U.S. Green Building Council announced last week the availability of a new path forward for California project developers seeking LEED certification. As of July 1, nonresidential projects in California subject to the mandatory 2013 California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) requirements will be able to use an alternative documentation path for LEED. CALGreen is the [...]
Proper attachments could have prevented the need to rebuild these cabinets. WI has updated its Certified Seismic Installation Program to reflect changes in the California Building Standards Code. Projects approved for construction under the 2013 CBC will be required to use the new attachment details and fastener schedules. Projects approved under previous editions [...]
The 2015 Membership Roster and Resource Guide is now available as a PDF download exclusively for WI members. To access the 2015 Roster, click here. To access exclusive members-only content, you will be asked to log in. If you have not yet registered on the new WI site, you will be asked to do so to [...]
The Woodwork Institute has opted to use a new provider for emailing news and alerts to its members. The change has been made to help the Woodwork Institute improve communication through more appealing emails and better tools to understand how members use and respond to messages. The new service will also help the Woodwork Institute [...]
Register now to received the early-bird rate for the 2015 National Architectural Door Conference presented by the WDMA National Architectural Door Council. The conference will take place on April 29, 2015, at the Baltimore Convention Center, preceding the Door and Hardware Institute Convention. This one-day conference will cover a wide range of architectural door topics, such [...]
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A Southern California Area Meeting will be held at the Alta Vista Country Club Feb. 25, 2015 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mike Hansen of S & H Cabinets and Mfg. Inc., a past Joint Standards Committee member, will discuss the differences between the first and second editions of the Architectural Wood Standards. Participants are limited [...]